Explainers

Mitigation and adaptation are the two major prongs of climate action: mitigation to limit the warming our planet will experience, and adaptation to help people adjust to the effects of climate change.

A carbon border adjustment mechanism is a policy that charges a fee for imported goods based on how much climate pollution was created making them.

“Loss and damage” is a term used by the United Nations to describe the harms inflicted by climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to.

Climate targets are the limits that scientists and policymakers set in plans to combat climate change.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a United Nations body widely considered the world’s top authority on climate science.

The Paris Climate Agreement is a treaty that brings all the world’s peoples into a common effort to combat climate change.