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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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carbon capture and storage (ccs)
Natural environment; Climate change
The collection and transport of concentrated carbon dioxide gas from large emission sources, such as power plants. The gases are then injected into deep underground reservoirs. Carbon capture is ...
certified emission reduction (CER)
Natural environment; Climate change
A greenhouse gas trading credit, under the UN Clean Development Mechanism programme. A CER may be earned by participating in emission reduction programmes - installing green technology, or planting ...
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
Natural environment; Climate change
Compounds that contain chlorine, fluorine and carbon only. Once commonly used as coolants in fridges and in products such as hairspray, they would travel high up into the stratosphere and were a ...
compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) bulbs
Natural environment; Climate change
They operate on the same principle as fluorescent lights but the tube is folded into a more compact design so they are more versatile and can be used in devices designed to take traditional ...
combined heat and power (CHP)
Natural environment; Climate change
Also referred to as cogeneration - is a system that recovers the heat produced as a byproduct of electricity generation instead of simply venting it via cooling towers. This recovered heat can then ...
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Natural environment; Climate change
A programme that enables developed countries or companies to earn credits by investing in greenhouse gas emission reduction or removal projects in developing countries. These credits can be used to ...
CO2 equivalence
Natural environment; Climate change
CO2 equivalence (CO2e) is a way of indicating the global warming potential of a particular greenhouse gas by expressing it in comparison to that of carbon dioxide. One unit of a gas with a CO2e ...
