Glossary

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Abatement

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Abatement cost

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Adaptation

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Additionality

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Article 6 (Paris Agreement)

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Article 6.2

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Article 6.4

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Auction

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BECCS

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Banking

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Bearish

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Benchmark contract

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Blended Finance

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Blue Bond

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Bond

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Border Carbon Tariff

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Bullish

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Burn

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Buy and hold

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Cap

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Carbon

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Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

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Carbon Budget

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Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

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Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD)

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Carbon Credit

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Carbon Dividend

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Carbon Floor Price

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Carbon Footprint

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Carbon Intensity

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Carbon Neutrality

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Carbon Offsetting

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Carbon Pricing

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Carbon Removal

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Carbon Sequestration

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Carbon Value at Risk (Carbon VaR)

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Carbon leakage

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Clean Energy

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Clean dark spread

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Clean spark spread

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Clearing House

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Climate Finance

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Climate Risk

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Climate-Aligned Bond

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Commitment of Traders Report

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Compliance Carbon Markets

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Compliance Deadline

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Compliance entity

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Contango

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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Council of the European Union

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Covered sectors

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DACCS

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ESG Criteria

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ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority)

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ESRS

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EU ETS

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EU ETS 2

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EU Taxonomy Regulation

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Emissions Trading Scheme

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Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC)

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European Commission

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European Council

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European Green Deal

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European Parliament

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European Union Allowance (EUA)

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Exchange platform

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Fit for 55

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Free Allocation

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Fuel Switching

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Futures contract

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GHG Protocol

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Gas storage

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Green Bond

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Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

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Greenwashing

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Guarantee of Origin

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ISSB

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Inflation

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Innovation Fund

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Internal Carbon Price

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

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Linear Reduction Factor (LRF)

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Market Stability Reserve (MSR)

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Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

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Modernization Fund

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Net Zero

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Option contract

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Over-The-Counter Market (OTC)

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Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB)

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Physical Risk

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Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)

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Primary market

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REDD+

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Replication

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RepowerEU

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Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

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Scope 3

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Secondary Market

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Spot price

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Surrendering

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Synthetic Risk and Reward Indicator (SRRI)

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TCFD

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TTF gas

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Total Number of Allowances in circulation (TNAC)

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Transaction Log

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