100 Words Related to Climate Change

100 Words Related to Climate Change

No. Term Definition
1. 1.5°C target Limit warming to 1.5°C.
2. 2°C target Limit warming to 2°C.
3. Adaptation Adjusting to climate impacts.
4. Aerosol Tiny airborne particles affecting climate.
5. Afforestation Planting forests on nonforest land.
6. Albedo Surface reflectivity of sunlight.
7. Anaerobic digestion Biogas from waste without oxygen.
8. Anthropogenic Caused by human activities.
9. Arctic amplification Faster warming in the Arctic.
10. Atmospheric CO2 Carbon dioxide in the air.
11. Biodiversity loss Decline in species and ecosystems.
12. Bioenergy Energy from biological materials.
13. Black carbon Soot that warms atmosphere.
14. Blue carbon Coastal ecosystem carbon storage.
15. Carbon budget Remaining allowable emissions limit.
16. Carbon capture Trapping CO2 before release.
17. Carbon footprint Total greenhouse gas emissions.
18. Carbon market Trading emissions permits or credits.
19. Carbon neutral Net-zero carbon emissions balance.
20. Carbon offset Compensation for emissions elsewhere.
21. Carbon pricing Cost applied per unit emissions.
22. Carbon sink System absorbing more carbon than emits.
23. Carbon tax Tax on greenhouse gas emissions.
24. Clean energy Low-emission energy sources.
25. Climate action Steps to limit climate change.
26. Climate anxiety Distress about climate change.
27. Climate finance Funding for mitigation and adaptation.
28. Climate model Computer simulation of climate system.
29. Climate resilience Ability to withstand climate shocks.
30. Climate risk Potential harm from climate impacts.
31. Climate sensitivity Warming from doubled CO2.
32. Cryosphere Earth’s frozen water regions.
33. Decadal variability Natural climate shifts over decades.
34. Decarbonization Reducing carbon intensity of systems.
35. Deforestation Clearing forests, raising emissions.
36. Desertification Land degradation in dry areas.
37. Drought Prolonged lack of precipitation.
38. Ecosystem services Benefits nature provides people.
39. El Niño Pacific warming affecting weather patterns.
40. Electrification Switching end uses to electricity.
41. Emission factor Emissions per unit activity.
42. Emissions trading Cap-and-trade market for emissions.
43. Energy efficiency Using less energy for same output.
44. Energy transition Shift to low-carbon energy.
45. Environmental justice Fair treatment in environmental policy.
46. Eutrophication Nutrient overload harming waters.
47. Extreme weather Unusually severe weather events.
48. Feedback loop Process amplifying or reducing change.
49. Fossil fuels Coal, oil, and natural gas.
50. Geoengineering Large-scale climate intervention methods.
51. Glacier retreat Glaciers shrinking and receding.
52. Global warming Long-term rise in Earth temperature.
53. Green bonds Debt financing for green projects.
54. Greenhouse effect Heat trapped by atmospheric gases.
55. Greenhouse gases Gases that trap heat.
56. Grid decarbonization Cleaning electricity generation mix.
57. Heat island Urban areas warmer than surroundings.
58. Heatwave Extended period of extreme heat.
59. Hydrogen (green) Hydrogen made using renewable electricity.
60. Ice sheet Massive land-based ice cover.
61. Indigenous knowledge Traditional insights for land stewardship.
62. IPCC UN climate science assessment body.
63. Jet stream High-altitude winds shaping weather.
64. Just transition Fair shift to green economy.
65. Keeling Curve Record of rising atmospheric CO2.
66. Kyoto Protocol International treaty to cut emissions.
67. Land use change Human alteration of land cover.
68. Life-cycle emissions Emissions across a product’s lifetime.
69. Loss and damage Climate harms beyond adaptation.
70. Low-carbon Producing relatively few emissions.
71. Methane Potent greenhouse gas, CH4.
72. Mitigation Reducing emissions or enhancing sinks.
73. Monsoon shift Changes in seasonal rainfall patterns.
74. Nationally Determined Country climate pledges under Paris.
75. Net zero Emissions balanced by removals.
76. Nitrous oxide Greenhouse gas, N2O.
77. Ocean acidification Seawater pH lowering from CO2.
78. Ocean heat content Heat stored in the oceans.
79. Ocean warming Rising ocean temperatures.
80. Overconsumption Using resources beyond sustainable levels.
81. Paris Agreement Global pact to limit warming.
82. Permafrost thaw Frozen ground melting, releasing gases.
83. PM2.5 Fine particles harmful to health.
84. Policy pathway Plan to meet climate targets.
85. Radiative forcing Change in Earth’s energy balance.
86. Reforestation Restoring forests on cleared land.
87. Renewable energy Energy from replenishing sources.
88. Resilience planning Preparing systems for climate impacts.
89. Sea level rise Increasing average ocean level.
90. Sequestration Long-term carbon storage.
91. Sustainable aviation fuel Lower-carbon fuel for aircraft.
92. Sustainable transport Low-emission mobility options.
93. Tipping point Threshold causing rapid system change.
94. Transition risk Risks from shifting to low-carbon.
95. Tree line shift Forest boundary moving with warming.
96. UNFCCC UN climate change framework treaty.
97. Urban greening Adding plants to cities.
98. Vector-borne disease Illness spread by insects.
99. Voluntary carbon market Non-mandated carbon credit trading.
100. Vulnerability Susceptibility to climate harm.