Climate change glossary
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About This Document
Climate change is a complex topic and there is a need to work from a common set of terms. The following terms have been gathered from numerous sources including NOAA, IPCC and others. Included are the most commonly referred to terms in climate change literature and news media.
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Adapt / Adaptation
Adaptive management
Anthropogenic emissions
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Carbon emissions
Carbon sequestration
Conservation
Climate change
Conservation
Climate models
Climate variability
Connectivity / Landscape connectivity
Degradation / Land degradation
Environmental degradation
Fossil Fuel
Fragmentation / Habitat fragmentation
Global warming
Global Warming Potential
Greenhouse gases / Greenhouse gas
Mitigate / Mitigation
Resilience / Resiliency / Resilient
Scenario planning
Scenarios for future emissions
Sinks
Tipping point(s)
Uncertainties
Uncertainty
Vulnerability
Vulnerability assessment(s)
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