1.13. Carbon Budget And Mitigation Flashcards

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Climate change

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When the average weather changes in a place over time

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Mitigation

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Manages the cause of climate change by reducing or preventing greenhouse gases that cause climate change

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COP

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For nearly 3 decades, the UN has been bringing together almost every country on earth for global climate summits

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Carbon capture

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Capturing co2 particles, turning them into a liquid and injecting underground

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Carbon sink

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Something that absorbs more carbon than it releases

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Offset

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To counteract or cancel out

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Alternative energy

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A resource that won’t run out

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Afforestation

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The planting of trees

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The carbon budget

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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

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