noun · academic
decarbonisation
UK/ˌdiːkɑːbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/US/ˌdiːkɑːrbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/de·car·bo·ni·ZA·tion
The process of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from an economy, sector, or activity to achieve lower or net-zero emissions.
Examples
“Many countries have set targets for decarbonisation of their energy sectors.”
“Decarbonisation requires investment in renewables and changes in infrastructure.”
“The company's decarbonisation plan includes phasing out coal by 2030.”
Band 8 sentence
“Meaningful decarbonisation requires systemic changes to energy infrastructure rather than isolated, short-term measures.”
Collocations
- decarbonisation strategy
- decarbonisation of industry
- path to decarbonisation
Word family
Common mistakes
giảm carbon→decarbonisation / khử cacbon
decarbonization (without awareness of US/UK spelling)→decarbonisation or decarbonization (choose variant consistent with UK/US style)
Say it for a higher band
5reduce emissions→6cut emissions→7+decarbonisation
Synonyms
emission reduction
Easily confused
emission reduction
“The government's emission reduction targets focus on cutting coal use by 2030.”
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