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- Adaptation:
It means anticipating the adverse effects of climate change and taking appropriate action to prevent or minimize the damage they can cause, or taking advantage of opportunities that may arise. #climateadaptation
E.g. To protect against sea level rise and increased flooding, communities might build seawalls or relocate buildings to higher ground.
2. Biofuels:
Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Includes wood, wood waste, wood liquors, peat, railroad ties, wood sludge, spent sulfite liquors, agricultural waste, straw, tires, fish oils, tall oil, sludge waste, waste alcohol, municipal solid waste, landfill gases, other waste, and ethanol blended into motor gasoline. #greenfuel
3. Climate Finance:
It refers to local, national or transnational financing—drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing—that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. #climatefund
4. Deforestation:
Those practices or processes that result in the conversion of forested lands for non-forest uses. Deforestation contributes to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations for two reasons: 1) the burning or decomposition of the wood releases carbon dioxide; and 2) trees that once removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in the process of photosynthesis are no longer present.
#deforestation
5. Ecological footprint:
Ecological footprint is a method that determines how dependent humans are on natural resources. It is a measure that indicates how much resources from the environment are required to support a specific way of life or business. #ecofootprint
6. Farmland ecosystem:
A farm is an ecosystem because it is made of living and non-living things that interact and exchange energy. The farm ecosystem is different from a forest or a meadow ecosystem because humans control many of the interactions among the things on the farm. #farmland
7. Global boiling:
It is a term used to emphasize the more extreme and immediate consequences of global warming. E.g. Extreme weather events, sea level rise and other significant environmental changes occur at accelerated rates.
8. Heat Waves:
A prolonged period of excessive heat, often combined with excessive humidity. #heatwaves
9. Indirect Emissions:
Indirect emissions from a building, home or business are those emissions of greenhouse gases that occur as a result of the generation of electricity used in that building. These emissions are called "indirect" because the actual emissions occur at the power plant which generates the electricity, not at the building using the electricity. #indirectemission
10. Jute:
Jute is an important natural fibre crop in India next to cotton. Jute fibers are composed primarily of the plant materials cellulose (major component of plant fiber) and lignin (major components of wood fiber). #ecofiber
11. Kyoto Protocol:
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted in 1997 that aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. The protocol called for reducing the emissions of six greenhouse gases in 41 countries plus the European Union to 5.2 percent below 1990 levels. #ghgemissions
12. La Nina:
La Niña is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface-ocean waters along the tropical west coast of South America. La Niña is considered to be the counterpart to El Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean.
13. Mitigation:
Mitigating climate change means reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This involves cutting greenhouse gases from main sources such as power plants, factories, cars, and farms. #Climatemitigation
14. Nature based solutions:
Nature-based solutions is the sustainable management and use of natural features and processes to tackle socio-environmental issues. (1) green space, (2) trees and shrubs, (3) soil conservation and quality management, (4) blue-green space establishment or restoration, (5) green built environment. #NbS
15. Ocean Acidification:
Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in sea water causing a measurable increase in acidity (i.e., a reduction in ocean pH). This may lead to reduced calcification rates of calcifying organisms such as corals, mollusks, algae and crustaceans. #marineecosystem
16. Paris Agreement:
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was adopted in 2015. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. #climatechange treaty
17. Quality Education:
As per Sustainable Development Goal 4, it is necessary to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This goal ensures that all girls and boys complete free primary and secondary schooling by 2030. #sdg4
18. Regenerative Agriculture:
Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that focuses on soil which has been degraded by the use of heavy machinery, fertilizers and pesticides in intensive farming. #regenerativefarming
19. Sustainable Lifestyle:
Sustainable Lifestyles are considered as ways of living, social behaviors and choices, that minimize environmental degradation (use of natural resources, CO2 emissions, waste and pollution) while supporting equitable socio-economic development and better quality of life for all. #missionLiFE
20. Tipping Point:
A tipping point is a threshold after which certain changes caused by global warming and climate change become irreversible, even if future interventions are successful in driving down average global temperatures. These changes may lead to abrupt and dangerous impacts with very serious implications for the future of humanity and our planet. #irreversiblechange
21. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The Convention on Climate Change sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge posed by climate change. It recognizes that the climate system is a shared resource whose stability can be affected by industrial and other emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The Convention enjoys near universal membership, with 189 countries having ratified. #unfccc
22. Van Mahotsav:
Van Mahotsav (Forest festival), is an annual one-week tree-planting festival
in India which is celebrated in the first week of July. #treefestival
23. Water Stewardship:
Water stewardship is defined as using water in a way that is socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically beneficial. This is achieved through a stakeholder inclusive process that involves site and catchment-based actions. #waterneutralitygoals
24. Xtreme Events:
Extreme events are occurrences of unusually severe weather or climate conditions that can cause devastating impacts on communities and agricultural and natural ecosystems. #extremeclimate
25. Youth4Climate (Y4C):
Youth4Climate (Y4C) supports the implementation of youth-led and youth-inclusive solutions to environmental and climate challenges, both financially and through capacity development, for a more innovative and inclusive impact on the ground.
26. Zero carbon building:
A Zero Carbon Building is a highly energy-efficient building that produces on-site, or procures, carbon-free renewable energy or high-quality carbon offsets in an amount sufficient to offset the annual carbon emissions associated with building materials and operations.