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Every term used across plans, funding calls and guidance, defined once in plain English and linked from wherever it appears.

20 of 20 terms shown

A

Adaptation
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

C

Climate Action Charter
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Climate Action Plan(CAP)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Climate Action Regional Office(CARO)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Coastal erosion
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Community Climate Action Programme(CCAP)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

D

Decarbonising Zone(DZ)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

E

Emissions Trading System(ETS)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

F

Fluvial flooding
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

G

Greenhouse gas(GHG)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Groundwater flooding
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

J

Just transition
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

L

Local Authority Climate Action Plan(LA CAP)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

M

Mitigation
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

P

Pluvial flooding
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

R

Retrofit
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

S

Sea level rise
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Sectoral emissions ceiling
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Storm surge
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.
Sustainable Energy Community(SEC)
Definition pending CARO review — authored at Stage 5 from CARO and departmental source material.

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