Arquivos: Glossário

The purchase, sale, and other transfer of Assets held in the eVault

Pollution that originates in one country but, by crossing the border through pathways of water or air, is able to cause damage to the environment in another country.

Any transportation-related facility such as loading docks, parking areas, storage areas, or other similar areas where shipments of hazardous waste are temporarily held during the normal course of transportation.

A change in the fundamental attributes of natural and human systems.

Trajectories describing consistent sets of possible futures of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, atmospheric concentrations, or global mean surface temperatures implied from mitigation and adaptation actions associated with a set of broad and irreversible economic, technological, societal and behavioural changes. This can encompass changes in the way energy and infrastructure are used and produced, natural resources […]

Adaptation that changes the fundamental attributes of a socio-ecological system in anticipation of climate change and its impacts.

A system-wide change that requires more than technological change through consideration of social and economic factors that, with technology, can bring about rapid change at scale.

The change in the global mean surface temperature, averaged over a 20-year period, centered at the time of atmospheric CO2 doubling, in a climate model simulation in which CO2 increases at 1% yr-1 from pre-industrial. It is a measure of the strength of climate feedbacks and the timescale of ocean heat uptake.

The transient global average surface temperature change per unit cumulative CO2 emissions, usually 1000 GtC. TCRE combines both information on the airborne fraction of cumulative CO2 emissions (the fraction of the total CO2 emitted that remains in the atmosphere, which is determined by carbon cycle processes) and on the transient climate response (TCR). See also […]

An approach to urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of efficient public transport, so as to enhance mobility of citizens, the viability of public transport and the value of urban land in mutually supporting ways.