Glossary

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Glossary

Our climate action glossary gives in-depth definitions for key terms about climate change and corporate climate action. Check back for updates as we will be adding new terms each month.

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A

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

B

Beyond value chain mitigation (BVCM)

C

Carbon accounting

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Carbon credits

Carbon dioxide equivalent

Carbon removal / Carbon dioxide removal (CDR)

Carbon footprint

Carbon neutral

Carbon offset project

Carbon offsetting

Climate change

Corporate sustainability

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

 

D

Decarbonisation

Deforestation

Double counting

Double materiality assessment (DMA)

E

Emission factors

Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) / Green certificates

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)

ESRS E1 Climate change

European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)

EU Competitiveness Compass

EU Taxonomy

F

Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG)

G

GHG Protocol

Greenhouse gases (GHGs)

I

 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

K

Kyoto Protocol

L

Life cycle assessment (LCA)

N

Nature-based solutions

Net zero

Net zero emissions

P

Paris Agreement

R

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)

S

Science-based targets (SBTs)

Scope 1

Scope 2

Scope 3

Scope 4

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

T

Tipping points

V

Voluntary carbon market (VCM)