Decoding climate science:
a lexicon on everything around climate change.
Curious? Let’s explore.
1.5°C
This is the threshold of annual world wide temperature increase that limits the consequences of climate change to its minimum compared to pre-industrial levels.
Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) describes the process of taking CO2 from the atmosphere, using this CO2 for other products or industrial processes and store it in a long-term storage location.
Conference of the Parties (COP)
This is an annual meeting of all 198 parties that agreed to participate in the UNFCCC and serves as its main decision-making body.
Paris Agreement
This international treaty was adopted in 2015, signed by 196 parties at the Conference of the Parties (COP) and is a major milestone in the fight against climate change.