Carbon Leakage

noun: the phenomenon in which carbon emissions reductions in one country lead to carbon emissions increases in another country.  Primary causes for carbon leakage include the re-location of production operations from one carbon restrictive economy to a lesser carbon restrictive one, and the boom in certain industries in lesser carbon restrictive economies to make up for product or service supply shortfalls caused by carbon restrictive policies in the global economy.

Related terms:

Carbon footprints

Carbon shifting

Carbon footprint map

Carbon democracy

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