carbon budget
Permitted pollution quota
A carbon budget is the maximum amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted while still limiting global warming to a specific target, typically 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Once the budget is exhausted, any additional emissions would push temperatures beyond the target.
At current rates, the carbon budget for 1.5 degrees will be spent within a decade.
The term also applies to organizations or nations tracking their own emission limits.
Distribution of shares
- baselineStandard for comparison
- targetObject of pursuit
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
accounting · overshoot · trajectory · allowances · credits · trading · offsets · Paris Agreement
Act of setting apart
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- peatlandsWetlands with accumulated plant matter
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
respiration · decomposition · biosphere · vegetation · mangroves · seagrass
Threshold triggering major change
Mark from stepping
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- climate riskThreat from atmospheric changes
- ESGCorporate responsibility framework
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
allocation
Distribution of shares
ceiling · accounting · overshoot · trajectory · allowances · credits · trading · offsets · Paris Agreement · compliance
sequestration
Act of setting apart
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- peatlandsWetlands with accumulated plant matter
wetlands · respiration · decomposition · biosphere · vegetation · mangroves · seagrass
tipping point
Threshold triggering major change
footprint
Mark from stepping
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- climate riskThreat from atmospheric changes
- ESGCorporate responsibility framework
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- Carbon CycleCO2, photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, CO2 levels
- climate policyemissions standards, emissions trading, cap and trade, net zero, climate treaty
- Environmental Policyclimate policy, Clean Air Act, conservation policy, Clean Water Act, environmental regulation
- Carbon ManagementCCS, CDR, biochar, sequestration, reforestation
- green economicsgreen economy, emissions trading, cap and trade, externalities, environmental policy
carbon budgetcarbon sequestration
Removing and storing atmospheric CO2
carbon capture · carbon sink · carbon offset · reforestation
carbon, budget, carbons, carbonate, carbonates, carbonated, carbonation, carbonic, carbonize