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gaz compensé carbone

English translation: carbon offset

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French term or phrase:gaz compensé carbone
English translation:carbon offset
Entered by: DB-9

10:46 Oct 10, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Energy / Power Generation / Biogas
French term or phrase: gaz compensé carbone
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This appears in an informative document about biogas, under the heading 'Is it already possible to subscribe to green gas offers?'


Des offres “vertes” existent déjà dans le secteur gazier. Elles correspondent soit au gaz compensé carbone, soit au gaz vert.


Current attempts: Carbon neutral gas, carbon compensated gas.

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carbon offset
Explanation:
Carbon offset schemes allow individuals and companies to invest in environmental projects around the world in order to balance out their own carbon footprints. The projects are usually based in developing countries and most commonly are designed to reduce future emissions. This might involve rolling out clean energy technologies or purchasing and ripping up carbon credits from an emissions trading scheme. Other schemes work by soaking up CO2 directly from the air through the planting of trees.
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carbon offset


Explanation:
Carbon offset schemes allow individuals and companies to invest in environmental projects around the world in order to balance out their own carbon footprints. The projects are usually based in developing countries and most commonly are designed to reduce future emissions. This might involve rolling out clean energy technologies or purchasing and ripping up carbon credits from an emissions trading scheme. Other schemes work by soaking up CO2 directly from the air through the planting of trees.

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  • Carbon offsetting measures carbon output from one activity, then removes or prevents its release from another
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