45 resultaten gevonden voor 'fossil carbon'
fossil carbon
carbon that is contained in fossilized material
fossil water
that has a negligible rate of natural recharge on the human timescale
fossil fuel
organic
fossil water
that has a negligible rate of natural recharge on the human time-scale
biogenic carbon
carbon derived from biomass (3.8.25)
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
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)
biogenic carbon
carbon derived from biomass (3.5.9)