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Climate Change & Energy

Definitions

Below is a directory of terms used in the debate about reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). Most of the terms have been reproduced from the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and the Meridian Institute.

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today. Long-term development planning must now include measures to deal with it.

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Forest degradation

See 'Degradation'