carbon budget

短语

发音

UK /ˈkɑː.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/
US /ˈkɑɹ.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/

词形变化

carbon budgets 复数 carbon budgets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The maximum cumulative amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions compatible with a given global-warming target (e.g., 1.5 °C), for a stated probability and from a stated baseline date.

    气象
  2. 2.

    An emissions cap or allocation set for a period (year, multi-year, etc.) for a country, organisation, sector, or project so as to follow a target trajectory.

  3. 3.

    A planning document detailing such caps and their trajectory (e.g., a university’s “2024–2028 carbon budget”).

    引申义

词源

From carbon + budget; widely used in climate science (e.g., IPCC) for the cumulative amount of CO₂ compatible with a given warming limit.

来源：wiktionary