decarbonize
to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide or other carbon compounds emitted into the atmosphere by the activities of (a household, industry, country, etc.): Our expertise is in designing new ways to decarbonize our economy, using solar energy and renewable carbon to replace fossil fuels.
to reduce the carbon output of the activities of a household, industry, country, etc.: The world is not decarbonizing fast enough to reach global climate targets.
Origin of decarbonize
1- Also especially British, de·car·bon·ise .
Other words from decarbonize
- de·car·bon·i·za·tion [dee-kahr-buh-nahy-zey-shuhn], /diˌkɑr bə naɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- de·car·bon·iz·er, noun
Words Nearby decarbonize
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How to use decarbonize in a sentence
We need the premiums to be so low that everyone will be able to decarbonize.
Bill Gates: Here's a Formula That Explains Where We Need to Invest in Climate Innovation | Bill Gates | January 22, 2021 | TimeThe benefit of the work that we’re doing is it supports not only the development of that export market, but also provides an alternate energy source for our own operations so that we can decarbonize more rapidly.
One million text messages and betting on green hydrogen: A Q&A with Fortescue Metals CEO Elizabeth Gaines | Erika Fry | December 7, 2020 | FortuneThe deal represents the growing might of a group of fast-moving, low-carbon utilities companies—increasingly coming from abroad—in the race to decarbonize America’s energy sector.
In pursuit of ‘net zero,’ Spain’s Iberdrola bets big on America | kdunn6 | October 21, 2020 | FortuneConcrete production currently produces about 7% of global emissions, the IEA says, more than double the amount produced by global aviation—itself a notoriously difficult-to-decarbonize sector.
To meet net zero emissions targets, China—and the rest of the world—needs these technologies | kdunn6 | September 24, 2020 | FortuneCarlos Alvarado Quesada was elected president of Costa Rica in 2018, putting efforts to decarbonize his country’s economy at the center of his administration—but his concern for the environment also extends to orbit.
Costa Rica will be the next hub for a space-junk hunting radar | Tim Fernholz | July 23, 2020 | Quartz
British Dictionary definitions for decarbonize
decarbonise
/ (diːˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz) /
(tr) to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine): Also: decoke, decarburize
Derived forms of decarbonize
- decarbonization or decarbonisation, noun
- decarbonizer or decarboniser, noun
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