Decarbonization

How it is used

A core word in policy and corporate strategy. People decarbonize the power sector, industry or transport, set decarbonization targets and talk about hard-to-abate sectors such as steel and cement. The British spelling is decarbonisation.

Example sentences

1. Decarbonization of the power sector is moving faster than in industry.

2. Our decarbonization roadmap sets targets for 2030 and 2040.

Common collocations

• decarbonization target
• decarbonize the power sector
• hard-to-abate sectors
• decarbonization roadmap

Related terms

• energy transitionThe long-term shift of an economy's energy system away from fossil fuels towards renewable and other low-carbon sources, together with electrification and efficiency.
• net zeroA state in which the greenhouse gases a country or company puts into the air are balanced by the amount it removes, so that its overall contribution is zero.
• carbon emissionsCarbon dioxide released into the air, mainly by burning coal, oil and gas. The term is often used loosely for all greenhouse gas emissions.
• green hydrogenHydrogen produced by splitting water in an electrolyser powered by renewable electricity, so that its production releases almost no carbon dioxide.
• carbon capture and storageTechnology that captures carbon dioxide from power plants or factories before it reaches the air, then transports it and stores it permanently deep underground.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• decarbonization · Environment & Climate

More terms: Emissions and Energy Policy

• greenhouse gas
• carbon footprint
• carbon price
• emissions trading system
• energy security
• phase out
• subsidy