carbon neutral

American  

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.

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Other Word Forms

• carbon neutrality noun

Etymology

Origin of carbon neutral

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The country has set a target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81 percent by 2035 compared to 1990 levels and is aiming to be carbon neutral by the middle of the century.

From Barron's

Fewer bottled waters or coffees now offer "carbon neutral" guarantees ahead of an EU directive outlawing them from 2026.

From Barron's

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

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

From BBC