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Green

Dictionary

Ever struggle with all the climate vocabulary? Never fear, our dictionary is here to define the key climate and carbon terminology from A to Z.

ALM

Agricultural Land Management: A nature-based offsetting solution

ALM
ARR

Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation: A nature-based offsetting solution

ARR
Biochar

A type of Carbon Removal that is made through heating biomass

Biochar
Black and Brown Hydrogen

Hydrogen made from black and brown coal respectively.

Black and Brown Hydrogen
Blue Carbon

Carbon captured specifically by the world's ocean and coastal ecosystems

Blue Carbon
Blue Hydrogen

Hydrogen produced from natural gas or methane using a process called steam reforming.

Blue Hydrogen
Carbon Markets

The commodity markets relating to Carbon Reduction or Removal

Carbon Markets
Carbon Neutral

A term used to indicate that the carbon output is zero

Carbon Neutral
Carbon Offsetting

Compensating for greenhouse gas emissions through funding emissions removal or reduction

Carbon Offsetting
Carbon Removal

A process or project that removes Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere

Carbon Removal
Carbon footprint

The Greenhouse Gas emissions from a specific activity, business, service or individual

Carbon footprint
Circular Economy

An economic model based on reuse and repurpose of materials

Circular Economy
Circularity

The economic practice of reusing and repurposing existing materials

Circularity
Climate Change

Long-term shifts in global surface temperatures and weather patterns

Climate Change
Decarbonisation

The practice of reducing Carbon Emissions & other Greenhouse Gases

Decarbonisation
Deforestation

The permanent removal of trees to make way for other land uses

Deforestation
ESG

A group of company performance assessment criteria that cover: Environment, Social & Governance

ESG
Environmental

Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition

Environmental
Environmental Impact

The impact that an activity has on the natural world

Environmental Impact
Food Waste

The wastage of food that would have otherwise been consumed

Food Waste
Green

The quality of being conscious about Environmental Impact and reducing that Impact

Green
Green Claims

Claims of reducing any negative Environmental Impacts

Green Claims
Green Hydrogen

Hydrogen produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity produced by renewable energy sources.

Green Hydrogen
Greenhouse Effect

The process by which heat is trapped within the Earth's surface, caused by greenhouse gases

Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gas

A gas in the earth's atmosphere that traps heat and raises our surface temperatures

Greenhouse Gas
Greenwashing

The act of making false or misleading statements about the environmental credentials of a product or practice

Greenwashing
Grey Hydrogen

Hydrogen produced from natural gas or methane using a process called steam reforming with no CO2 capture.

Grey Hydrogen
Hydrogen

A colourless odourless and highly flammable diatomic gas.

Hydrogen
IFM

Improved Forest Management: A nature-based offsetting solution

IFM
Locally-Sourced

Sourced locally to where you live, and therefore more sustainable

Locally-Sourced
Nature-Based Solutions

Offsets that use nature rather than tech or engineering

Nature-Based Solutions
Net Zero

The target of completely negating the amount of greenhouse gases produced by human activity

Net Zero
REDD

Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation: A nature-based offsetting solution

REDD
Recyclable

Able to be recycled

Recyclable
Renewable Energy

Energy derived from resources that are naturally replenished

Renewable Energy
Single-use plastics

Plastic items that are made to only be used once before they are recycled or sent to landfill

Single-use plastics
Sustainability

Avoidance of natural resource depletion in order to maintain an ecological balance and reduce Greenhouse Gases

Sustainability
Voluntary Carbon Markets

The commodity markets relating to the voluntary purchase of carbon reduction or removal

Voluntary Carbon Markets
WRC

Wetland Restoration and Conservation: A nature-based offsetting solution

WRC
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