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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
Natural environment; Climate change
Liquid (or 'liquefied') petroleum gas (LPG) is a mixture of butane, propane and other light hydrocarbons produced either as a by-product of oil refining or from natural gas fields, and used as a ...
Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Natural environment; Climate change
A forum established in 2009 by US President Barack Obama to discuss elements of the agreement that will be negotiated at Copenhagen. Its members - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European ...
National Grid
Natural environment; Climate change
The grid, or National Grid, is a privately owned network of electricity supply lines that stretch from the power stations where the electricity is generated to the homes and businesses where it is ...
Non-annex I countries
Natural environment; Climate change
The group of developing countries that have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol. They do not have binding emission reduction targets.
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
Natural environment; Climate change
The government agency responsible for regulating the energy market in the UK. It describes its purpose as "protecting consumers... by promoting competition... and regulating the monopoly companies ...
reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
Natural environment; Climate change
A concept that would provide developing countries with a financial incentive to preserve forests. The Copenhagen conference is expected to finalise an international finance mechanism for the ...
Stern report
Natural environment; Climate change
The Stern report - or the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change - is a 700-page report, written by economist Sir Nicholas Stern for the UK government, and published in October 2006. It ...
