carbon debt

noun

the overuse, by an individual or state, of the carbon dioxide absorption capacity of the world's oceans, vegetation and soil

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Meanings

nouncarbon debt (plural carbon debts)

plural carbon debts

  1. the overuse, by an individual or state, of the carbon dioxide absorption capacity of the world's oceans, vegetation and soil
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