Carbon zero? The Paris Agreement? GHGs? – Climate Change Jargon Busters | BBC Sounds

What does ‘carbon zero’, ‘The Paris Agreement’ and ‘GHGs’ mean? What Planet Are We On’s, Liz Bonnin, asks energy policy expert, Professor Jim Watson, to bust some climate change jargon ahead of the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.

00:08 – GHGs (Greenhouse gases)
00:55 – PPM (Parts per million)
01:23 – IPCC / IPCC Report
02:11 – The Paris Agreement
02:42 – The significance of 1.5°C, 2°C and 4°C
03:28 – Carbon neutral vs carbon zero
04:26 – Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
04:50 – Climate mitigation vs climate adaptation

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