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carbon offsetting

 
 
noun [U]

Definition

trying to stop the damage caused by activities that produce carbon by doing other things to reduce it, such as planting trees
(Definition of carbon offsetting noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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