Sea-level rise

Sea-level rise refers to the long-term increase in the average global sea level.

Resilient infrastructure

Resilient infrastructure refers to systems, facilities, and structures that are designed and built to withstand and recover from various disruptive events or shocks, such as natural disasters, technological failures, or human-made incidents.

Resilient cities

Resilient cities are urban areas that are well-prepared and capable of effectively responding to and recovering from various challenges, such as natural disasters, climate change impacts, economic downturns, and other unexpected disruptions.

Resilience

Resilience refers to the ability of a system, individual, community, or organization to quickly recover and adapt in the face of disruptions, shocks, or challenges

Renewable portfolio standard (RPS)

Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a policy mechanism that mandates or encourages utilities and energy providers to obtain a certain percentage of their energy generation from renewable sources, such as solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal power.

Renewable energy subsidies

Renewable energy subsidies are financial incentives provided by governments or other entities to promote the development and adoption of renewable energy sources.

Renewable energy certificates (RECs)

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are a market-based mechanism used to promote and track the production and use of renewable energy.

Regenerative design

Regenerative design is an approach to creating products, buildings, and systems that not only minimize harm to the environment but also actively contribute to its restoration and regeneration.

Regenerative agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming and land management that focuses on improving soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem resilience.

Recycling infrastructure

Recycling infrastructure refers to the physical systems, facilities, and processes that are put in place to support and enable the recycling of waste materials.

Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting and storing rainwater for immediate or short-term use.

Rainwater collection

Rainwater collection, also known as rainwater harvesting, is the process of collecting and storing rainwater for various purposes.

Rainforest depletion

Rain forest destruction refers to the loss of tropical and temperate rain forests due to logging and burning, and due to the toxic by-products of activities such as mining.

Public-private partnerships

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a partnership between the public sector and the private sector for the purpose of delivering a project or a service traditionally provided by the public sector.

Public transportation

Public transport is a system that moves people from one area to another in an efficient, affordable manner.

Pollution prevention

Pollution prevention is a strategy for reducing the amount of waste created and released into the environment, particularly by industrial facilities, agriculture, or consumers.

Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat.

Photovoltaic (PV) panels

Photovoltaics is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.

Permaculture

Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems.

Passive solar design

passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, reflect, and distribute solar energy, in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer.