The Climate Dictionary

Welcome to the Climate Dictionary! We give you simple explanations of  climate change words and solutions. Based on editorial material, but made interesting by crowdsourcing material from people all over the world. Type your word in the search box or browse the list below.

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1

• 100 projects for the climate

3

• 3 Best Internet Resources on Climate Change

A

• Adaptation
• ADP – Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
• APA – Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement

B

• Bagger
• Biofuel

C

• Climate change
• CMA – Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement
• COP – Conference of the Parties
• COP22

D

• Divest

E

• Espinosa, Patricia

F

• Fossil Free
• Fossil fuel

G

• Global warming
• Greenhouse gases

H

• High Ambition Coalition

I

• INDC – Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

J

• Joint Implementation – JI

K

• Kyoto Protocol

L

• Loss and Damage (L&D)

M

• Mitigation

N

• Negative emissions

P

• Paris Agreement

U

• UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change