decarbonisation

English

Noun

decarbonisation (countable and uncountable, plural decarbonisations)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of decarbonization
   • 2015 June 27, Arthur Neslen, “Half of Europe’s electricity set to be from renewables by 2030”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This means that changes to the electricity system in favour of decarbonisation will have to come even faster.”

   • 2020 April 8, Philip Haigh, “Out of the current crisis we could see meaningful changes”, in Rail, page 57:

     The key sentence appears on page 27 of the 80-page report. It says: "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation."
     A second notable sentence records: "The main way to achieve rail freight decarbonisation is to stop using diesel traction, through direct government intervention to roll out further electrification."

Related terms

• decarbonise