active travel: Any method of non-motorised travel, such as walking and cycling.agro-ecology: Farming in a way that imitates natural cycles to harness ecological interactions to benefit both agriculture and the environment. Includes lowtill, mulching, inter-cropping and use of cover cropsbiodiversity: The variety of all forms of life on Earth and the habitats on which they rely. This includes diversity within species, between systems and of ecosystems.Blue & Green Infrastructure: Blue infrastructure relates to water features, such as rivers, canals, ponds, wetlands, and storm water provision. Green infrastructure refers to networks of trees, woodlands, grasslands, roadside verges, and parksCarbon Capture and Storage: methods for separating, compressing and transporting carbon dioxide to a storage location for long-term isolation from the atmosphere.carbon dioxide: The main gas that causes global warming, produced mainly by burning fossil fuels and clearing land.Carbon Reduction: The process where an organisation reduces carbon dioxide and other global warming gas emissions from its activities.Carbon Sequestration: The active process of absorbing carbon from the atmosphere by natural means (such as growing trees and maintaining peat) or industrial processes to deposit in a reservoir, such as former coal mines and geological seams.Climate Adaptation: The process of adjusting to the effects of climate change by taking actions to limit the harmful consequences and to exploit any beneficial opportunities from the impacts of actual or expected climatic changes.Climate Change: A long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates.Climate Impact: The effect of climate on a situation, process, or person.COP: The governing body of an international convention (or treaty / written agreement). The Conference of the Parties (COP) is made up of representatives of member countries that have signed up to the convention, such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Detention Pond: A basin designed to collect and release storm water run-off to prevent flooding.Eco-corridor: A geographical space on land or water that connects areas of natural habitat and allows species and natural processes to move freely. The aim of ecocorridors is to maintain or restore ecological connectivity and biodiversity.Ecosystem: A natural environment that includes the flora and fauna that live and interact within that environment.Ecosystem Services: The many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment, including pollination of crops, clean air, clean drinking water, waste decomposition, and the resilience and productivity of food systems.Emissions: The production and discharge of something, especially a gas such as carbon dioxide.Global Warming: The long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, mainly fossil fuel burning and land use changes, which increase heat trapping gases.Global Heating: The long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, mainly fossil fuel burning and land use changes, which increase heat trapping gases.Greenhouse Gas: One of a group of gases that cause global heating: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, and Sulphur Hexafluoride.GHG: One of a group of gases that cause global heating: Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, and Sulphur Hexafluoride.Green roof: Roof of a building or structure that is partially or completely covered with plants and a growing medium, planted over a waterproof membrane. It may also include a root barrier and drainage & irrigation systems.Living roof: Roof of a building or structure that is partially or completely covered with plants and a growing medium, planted over a waterproof membrane. It may also include a root barrier and drainage & irrigation systems.Green wall: A vertical built structure intentionally covered by plants. Green walls include a vertically applied growth medium, such as soil or hydroculture felt, as well as an integrated hydration and fertilising system.Habitat: The natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.Hazard: An object, situation or behaviour that has the potential to cause harm in terms of injury, ill-health, damage to property, damage to the environment, or a combination of these.Nationally Determined Contributions: Non-binding national climate action plan to reduce national emissions, including targets to reduce GHGs. Each signatory to the Paris Agreement is required to establish a NDC Plan and update it every 5 years.NDCs: Non-binding national climate action plan to reduce national emissions, including targets to reduce GHGs. Each signatory to the Paris Agreement is required to establish a NDC Plan and update it every 5 years.Natural Capital: The value of elements of the natural environment which provide valuable goods and services to people and society at large.Nature-based Solutions: Conservation, restoration and improved land management actions that remove or reduce the impacts of climate change and/or increase carbon storage and GHG emissions.Permeable: A material or membrane that allows liquids or gases to pass through it.Phenology: The study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and plant and animal lifeRain Garden: A garden that collects rainwater, holds and filters it before slowly releasing into the ground. They collect rainwater from impermeable surfaces like roofs, pavements, driveways, patios, or car parks, allowing the water to seep back into the ground to prevent runoff from flooding local waterways.Residential Drainage Channel: A linear channel used to remove surface water away from a given area, such as a patio, drive, pavement, or garden to prevent flooding.Resilience: The ability or capacity to recover and return to an original state after experiencing difficulties or disturbance.Risk: The possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as injury or loss) will happen.Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: Built components that mimic natural features to manage storm water locally (as close to its source as possible) to mimic natural drainage and encourage infiltration, slow water throughput, and treat passively.SUDS: Built components that mimic natural features to manage storm water locally (as close to its source as possible) to mimic natural drainage and encourage infiltration, slow water throughput, and treat passively.Sustainability: The capacity to maintain or improve the state and availability of desirable conditions or materials over the long termSustainable development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.Swale: A shallow, broad, vegetated channel with gently sloping sides designed to store and / or convey runoff and remove pollutantsWatershed: An area of high ground which divides two or more river systems so that all streams on one side flow into one river and those on the other side flow into a different river.
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