Climate Terms (I)

Ice Cap :

A dome-shaped ice mass that is considerably smaller in extent than an ice s ...

Ice Sheet :

A mass of land ice of continental size that is sufficiently thick to cover ...

Ice Shelf :

A floating slab of ice of considerable thickness extending from the coast ( ...

Impacts (Consequences, Outcomes) :

Effects on natural and human systems. In this report, the term impacts is u ...

Income :

The maximum amount that a household, or other unit, can consume without red ...

Indian Ocean Dipole :

Large-scale mode of interannual variability of sea surface temperature in t ...

Indigenous Peoples :

Indigenous peoples and nations are those that, having a historical continui ...

Industrial Revolution :

A period of rapid industrial growth with far-reaching social and economic c ...

Industrialized/Developed/Developing Countries :

There are a diversity of approaches for categorizing countries on the basis ...

Informal Sector :

Commercial enterprises (mostly small) that are not registered or that other ...

Informal Settlement :

A term given to settlements or residential areas that by at least one crite ...

Institutions :

Institutions are rules and norms held in common by social actors that guide ...

Insurance/Reinsurance :

A family of financial instruments for sharing and transferring risk among a ...

Integrated Assessment :

A method of analysis that combines results and models from the physical, bi ...

Integrated Coastal Zone Management :

An integrated approach for sustainably managing coastal areas, taking into ...

Invasive Species/Invasive Alien Species :

A species introduced outside its natural past or present distribution (i.e. ...