Second commitment period

Refers to the 2012-2020 period, under the Kyoto Protocol.

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Deforestation

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

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...

REDD

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation - the concept has evolved to REDD+.