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carbon trading

British

noun

the trading by a country with a relatively low level of carbon dioxide emission of part of its emission entitlement to a country that has a higher level of emission

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The government is set to begin negotiations to link the UK to the EU's carbon trading regime, around six months after the sides agreed to open talks.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

That can help reframe the narrative and undermine the arguments made by the trade groups and elite economists who talked about carbon trading systems that were too arcane for regular citizens to understand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Benioff and Bezos are at the forefront of a U.S. initiative unveiled at the Egypt summit that puts faith in carbon trading to help solve the climate crisis.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

Last year at COP26, countries established rules for a new global carbon market that would for the first time permit carbon trading under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

A draft document of around 60 pages, published on Wednesday, outlined how inter-country carbon trading might function, but it is riddled with sections still up for debate and pointers to future decisions.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

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