1.13. Carbon Budget And Mitigation Flashcards
Climate change
When the average weather changes in a place over time
Mitigation
Manages the cause of climate change by reducing or preventing greenhouse gases that cause climate change
COP
For nearly 3 decades, the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits
Carbon capture
Capturing co2 particles, turning them into a liquid and injecting underground
Carbon sink
Something that absorbs more carbon than it releases
Offset
To counteract or cancel out
Alternative energy
A resource that won’t run out
Afforestation
The planting of trees
The carbon budget
A budget that takes into account what goes into a system and what goes out.
In terms of a carbon budget, this would include how much carbon is emitted by various processes compared to what can be absorbed by nature or captured by people