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Meaning of emissions trading | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Emissionshandel Emissionsrechtehandel
Suomi päästökauppa
Svenska utsläppshandel

Examples

“Yet the Kyoto Protocol's most enduring legacy may be a uniquely American idea - that "emissions trading" can help control heat-trapping gases at low cost.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Emissionsgate Emissivities Emissivity emit Emita Emite

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