Carbonomics TermS

A

• Annex I
• Annex II

C

• Cap & Trade
• Carbon Capture Storage (CCS)
• Carbon Finance
• Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS): Australia's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme 
• Carbonomics: the economics in which polluting with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emissions has a price tag to be paid for
• Carbonvestments: decisions to make both internal &/ external investments in carbon management projects
• Certified Emissions Reduction (CER)
• Clean Development Mechanisms (CDMs): investment projects undertaken by industrialised countries to lessen GHG emissions in developing countries

E

•  Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), also known as carbon trading
•  Emission Reduction Unit (ERU)

J

• Joint Implementation (JI): investment project to lessen GHG emissions between industrialised countries

K

• Kyoto Protocol: the first international treaty initiated by United Nations (UN) to attempt to reduce the impact of climate change signed on 11 December 1998

N

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System (NGERS): Australia's national streamlined system for reporting GHG emissions and energy use

For more Climate Change Terms, click on:

• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• US Environmental Protection Agency

^Updated on Jan 09, 2011^