Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC)
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto units
Land use, land-use change
and forestry (LULUCF)
Light detection and ranging
(LIDAR) system
Measures
Mitigation
Montreal Protocol
National Electricity Market
(NEM)
National/ domestic
emissions
National Inventory Report
Paleoclimate
Projection
Smart grid
The international body responsible for assessing the state of knowledge
about climate change. The IPCC increases international awareness of climate
change science and provides guidance to the international community on
issues related to climate change response.
The protocol to the convention on climate change was developed
through the UNFCCC negotiating process in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. It sets
binding greenhouse gas emissions targets for UNFCCC developed country
Parties that ratify the agreement. The first commitment period of the KP
ran from 2008-2012. In 2012 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol agreed to the
Doha Amendment, establishing a second commitment period to run from
2013-2020.
Issued under the Kyoto protocol, namely assigned unit amounts, emissions
reduction units, certified emissions reductions, and removal units.
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 technology allowing precise estimates of terrain and tree height to be
obtained from aircraft. It involves firing a laser pulse at a target and measuring
the return energy as a function of time.
Past, current or committed Australian, state or territory, or local government
policy actions to reduce 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 that destroy
stratospheric ozone, such as chlorofluorocarbons.
The wholesale market through which generators sell electricity in eastern and
southern Australia. The main customers are energy retailers, which bundle
electricity with network services for sale to residential, commercial and
industrial energy users.
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals,