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Carbon budget — refers to the contribution of various sources of carbon dioxide on the planet, and has nothing to do with political agendas, climate change legislation, carbon controls, carbon storage, or geopolitical carbon footprint.Balancing the Carbon… … Wikipedia
carbon budget — UK US noun [C] ► ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY an amount of carbon dioxide that a country, company, or organization has agreed is the largest it will produce in a particular period of time: »The Committee on Climate Change will advise the… … Financial and business terms
global carbon budget — UK US noun [C] ENVIRONMENT ► the total amount of carbon that moves into and out of the earth s atmosphere, seas, and land: »As climate change becomes a central issue in international discussions, understanding the global carbon budget will become … Financial and business terms
Carbon accounting — is the accounting undertaken to measure the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents that will not be released into the atmosphere as a result of Flexible Mechanisms projects under the Kyoto Treaty. These projects thus include (but are not limited… … Wikipedia
Carbon cycle — The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.The cycle is usually thought of as four major reservoirs of carbon interconnected by… … Wikipedia
Carbon cycle re-balancing — The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon is exchanged between the four reservoirs of carbon: the biosphere, the earth, the air and water. Exchanges take place in several ways, including respiration, transpiration, combustion and decay. The … Wikipedia
budget — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bowgette, from Middle French bougette, diminutive of bouge leather bag, from Latin bulga, of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bolg bag; akin to Old English belg bag more at belly Date: 15th century 1. chiefly… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Carbon flux — See Carbon budget. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
Carbon dioxide — Carbon dioxide … Wikipedia
Carbon dioxide equivalent — (CDE) and Equivalent carbon dioxide (or CO2) are two related but distinct measures for describing how much global warming a given type and amount of greenhouse gas may cause, using the functionally equivalent amount or concentration of carbon… … Wikipedia
