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2 Degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit)

350 PPM

A

Abatement

Additionality

Afforestation

Albedo

Anthropogenic

Assessment Framework (AF)

B

Baseline

Biofuel

Biomass

Blue Carbon

C

CCA Futures

CCO Futures

COP - Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC

California Cap and Trade Scheme

Cap And Trade

Carbon Allowances

Carbon Broker

Carbon Budget

Carbon Calculator

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS)

Carbon Credit

Carbon Cycle

Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Carbon Disclosure

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Leakage

Carbon Market

Carbon Neutral

Carbon Offsets

Carbon Sink

Carbon Source

Certified Emission Reduction (CER)

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Climate Change

Climate Finance

Compliance Carbon Market

Core Carbon Principles

D

Direct Air Capture (DAC)

E

ERPAs

EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)

Emission Reduction Ton (ERT)

Extreme Weather Events

F

Feedback Loops

Fossil Fuels

G

Global Warming

Global Warming Potential (GWP)

Gold Standard for the Global Goals

Greenhouse Gas Effect

Greenhouse Gases (GHG)

Greenwashing

I

Insetting

International Emissions Trade Association (IETA)

The Integrity Council on Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM)

K

Kyoto Protocol

L

Leakage

M

MRV Method

Mandatory (Compliance) Market

Megawatt (MW)

Megawatt Hour (MWh)

Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV)

N

Net Zero

O

Offset Certificates

Overallocation

P

Paris Agreement

Pathway

Performance Standard

Permanence

R

Real Offsets or Ex-post Offsets

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

Registry

Removal Unit (RMU)

Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Credits (REC)

Retirement (Carbon Offsets)

S

Scope 1 Emissions (S1)

Scope 2 Emissions (S2)

Scope 3 Emissions (S3)

Sequestration

Sustainability Reporting

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

T

Tax Credits

U

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

V

VERRA

Validation

Verification

Verified Carbon Unit (VCU)

Verified Emission Reduction (VER)

Vintage

Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM)