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What does decarbonize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word decarbonize? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To remove carbon from something, especially from an engine; to decoke.
  2. To reduce or replace fossil fuels by renewable energy in energy production systems and processes.
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And it is hard to see how China can centrally decarbonize its energy system more than it is already attempting to do, which is not succeeding fast enough to protect the climate.
This is in spite of China's enormous investments to decarbonize its energy system.
In developed countries and those developing countries with well-established energy systems, this transition means that concrete steps must be taken to decarbonize the current systems.
We have two instruments at our disposal to achieve that objective and to decarbonize our economy, namely to impose a tax on carbon or to establish a carbon exchange.
Patterns of future rural land-use change have profound implications for attempts to decarbonize the economy.
Mr. Watson, you cannot decarbonize your economy overnight.

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