Glossary
Adaptation
Adaptation to climate change refers to nature or humans adjusting themselves to reduce the impact of actual or expected climate changes, or maybe even benefit from them.
Aerosols
Very small particles in the atmosphere of either natural or man-made origin, which may influence the weather or climate.
Afforestation
Planting of new forests on land that has not recently been wooded.
Anthropogenic
Resulting from human activity, often called ‘man-made’ or ‘human-caused’.
Anthropogenic emissions
Emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants as a result of human activities such as burning fossil fuels for energy and deforestation.
Atmosphere
An envelope of gases surrounding the Earth. The main gases are nitrogen and oxygen, with smaller amounts of other gases such as water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane.
Attribution
The process of assigning causes to changes in climate change which have been detected. These causes may be man-made or natural.
