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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Carbon credit
Natural environment; Climate change
One carbon credit allows a business operating within an emissions trading scheme to emit one tonne of CO2. A firm that manages to reduce its carbon emissions to the extent that it does not require ...
Compound
Natural environment; Climate change
A chemical combination of two or more elements, such as carbon and oxygen in carbon dioxide (CO2).
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Natural environment; Climate change
CO2 is made up of the elements carbon and oxygen. It exists quite naturally in our atmosphere, as part of the carbon cycle. Everyday processes in the plant and animal world both add CO2 to the ...
Carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent
Natural environment; Climate change
Six greenhouse gases are limited by the Kyoto Protocol and each has a different global warming potential. The overall warming effect of this cocktail of gases is often expressed in terms of carbon ...
Cavity walls
Natural environment; Climate change
A wall comprising two layers of brick or block separated by a cavity (gap). This air space acts as an insulator, but does so more effectively if filled with an insulating material, such as plastic ...
Clean coal technology
Natural environment; Climate change
Technology that enables coal to be burned without emitting CO2. Some systems currently being developed remove the CO2 before combustion, others remove it afterwards. Clean coal technology is unlikely ...
Carbon intensity
Natural environment; Climate change
A unit of measure. The amount of carbon emitted by a country per unit of Gross Domestic Product.
