Carbon markets

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001047",
  "term": "Carbon markets",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An arena for carbon dioxide emissions trading, i.e. the buying and selling of emission allowances (credits or shares) and emission reductions for metric tons of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CO2 credits",
    "CO2 emissions trading",
    "CO2 markets",
    "CO2 offsets",
    "CO2 prices",
    "CO2 trading",
    "carbon crediting",
    "carbon credits",
    "carbon dioxide emissions trading",
    "carbon emissions trading",
    "carbon offsets",
    "carbon offsetting",
    "carbon prices",
    "carbon pricing",
    "carbon shares",
    "carbon trade",
    "carbon trading",
    "carbon-trading"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "environmental markets",
    "greenhouse gas emissions",
    "carbon footprint",
    "carbon dioxide",
    "carbon sequestration",
    "emissions factor",
    "carbon dioxide fixation",
    "blue carbon",
    "carbon farming",
    "carbon farming policy",
    "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mercados de carbono"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/carbon-markets/"
}