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carbon credit

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carbon credit
n
(Chemistry) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a certificate showing that a government or company has paid to have a certain amount of carbon dioxide removed from the environment


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The best way to jump-start any new market for agriculture would be a national policy that has a cap on carbon dioxide emissions and includes the chance to trade or buy carbon credits (or offsets) from agriculture.
The trick is that a carbon credit is worth 1 tonne of C[O.
One carbon credit is equivalent to the reduction of emissions of 1 metric ton of carbon dioxide (or the equivalent of other gases based on their global warming potential).
 
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