Glossary
This is an evolving list of terms frequently used in the context of Project Frame. Written in collaboration among working group members, it’s meant to provide common language, as it would be applied in Frame. This is not a comprehensive list of terms associated with emissions reduction but a starting place for new terms or applications. We’ll update and improve terms based on feedback: please share your thoughts at impact@primecoalition.org!
Embedded GHG Emissions
The GHG emissions produced to create and sell a product, including emissions to extract materials for it, manufacture it, and distribute it.
“Facilitating” Solution
A solution that indirectly advances our ability to reduce emissions or adopt a direct climate solution, which will ultimately deliver or accelerate GHG impact.
Global Warming Potential
GWP consists of multipliers applied to greenhouse gasses such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) to equate the impact they have on the Earth’s temperature with that of carbon dioxide (CO2) over a particular time horizon. It provides a common scale for measuring the climate effects of different gasses.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
Gases that absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in the atmosphere.