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Climate change
The phenomenon of climate's temperature and rainfall slowly changing year by year.
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Fibreglass
Natural environment; Climate change
Fibreglass is a cloth woven from very fine threads of glass and commonly used as an insulating material.
Energy intensive
Natural environment; Climate change
An energy-intensive process uses a great deal of energy - and therefore produces high emissions - relative to its useful output. As an example, beef production, has recently been cited as an ...
Energy efficiency
Natural environment; Climate change
Something that is energy efficient achieves the greatest useful output for the least expenditure of energy, or improves the ratio between the two. For example, energy efficient car engines improve ...
Food miles
Natural environment; Climate change
A product's 'food miles' indicate how far it has travelled to get from where it (or its ingredients) were grown to where you eat them. Food freight - especially by air and road - is very carbon ...
North Pole ozone hole
Natural environment; Climate change
Ozone loss in the Arctic or the North Pole. The Earth is covered by a blanket of ozone 12 miles (20 kilometers) above the surface which blocks most of the sun's high-frequency ultraviolet (UV) rays ...
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 ...
