carbon budget
noun [C]Definition
› ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY an amount of carbon dioxide that a country, company, or organization has agreed is the largest it will produce in a particular period of time: The Committee on Climate Change will advise the government on staying within its carbon budget.
(Definition of carbon budget noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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