Carbon audit regime
Encyclopedia
A carbon audit regime is a means of accounting for quantifiable greenhouse gas control
efforts. It establishes that the claimed reductions in emissions or enhancements of carbon sinks, has actually occurred and is stable.
The UK
is the only nation in the world that presently has such a regime.
Mitigation of global warming
Climate change mitigation is action to decrease the intensity of radiative forcing in order to reduce the potential effects of global warming. Mitigation is distinguished from adaptation to global warming, which involves acting to tolerate the effects of global warming...
efforts. It establishes that the claimed reductions in emissions or enhancements of carbon sinks, has actually occurred and is stable.
The UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
is the only nation in the world that presently has such a regime.
See also
- Carbon offsetCarbon offsetA carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere....
- Audit regimeAudit regimeAn audit regime is usually a rigorous set of forensic accounting methods that is used to detect fraud. It refers more generally however to any similar regime of verification of conformity to some standard, e.g. Kyoto Protocol, Cocoa Protocol, or some mandatory labelling scheme...
- Greenhouse Gas Management Institute