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Standard climate-related definitions to help you draft climate-aligned contracts
100% Renewable Energy & Renewable Energy Sources
Adverse Climate Outcome (ACO) & Adverse Social Outcome (ASO)
Air Quality
Biodiversity & Biological Diversity or Biodiversity Loss
Carbon Budget
Carbon Capture, Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) & Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS)
Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e or CO2eq)
Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint Standards
Carbon Insetting
Carbon Neutral & Carbon Neutral Footprint
Carbon Neutral Date
Carbon Reporting
Climate Change
Climate Change Adaptation [Measures]
Climate Change Event
Climate Change Mitigation [Measures]
Climate Professional
Conservation Land
Declared Carbon Capacity (of Woodland)
Electrification
Embodied Carbon (Embedded Carbon)
Energy Savings
Environmental Performance
Environmental Work & Climate Sabbatical Work
Epi-Terra Climate Change Event & Pan-Terra Climate Change Event
ESG
GHG Protocol
GHG Reporting Standard
Green Infrastructure
Green Transport
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)
Gross Zero Target
Hydrocarbons
Native Trees
Natural Capital
Net Negative
Net Zero
Net Zero Overage & Net Zero Objectives
Net Zero Target
Net Zero Target Plan
Offset or Offsetting
Offset Provider
Offsetting Strategy
Paris Agreement Goals
Paris Alignment or Paris Aligned
Residual Emissions
Science-Based Target
Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions
Social Purpose
Sustainability Measures
Sustainable
Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV), Zero and Low Emission Vehicle (ZLEV) & Electric Vehicle (EV)
Zero Carbon Housing & Zero Carbon Homes