Glossary

Glossary

Explore the most common carbon accounting terms, abbreviations, and frameworks.

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Anthropocene

Atmosphere

BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage)

Biodiversity

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Intensity

Carbon Leakage

Carbon Neutrality

Carbon Offset

Carbon Sequestration

CBAM Certificate

CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)

Climate Adaptation

Climate Change

Climate Equity

Climate Justice

Climate Mitigation

Climate Sensitivity

CO₂ Accounting

CO₂ Equivalent (CO₂e)

CO₂ Neutral

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Cradle-to-Cradle

Cradle-to-Grave

CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive)

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

Ecosystem

Embedded Emissions

Emission Factor

Emission Reduction Plans (ERPs)

Emissions

Environmental Claim

Environmental Objectives (under EU Taxonomy)

ESG Accounting

ESG Reporting

European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)

Extreme Weather Events

Extinction Rebellion

Fossil Fuels

Food Security

Geoengineering

Green Claims Directive

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHGs)

Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)

Greenwashing

Greenwashing Penalties

Heatwave

Intergenerational Justice

IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

Kyoto Protocol

Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)

Materiality Assessment

Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)

Methane (CH₄)

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)

Ocean Acidification

Paris Agreement

Permafrost

Planetary Boundaries

Pollution

Resilience

SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative)

Scope 1 Emissions

Scope 2 Emissions

Scope 3 Emissions

Sea Level Change

SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)

Substantial Contribution

Sustainability

Sustainability Due Diligence

Sustainability Risk

Taxonomy-Aligned Activities

Taxonomy-Eligible Activities

Technical Screening Criteria

Third-Party Verification

Tipping Point

UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

Uncertainty

Value Chain Emissions

Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

Vulnerability

Water Cycle

Net Zero Emissions

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Land Use Change

Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)

Earth System Models

Decarbonization

Deforestation

Do No Significant Harm (DNSH)

Double Materiality

Droughts

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