Glossary beginning with K
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- KING TIDE (ISDR)
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A non-scientific term; but the popular concept is that it is the higher high waters which occur around Christmas time. Equally high tides occur in the winter months but these are at night.
- Kyoto mechanisms
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Three procedures established under the Kyoto Protocol to increase the flexibility and reduce the costs of making greenhouse-gas emissions cuts. They are the Clean Development Mechanism, Emissions Trading and Joint Implementation.
- Kyoto Protocol
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An international agreement standing on its own, and requiring separate ratification by governments, but linked to the UNFCCC. The Kyoto Protocol , among other things, sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions by industrialized countries.