Emissions Trading

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ET
Pronunciation
/ɪˈmɪʃənz ˈtreɪdɪŋ/
Category
Business
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. Even India and China have adopted versions of carbon taxes or emissions trading.
  2. It is also piloting emissions trading systems that could lead to a national carbon market by 2020.
  3. Emissions trading schemes give large polluters permits to emit a set amount of carbon dioxide.
  4. Another method is the emissions trading system.
  5. The Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation initiatives have enabled emissions trading and carbon offsets in the developing and developed worlds.

Other meanings of ET