carbon neutral

adjective

1. pertaining to or having achieved a state in which the net amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere is reduced to zero because it is balanced by actions to reduce or offset these emissions.

   Since the administration installed solar panels, the campus has become carbon neutral;

   a carbon-neutral brewery.

Other Word Forms

• carbon neutrality noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carbon neutral¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

With a landmark state law calling for California to become carbon neutral by 2045, Newsom had directed the state to stop issuing fracking permits and to phase out oil extraction by 2045.

From Los Angeles Times

Big Green Coach is the festival's official travel partner, a "carbon neutral coach" which arrives at the festival on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, and returns on Monday.

From BBC

"This fitted in with our carbon neutral agenda. But also it was a low noise, cost-effective way of maintaining the land," the director of customer and communities added.

From BBC

Bingham was speaking during a debate on a motion tabled by Labour councillors which called for the Reform-run authority to recommit to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

From BBC

It also pointed to its plans to phase out its coal-fired power plants and become carbon neutral by 2040.

From BBC