Arabic Sustainability Dictionary
One agreed Arabic term for every sustainability concept — proposed by practitioners, scored by reviewers and validated with the University of Jeddah.
Embedded emissions
Under CBAM, the direct and, where applicable, indirect greenhouse gas emissions released during the production of an imported good.
الانبعاثات المتضمنة
Embodied emissions
The emissions released in producing, transporting and disposing of a product, as opposed to the emissions from its use.
الانبعاثات المتجسدة
Emission factor
A coefficient that converts activity data into greenhouse gas emissions, such as kilograms of CO2e per litre of diesel; it should be recorded with its source and version.
معامل الانبعاث
Emissions offsetting
Compensating for emissions by funding or acquiring an equivalent reduction or removal of emissions elsewhere, usually through carbon credits.
تعويض الانبعاثات
Emissions trading system (ETS)
A cap-and-trade scheme in which a government caps total emissions from covered sectors and issues tradable allowances up to that cap.
نظام تداول الانبعاثات