carbon budgets
Permitted pollution totals
Carbon budgets are calculations of how much carbon dioxide can still be emitted while limiting global warming to a target threshold—typically 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The concept treats atmospheric capacity like a finite account: At current emission rates, we'll exhaust the carbon budget within a decade.
Countries and corporations also set their own carbon budgets as emission limits over time.
Carbon dioxide formula
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- nitrous oxideAnesthetic inhalant causing euphoria
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
combustion · transportation · industry · energy sector · agriculture · land use · deforestation · sequestration
Global warming limitation accord
- Kyoto ProtocolMultinational emissions reduction treaty
- IPCCUN climate science authority
- cap-and-tradeMarket-based pollution control
- emissions tradingMarket-based pollution control
legislation · regulation · treaty · accord · climate action · mitigation · adaptation · compliance
Distribution of shares
- ledgerFinancial record book
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- debitsRecorded account reductions
inventory · reconciliation · tracking · reporting · verification · audit · baseline · deficit
Covering for top
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
target · pathway · trajectory · remaining · cumulative · annual · national · sectoral
Rising planetary temperatures
- temperature riseIncrease in heat level
- climate modelsComputational atmospheric prediction systems
- tipping pointsIrreversible change triggers
- feedback loopsSelf-modifying response cycles
preindustrial · anthropogenic · irreversibility · urgency · timeframe · window
CO2
Carbon dioxide formula
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- nitrous oxideAnesthetic inhalant causing euphoria
fossil fuels · combustion · transportation · industry · energy sector · agriculture · land use · deforestation · sequestration · sinks
Paris Agreement
Global warming limitation accord
- Kyoto ProtocolMultinational emissions reduction treaty
- IPCCUN climate science authority
- cap-and-tradeMarket-based pollution control
emissions trading · legislation · regulation · treaty · accord · climate action · mitigation · adaptation · compliance · enforcement
allocation
Distribution of shares
debits · inventory · reconciliation · tracking · reporting · verification · audit · baseline · deficit · surplus
cap
Covering for top
allowance · target · pathway · trajectory · remaining · cumulative · annual · national · sectoral · per capita
global warming
Rising planetary temperatures
- temperature riseIncrease in heat level
- climate modelsComputational atmospheric prediction systems
- tipping pointsIrreversible change triggers
feedback loops · preindustrial · anthropogenic · irreversibility · urgency · timeframe · window
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