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1. Grazing Land Management

   The system of practices on land used for livestock production aimed at manipulating the amount and type of vegetation and livestock produced.

2. Green Investment Scheme (GIS)

   The Green Investment Scheme (GIS) is a newly developed mechanism in the framework of International Emission Trade (IET). It is designed to achieve greater flexibility in reaching the targets of the Kyoto Protocol while preserving environmental integrity of IET.

3. Greenhouse gases (GHGs)

   Greenhouse gases are gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Greenhouse gases greatly affect the temperature of the Earth; without them, Earth's surface would be on average about 33°C (59°F) colder than at present.

4. Group of 77 and China (G77/China)

   G77/China is the developing country-group in the climate negotiations, consisting of more than 130 developing countries.

5. HFC-23 (Trifluoromethane)

   About 98% of HFC-23 emissions are created as a byproduct in the production of HCFC-22 and generally are vented to the atmosphere. HCFC-22 is used mostly as the refrigerant for stationary refrigeration and air conditioning.

6. Host Country

   A host country is the country where a JI or CDM project is physically located. A project has to be approved by the host country to receive CERs or ERUs.

7. Hot Air

   Also called paper credits, the term refers to carbon credits for emission reductions that occurred without any deliberate action. The prime example being the carbon credits arising under Kyoto in Russia and the Ukraine where the collapse of Soviet-era industry in the 1990s has seen emissions fall well below 1990 levels, the base year for reduction calculations, without the implementation of any climate-related measures.

8. Hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs

   One of the six greenhouse gases, controlled in the Kyoto Protocol. Are produced commercially and are largely used in refrigeration and insulating foam.

9. Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)

   An Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle, or IGCC, is a technology that turns coal into gas - synthesis gas (syngas). It then removes impurities from the coal gas before it is combusted. This results in lower emissions of sulfur dioxide, particulates and mercury. It also results in improved efficiency compared to conventional pulverized coal.

10. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

    An international scientific panel charged with informing the UNFCCC with the latest scientific evidence on climate change. With representatives from 130 nations it is the world's pre-eminent scientific advisory body on global warming.

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