emissions trading

English

Noun

emissions trading (uncountable)

1. A market-based approach to controlling pollution by providing incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants.
   • 2005 February 17, David B. Sandalow, “Emissions trading is Kyoto's success story”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Yet the Kyoto Protocol's most enduring legacy may be a uniquely American idea - that "emissions trading" can help control heat-trapping gases at low cost.

Derived terms

• carbon emissions trading

Translations

approach to controlling pollution

• German: Emissionshandel (de) m, Emissionsrechtehandel (de) m

Further reading

• emissions trading on Wikipedia.Wikipedia