45 resultaten gevonden voor 'fossil carbon'

fossil carbon

carbon that is contained in fossilized material

fossil water

groundwater (3.10.19)

that has a negligible rate of natural recharge on the human timescale

fossil fuel

organic material, other than biomass (3.5.9), used as fuel

fossil water

groundwater (3.1.5)

that has a negligible rate of natural recharge on the human time-scale

carbon credit

tradable certificate or permit that represents the right to emit a specified amount of greenhouse gases (3.6.15)

carbon metric

sum of annual greenhouse gas emissions (3.6.16) and removals, expressed as CO2 equivalents, associated with the use stage of a construction works

carbon offsetting

mechanism for compensating for all or for a part of the carbon footprint of a product (3.11.1) or the partial carbon footprint of a product (3.11.2) through the prevention of the release (3.5.19) of, reduction in, or removal of an amount of greenhouse gas emissions (3.9.8) in a process (3.1.9) outside the product system (3.5.1) under study

carbon tax

environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases (3.6.15)