Intervention · Intervention

Renewable energy

Intervention that supplies energy from sources replenished faster than they are consumed, such as solar, wind, hydro, and sustainable biomass, displacing fossil-fuel use.

Definition source: UN

Synonyms

alternative energy

Broader

Top concept of the scheme

Narrower

none

Relations

reduces-emissions Carbon dioxide
produces Greenhouse gas emissions
part-of Energy management

Counts as adaptation

Intervention addresses a climate hazard, OR produces a qualifying outcome (adaptation-specific or hazard-conditioned), OR produces an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when done purely for productivity, market, or development with no hazard link and no hazard-referenced result.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

INT_248 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/INT_248
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/INT_248)