Home > Term: Baseline for cuts
Baseline for cuts
The year against which countries measure their target decrease of emissions. The Kyoto Protocol uses a baseline year of 1990. Some countries prefer to use later baselines. Climate change legislation in the United States, for example, uses a 2005 baseline.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Climate change
- Company: BBC
0
Creator
- Harry8L
- 100% positive feedback
(London, United Kingdom)