SAY WHAT?

What do we mean by decarbonization?  Decarbonization is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions that result from human activity. It is imperative that we work on decarbonization where emissions are high if we want to limit global warming. What is mitigation?  Broadly speaking, it is what we want to achieve with decarbonization. Mitigation is about limiting and preventing the emission of greenhouse gases to our atmosphere as well as the removing of greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere. What is climate adaptation? And how does that differ from climate resilience?   With adaptation we mean human-driven adjustments in ecological, social or economic systems or policy processes, in response to actual or expected climate impacts. You make changes to be more adaptable to survival in a new environment. Climate resilience is more about the ability or capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the impacts of hazardous weather events or other climate change impacts. Net zero  Net zero emissions are achieved when emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere are balanced by their removals over a specified period.   Zero emissions  When you are not creating any emissions, we call it zero emissions. However, even the greenest technology has embedded emissions stemming from the production of the technology.   Carbon negative  If you are carbon negative, the amount of greenhouse gases you remove from the atmosphere is larger than the amount that you put into the atmosphere. Low emissions, low carbon growth  This means you are emitting less than what might have been expected from your business because you are using the most technically efficient solutions from an emissions perspective.    Carbon removals  The action of removing GHG emissions from the atmosphere and storing it through various means, such as in soils, trees, underground reservoirs, rocks, the ocean, and even products like concrete and carbon fibre.