carbon footprint
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state…A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.
» Tom believes he has a very low carbon footprint.
Tom glaubt, dass er eine niedrige CO2-Bilanz hat. — al_ex_an_der
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1 sensesA measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.
Kohlenstoff-Fußabdruck, CO2-Fußabdruck
углеро́дный следugleródnyj sled
вуглеце́вий слідvuhlecévyj slid
Examples
23 sentencesTom believes he has a very low carbon footprint.
deTom glaubt, dass er eine niedrige CO2-Bilanz hat. — al_ex_an_der
Tom believes that he has a very low carbon footprint.
Do you know your carbon footprint?
Tom has a low carbon footprint.
Tom has a small carbon footprint.
deTom hat einen kleinen CO2-Fußabdruck. — MisterTrouser
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Origin
Coined in a 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food article and after the 1990s term ecological footCoined in a 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food article and after the 1990s term ecological footprint and popularized by a 2005 advertising campaign for fossil-fuel company BP in order to shift blame for climate change onto individual consumers. Modelled after the ecological footprint concept developed in the 1990s.
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Forms
plural: carbon footprints| Singular | carbon footprint |
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