Adaptation
Adaptation Eco-Fashion Encyclopedia. Adaptation initiatives and measures to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems against actual or expected climate change effects.
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Burden sharing
Burden sharing (Kyoto Protocol burden-sharing agreement) is a term used to describe a system to mitigate climate change across individual countries fairly.
Carbon finance
Carbon finance is a term used to describe and explores the financial implications of living in a carbon-constrained world—a world in which emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases carry a price.
Carbon footprint
A carbon footprint is a complete set of greenhouse-gas by-product, person, event, product, service, person or organisation.
Carbon tax
A carbon tax is a term used to describe a tax on greenhouse-gas emission. In reality, the carbon tax is an important instrument used to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Chlorofluorocarbon’s (CFC’s) are human-made chemicals which cause the thinning of the ozone layer; about one half used in building. CFC’s are also a greenhouse gas.
Eco-driving
Eco-driving is a term used to describe a way of driving that reduces fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and accident rates. It is a great and easy way to reduce fuel consumption from road transport so that less fuel is used to travel the same distance
Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
The Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), which became effective in 1994, is a voluntary and nonbinding declaration of standards, goals, and objectives that represents international cooperation to reduce human-made greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
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