Deforestation
Conversion of forest to non-forest. For a discussion of the term forest and related terms such as afforestation, reforestation and deforestation, see the IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (IPCC, 2000). See also information provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2013) and the report on Definitions […]
Afforestation
Planting of new forests on lands that historically have not contained forests. For a discussion of the term forest and related terms such as afforestation, reforestation and deforestation, see the IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (IPCC, 2000) information provided by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 2013) […]
1.5°C pathway
A pathway of emissions of greenhouse gasses and other climate forcers that provides an approximately one-in-two to two-in-three chance, given current knowledge of the climate response, of global warming either remaining below 1.5°C or returning to 1.5°C by around 2100 following an overshoot. See also Temperature overshoot.
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Abatement
Reduction in the amount, degree or intensity of emissions of CO2 or other pollutants
Break Out the Megaphone: How to Combat Greenhushing
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