Geoengineering (climate engineering) - activities designed to effect a change that reverses anthropogenic climate change

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - a international legally binding treaty that entered into force in 1993, its goal is to conserve biological diversity, resources, and fair/equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.

the question is: does geoengineering solve anything? Or is it only a temporary resolution?

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Cap and Trade - regulatory programs that cap harmful greenhouse gases

Kyoto Protocol - a UN treaty signed in 1997 that requires its signatories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

carbon offsetting - buying "carbon credits" to offset the carbon footprint

carbon credit - a permit that allows for the (limited) use of carbon in an area

Carbon offsetting may not be the most efficient way to reduce the carbon footprint, in fact it may just be doing the opposite.

See pages 41-42 for a detailed description on this theory

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Sociology Slide Set on Chapter 2: Greenhouse gases, created by Roxanne V Springman on 07/09/2017.