Title |
Quick Explanation | Learn more at climate.mit.edu |
|---|---|---|
| Aviation | Aviation emissions are responsible for aound 5% of climate warming and this share is rising. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/aviation |
| Biofuel | Biofuel is any liquid fuel made from "biomass" -- plants and other biological matter like animcal waste and leftover cooking fat. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/biofuel |
| Carbon Capture | Carbon capture and storage is a technology that captures the carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuelds before it is released to the atmosphere. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/carbon-capture |
| Carbon Offsets | Carbon offsets are tradable "rights" or certificates linked to activities that lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/carbon-offsets |
| Carbon Pricing | Carbon pricing is a policy tool to lower emisisons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, by putting a tax or other price on them. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/carbon-pricing |
| Cities and Climate Change | Cities concentrate people into small areas for good reason, but this makes them major sources of greenhouse gases and uniquely vulnerable to climate risks | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/cities-and-climate-change |
| Climate Justice | Climate justice is the principle that the benefits reaped from activities that cause climate change and the burdens of climate change impacts should be distributed fairly. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/climate-justice |
| Climate Models | Climate models are computer programs that simulate weather patterns over time. Scientsits use these models to predict how the climate might change in the future | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/climate-models |
| Climate Sensitivity | Climate sensitivity describes the extent to which rising levels of greenhouse gases affect the Earth's temperature | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/climate-sensitivity |
| Climate Targets | Climate targets are the limits that scientists are policymakers set in plans to combat climate change. | https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/climate-targets |