CER

Certified Emission Reduction (CER) is a type of carbon offset generated by Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects governed by the United Nations’ Kyoto Protocol, which will be discontinued later in this decade…

Carbon Sequestration

The capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions. Generally considered in two main categories: nature-based sequestration, such as forests, soils and marine-based bio-storage…

UNFCCC

An international treaty on climate change whose central aim is to avoid dangerous human-induced interference in the climate system, through various means including reducing the global atmospheric…

Article 6.4

Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement establishes the ‘Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism’ – a framework for trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas reduction, avoidance or removal projects.

Article 6

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement lays out the principles and guidelines for a country-level carbon market, in which countries may generate carbon offsets either to meet their own emissions reduction targets…

Article 6.2

Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement allows countries to exchange greenhouse gas emissions reduction credits through bilateral or multilateral agreements, to provide flexibility in how they meet their climate targets.

Blue Hydrogen

Blue hydrogen is produced using steam methane reformation in the same process as grey hydrogen, except the greenhouse gas emissions are captured and stored underground.

Afforestation

Afforestation refers to the practice of planting new forest cover to create a carbon sink.

Paris Agreement

An international treaty on climate change adopted by 196 governments at the COP21 summit in Paris in 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.