Cap. 543 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the contents otherwise require -

"climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods;

"climate system" means the totality of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere and their interactions;

"emissions" means the release of greenhouse gases and, or, their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time; "greenhouse gases" means those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation; and shall include, inter alia, the gases listed in the Schedule;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Climate Change policy;

"reservoir" means a component of the climate system, other than the atmosphere, which has the capacity to store, accumulate or release a greenhouse gas or a precursor of a greenhouse gas; "sink" means any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere; "source" means any process or activity which releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol into the atmosphere; "Standing Committee" means the Standing Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Development Planning established in terms of the Development Planning Act;

"UNFCCC" means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which entered into force on 21st March 1994;

"Union" and "European Union" shall have the same meaning of "the European Union" as in the European Union Act.

* This Act has been repealed by Act XVI of 2024. Regulation 42. Vide