A method of reducing greenhouse gases by injecting carbon dioxide produced in other kinds of industrial processes into deep underground wells or beds of underground materials so that it does not enter the atmosphere. Transfer of atmospheric CO2 into long-lived pools and storing it securely so it is not immediately reemitted.

A compensation for carbon dioxide emissions resulting from industrial or other human activity; a quantifiable amount of such compensation as a tradable commodity.

A way to place emissions of various radiative forcing agents on a common footing by accounting for their effect on climate. It describes, for a given mixture and amount of greenhouse gases, the amount of CO2 that would have the same global warming ability, when measured over a specified time period. For the purpose of this report, greenhouse gas emissions (unless otherwise specified) are the sum of the basket of greenhouse gases listed in Annex A to the Kyoto Protocol, expressed as CO2e assuming a 100-year global warming potential.

The process by which carbon is exchanged among the ecosystems of the Earth.

A type of good that can be consumed now. However, if consumption is deferred there becomes an increased supply of that good which is likely to remain available. In a fundamental sense, capital consists of any produced thing that can enhance a person’s power to perform economically useful or other beneficial work. Capital may be monetary, well-being or environmental or any combination of those goods.

Defined by the United Nations Development Programme as “the process through which individuals, organizations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain their capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time”.

Defined by the United Nations Development Programme as the process through which individuals, organisations and societies obtain, strengthen and maintain their capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time. Within the context of this assessment, these capabilities include human resources and technical capacity required to support scenario analysis and modelling.

Capacity development can be described across six broad capacity dimensions. Motivational capacity builds awareness and desire to consider multiple values. Analytical capacity provides knowledge and tools to analyse multiple values. Bridging capacity brings together different ways of knowing and doing, often creating new knowledge in the process. Negotiation capacity navigates trade-offs and mainstreams into policy and practice. Social network capacity is the capacity to learn together, act and adapt or transform.

Process through which individuals, organizations and society obtain, strengthen and maintain their capability to set and achieve their own development objectives over time.

Hunting of animals in confined enclosures where they are unable to escape.