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METEOROLOGY > CLIMATE CHANGE > CARBON FOOTPRINT

Preferred term

CARBON FOOTPRINT  

Broader concept

Note

  • https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/CNN%20Guidelines.pdf
  • TERMIUM

Scope note

  • A calculation to estimate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions measured in carbon dioxide equivalent, directly and indirectly caused by an activity or accumulated over the lifespan of a product, for which an entity is responsible.

History note

  • New concept adopted by TC 16 Jan 2023

In other languages

  • بصمة الكربون

    Arabic

  • 碳足迹

    Chinese

  • EMPREINTE CARBONE

    French

  • Углеродный след

    Russian

  • HUELLA DE CARBONO

    Spanish

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/c_492f508f

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