Climate change

Climate change

The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.

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emission trading scheme (ETS)

Natural environment; Climate change

A scheme set up to allow the trading of emissions permits between business and/or countries as part of a cap and trade approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The best-developed example is the ...

EU burden-sharing agreement

Natural environment; Climate change

A political agreement that was reached to help the EU reach its emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol (a reduction of 8% during the period 2008-2012, on average, compared with 1990 ...

G77

Natural environment; Climate change

The main negotiating bloc for developing countries, allied with China (G77+China). The G77 comprises 130 countries, including India and Brazil, most African countries, the grouping of small island ...

global warming potential (GWP)

Natural environment; Climate change

A measure of a greenhouse gas's ability to absorb heat and warm the atmosphere over a given time period. It is measured relative to a similar mass of carbon dioxide, which has a GWP of 1.0. So, for ...

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Natural environment; Climate change

The IPCC is an international scientific body that publishes papers and reports on climate change, particularly on topics related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty that led ...

Kyoto protocol

Natural environment; Climate change

An international agreement adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan. The protocol sets binding greenhouse gas emissions targets for developed countries that would reduce their emissions on average ...

light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Natural environment; Climate change

Its light is produced by an electrical current passing through a semiconductive material, so it does not require a filament like an incandescent bulb. They have a long life span, are durable, more ...