0 the difference between the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a country, company, etc., and the amount that it offsets:
Such an approach is reflected in the interest and recent popularity of the carbon debt approach to global climate justice.
Recovery of the carbon debt from clearing intact natural eucalypt forests through afforestation or reforestation takes more than 100 years.
The research also found that oil palm would cause the least land-use changes and associated carbon debt.
Biofuels made from waste biomass or from biomass grown on abandoned agricultural lands incur little to no carbon debt.
