Paris Agreement
Carbon Neutrality
Carbon neutrality refers to balancing the CO2 emissions of an activity, business or country by removing an equal amount of emissions from the atmosphere. It is achieved via , which uses different methods, such as tree-planting or renewable energy projects, all of which have been criticized as ineffective. The debate around carbon neutrality Anthropogenic activities […]
Global Stocktake
The Global Stocktake (GST) is a process established under the to track progress of global and efforts. Background Article 14 of the Paris Agreement stipulates that the purpose of the GST is to assess the “collective progress” with regards to “mitigation, adaptation and the means of implementation and support”. Under this article, the first GST […]
Loss and Damage
Loss and damage refers to the unavoidable impacts of global heating that are beyond countries’ capabilities, including extreme weather events, such as , and slow-onset events, such as and . The term encompasses economic aspects such as damage to crops or infrastructure, as well as non-economic losses such as . The exact amount is hard […]
Net-Zero
Balancing the total amount of of a certain entity with an equal amount removed. This is ideally done by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and taking measures to absorb the remaining emissions from the atmosphere. Such measures may include tree planting and other schemes. While the concept has made it into the , with the formulation […]
Run-Away Climate Change
Run-away climate change refers to that “feeds on itself” through amplifying feedback where the impacts of heating cause further heating. The easiest way to visualize it is to imagine a line of domino pieces – when the first one tips over, it leads to the next one falling and so on. Once started, it is […]
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