IPCC

IPCC means Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Established in 1988 by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issue, every five years, the results of intensive research on the dynamics of the atmosphere, the implications for the biosphere, agricultural production, the stability of ecosystems on human lives, and their socio-economic consequences. Connected to the UN, it brings together scientists from all of the countries of the Climate Change Convention and is recognized as the world’s leading authority on climate issues.

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CDM Project Activities

Activities that are part of a candidate CDM project and that provide a reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases or an increase in the removal of CO2. (see question 20 of the ABC of Changes)

Deforestation

It is the clearing of forests from the ground. It should be noted that forests are a significant sink for carbon dioxide.

Biome

The word ‘biome’ – ‘bios’ (from Ancient Greek βίο, meaning ‘life’) and ‘ome’ (a variation of ōma, from Ancient Greek ωμα, meaning ‘mass’ or ‘group’) – was first used in 1943 by the American botanist Frederic Edward Clements, to define a biological unit or...