Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carbon budget

/ˈkɑɹ.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: car-bon bud-get
IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The maximum cumulative amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions compatible with a given global-warming target (e.g., 1.5 °C), for a stated probability and from a stated baseline date.

noun

An emissions cap or allocation set for a period (year, multi-year, etc.) for a country, organisation, sector, or project so as to follow a target trajectory.

noun

A planning document detailing such caps and their trajectory (e.g., a university’s “2024–2028 carbon budget”).

Example Sentences

"People are not aware that there is such a thing as a carbon budget, and just how incredibly small that remaining carbon budget is."
"The building of new homes under a business-as-usual scenario … would mean the housing system would use up 104% of the country’s cumulative carbon budget by 2050."

Etymology

From carbon + budget; widely used in climate science (e.g., IPCC) for the cumulative amount of CO₂ compatible with a given warming limit.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑɹ.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/
British English: /ˈkɑː.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/

Inflected Forms

carbon budgets (plural)

Phrases

remaining carbon budget national carbon budget sectoral carbon budget personal carbon budget Carbon budget budget carbone

Frequently Paired Words

Carbon budget budget carbone

Synonyms

emissions budget emissions cap

Questions

How do you pronounce carbon budget?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑɹ.bən ˈbʌdʒɪt/.
What does carbon budget mean?: The maximum cumulative amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions compatible with a given global-warming target (e.g., 1.5 °C), for a stated probability and from a stated baseline date.
Where does carbon budget come from?: From carbon + budget; widely used in climate science (e.g., IPCC) for the cumulative amount of CO₂ compatible with a given warming limit.

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