a.
abrupt climate change
absorbing
activities implemented jointly
adaptation
adaptation benefit
adaptation cost
adaptive capacity
aerosol
afforestation
aggregate impact
albedo
albedo feedback
algal bloom
alpine
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annex i countrie
annex ii countrie
anthropogenic
anthropogenic emission
arid region
atmosphere
attribution
b.
barrier
baseline
basin
biodiversity
biofuel
biomass
biome
biosphere (terrestrial and marine)
boreal forest
borehole temperature
bottom-up model
c.
carbon cycle
carbon dioxide
carbon (dioxide) capture and storage (ccs)
carbon dioxide fertilization
carbon intensity
carbon leakage
carbon sequestration
catchment
clean development mechanism
climate
climate-carbon cycle coupling
climate feedback
climate change
(climate change) impact assessment
climate model
climate prediction
climate projection
climate response
climate scenario
climate sensitivity
climate shift
climate system
climate variability
cloud feedback
co-benefit
combined heat and power
compliance
confidence
coral
coral bleaching
coral reef
correct
cost
co2
co2-equivalent
co2-fertilization
cryosphere
d.
deforestation
degree of confidence in being
demand-side management
detection and attribution
discounting
discount rate
drought
dynamical ice discharge
e.
economic (mitigation) potential
economies in transition
ecosystem
el nino-southern oscillation
emission scenario
emissions trading
emission trajectory
energy
energy balance
energy efficiency
energy intensity
equivalent carbon dioxide concentration
equivalent carbon dioxide emission
erosion
evapotranspiration
external forcing
extinction
extreme weather event
f.
feedback
f-gase
food security
forcing
forecast
forest
fossil fuel
framework convention on climate change
frozen ground
fuel cell
fuel switching
g.
glacial lake
glacier
global surface temperature
global warming potential
greenhouse effect
greenhouse ga
gross domestic product
h.
halocarbon
human system
hydrofluorocarbon
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
hydrological cycle
hydrological system
hydrosphere
chlorofluorocarbon
i.
ice cap
ice core
ice sheet
impact
implementation
indigenous people
induced technological change
industrial revolution
inertia
infectious disease
infrastructure
integrated assessment
integrated water resources management
interglacial
j.
joint implementation
k.
kyoto mechanism
kyoto protocol
l.
land use
land-use change
last interglacial
learning by doing
level of scientific understanding
likelihood
likelihood of the occurrence
m.
macroeconomic cost
malaria
market exchange rate
market impact
market potential
mass balance
mean sea level
measure
meridional overturning circulation
methane
methane recovery
metric
millennium development goal
mitigation
mitigation potential
mitigative capacity
model
model hierarchy
monsoon
morbidity
mortality
n.
net market benefit
nitrous oxide
non-governmental organization
non-market impact
o.
ocean acidification
opportunitie
/ outcome
ozone
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paleoclimate
patterns of climate variability
percentile
perfluorocarbon
permafrost
ph
phenology
photosynthesi
plankton
policie
portfolio
post-sre
pre-industrial
projection
purchasing power parity
r.
radiative forcing
reference
reforestation
region
resilience
retrofitting
runoff
s.
salinisation
saltwater intrusion
scenario
sea ice
sea-ice biome
sea level change
sea level rise
seasonally frozen ground
sensitivity
singularity
sink
snow pack
soil temperature
solar activity
solar radiation
source
spatial and temporal scale
sres scenario
stabilisation
stakeholder
standard
storm surge
storm track
stratosphere
streamflow
structural change
sulphurhexafluoride
surface temperature
sustainable development
t.
tax
technological change
technology
technology transfer
terminology
thermal expansion
thermal infrared radiation
tide gauge
top-down model
total solar irradiance
tradable permit
tropopause
troposphere
u.
uncertainty
unfcc
uptake
urbanization
v.
vector
voluntary action
voluntary agreement
vulnerability
w.
water consumption
water stres
z.
zooplankton