carbon footprint

== English == === Etymology === Coined in a 1999 BBC Vegetarian Good Food article and after the 1990s term ecological footprint and popularized by a 2005 advertising campaign for fossil-fuel company BP in order to shift blame for climate change onto individual consumers. Modelled after the ecological footprint concept developed in the 1990s. === Pronunciation === === Noun === carbon footprint (plural carbon footprints) A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time. Synonym: carbon cost Hypernym: ecological footprint ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===