Kyoto Protocol
Land use, land-use change
and forestry (LULUCF)
Marine heatwave
Measures
Megatonne (Mt)
Mitigation
Montreal Protocol
Murray-Darling Basin
National Cabinet
National Inventory Report
The Kyoto Protocol was developed through the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiating process, and adopted
in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. It is a multilateral treaty designed to limit global
greenhouse gas emissions. The Protocol sets binding greenhouse gas emissions
targets for developed country parties that ratified the Protocol.
Nationally Determined
Contributions
The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ran from 2008 to 2012.
In 2012, Parties to the Kyoto Protocol agreed to the Doha Amendment,
establishing a second commitment period to run from 2013 to 2020.
the greenhouse gas inventory sector covering emissions and removals from
land and forests caused by human activities. This sector does not include
emissions from the agriculture sector, such as emissions from livestock or
fertilisers applied to croplands.
A period of abnormally high water temperatures relative to the average seasonal
temperature in a particular region of a sea or ocean.
Past, current or committed Australian, state or territory, or local government
policy actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
One million tonnes. The unit commonly used to express Australia's national
greenhouse gas emissions.
A human intervention to reduce the sources of, or enhance the sinks for,
greenhouse gases.
The Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, adopted in
1987. It controls the consumption and production of chemicals, such as
chlorofluorocarbons, that destroy stratospheric ozone and are also potent
greenhouse gases. The Protocol was amended in 2016 to control and phase
down consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) which are
one of the gases included in the Paris Agreement.
A large area of south-eastern Australia where water flows through a system
of interconnected rivers and lakes. The Basin includes 6 of Australia's 7 longest
rivers and is one of the country's most significant agricultural areas, providing
one-third of Australia's food supply.
National Electricity Market The wholesale market through which generators sell 