"carbon budget" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-carbon budget.wav [US] Forms: carbon budgets [plural]
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  1. The maximum amount of cumulative anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions that result in limiting global warming to a given level with a given probability. Categories (topical): Climate change Synonyms: emissions budget

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