emissions trading

English

Noun

emissions trading (uncountable)

A market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.
- 2005 February 17, David B. Sandalow, “Emissions trading is Kyoto's success story”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  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.

Derived terms

carbon emissions trading

Translations

approach to controlling pollution

German: Emissionshandel (de) m, Emissionsrechtehandel (de) m

Further reading

emissions trading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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