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carbon budget

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

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from *bolgā✻
  3. derived from bulga
  4. derived from bougette
  5. inherited from bogett
  6. compounded as carbon budget — “carbon + budget”

Definitions

  1. The maximum cumulative amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions compatible with a…

    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.

    • People are not aware that there is such a thing as a carbon budget, and just how incredibly small that remaining carbon budget is.

  2. An emissions cap or allocation set for a period (year, multi-year, etc.) for a country,…

    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.

    • The building of new homes under a business-as-usual scenario … would mean the housing system would use up 104% of the country’s cumulative carbon budget by 2050.

  3. A planning document detailing such caps and their trajectory (e.g., a university’s…

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA