carbon footprint

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted to support a particular activity or lifestyle

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: carbon footprints

Collocations

reduce carbon footprintmeasure carbon footprintsmall carbon footprintlarge carbon footprintpersonal carbon footprintcarbon footprint reduction

Synonyms

carbon emissionsecological footprintenvironmental impactcarbon output

Commonly confused

ecological footprint
EN: 'Ecological footprint' is a broader measure of human demand on nature including land and water use, while 'carbon footprint' specifically measures greenhouse gas emissions.
carbon emissions
EN: 'Carbon emissions' refers to the gases released, while 'carbon footprint' is the total measure of those emissions attributed to a person, organization, or product.

Spelling tips

EN: Written as two separate words without a hyphen unless used as a compound modifier before a noun (e.g., 'carbon-footprint calculator').

💬 Examples

  1. We need to reduce our carbon footprint by using public transportation.