carbon footprint

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.
    — House insulation is another way of reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint, as well as double glazing and draught-proofing.

词形变化

carbon footprints plural

词源

Coined in a 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food article and after the 1990s term ecological footprint and popularized by a 2005 advertising campaign for fossil-fuel company BP in order to shift blame for climate change onto individual consumers. Modelled after the ecological footprint concept developed in the 1990s.
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