List of environmental topics (C)
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This is a list of environmental topics. They relate to the effect of human activity on the environment.
- cadmium poisoning
- California Air Resources Board
- California Certified Organic Farmers
- California Coastal Conservancy
- California Conservation Corps
- California Debris Commission
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control
- California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
- California Environmental Quality Act
- California Fuel Cell Partnership
- California Green Archives
- California Proposition 65 (1986) (regarding toxins)
- California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) (involving issues including the environment)
- California Vehicle Code - Bicycle Relevant Sections
- California Water Wars
- California Waterfowl Association
- Callendar effect (in global warming)
- Calnev Pipeline (from California to Nevada in the US)
- Campaign against Climate Change (CCC) (CaCC) (in the UK)
- Campaign for Dark Skies (in the UK)
- Campaign for National Parks (in the UK)
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (in the UK)
- Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) (formerly Council for the Preservation of Rural England)
- Canadian Environment Awards
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act (of 1999)
- Canadian Geographic (bimonthly magazine) (see "environmental geography" in paragraph 2)
- Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) (Service canadien de la faune)
- canary (see "early warning system" in paragraph 7 under Pet canaries)
- Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (in 1996) (in Australia)
- Canberra Nature Park (in Australia)
- cancer (see under Environment and diet)
- Cancer Alley (in Louisiana in the US)
- Car Free Days
- car-free movement
- car-free zone (auto-free zone) (pedestrianised zone) (see also list of carfree places)
- (car-pool lane: see) high-occupancy vehicle
- carbon audit regime
- carbon credit
- carbon cycle
- (carbon dioxide emissions: see) list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
- carbon dioxide emissions in mainland China
- carbon dioxide sink (CO2 sink)
- carbon emissions trading
- carbon fixation
- carbon flux
- carbon footprint
- carbon intensity
- (carbon market: see) carbon emissions trading
- carbon nanofoam
- carbon nanotube
- carbon offset
- carbon sequestering
- (carbon sink: see) carbon dioxide sink (CO2 sink)
- carbon tax
- carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane) (see under Safety)
- (carbon trading: see) carbon emissions trading
- Carfree Cities
- carpool (see under Advantages and under Disadvantages)
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- catch and release ("a form of recreational fishing")
- (causes of haze: see) haze
- Center For Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS)
- Center for Elephant Conservation (in Florida in the US)
- (Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies: renamed) University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) (in the US)
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) (in the US)
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (in the US)
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (in the US)
- Center for Nanoscale Materials (in the US)
- Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (in the US)
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) (in the US)
- Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES) (environment park in Australia)
- Centre for Environment Education, India (CEE)
- (CERES) Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (environment park in Australia)
- (certified organic: see) organic certification
- certified wood
- cetacean bycatch
- Cetacean Conservation Center (Centro de Conservación Cetacea) (in Chile)
- (CFC) chlorofluorocarbon
- Charles Darwin Foundation ("dedicated to the conservation of ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands")
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) (in the UK)
- chemical oxygen demand (COD) (in environmental chemistry)
- chemical toilet
- chemical warfare (see also list of chemical weapon agents)
- chemical waste
- chemical weapon designation
- chemical weapon proliferation
- Chemical Weapons Convention (Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction)
- Cherenkov radiation (see under Uses)
- Chernobyl accident (in 1986) (in Ukraine)
- Chernobyl2020 (commemorative exhibition)
- Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
- Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) (in the US)
- China Australia Migratory Bird Agreement
- (China Syndrome: 2 meanings from disambiguation page)
- nuclear meltdown
- The China Syndrome, a 1979 movie dramatizing the events of a nuclear meltdown
- chionophile
- Chipko movement (see "tree hugger" in preamble)
- (chlorinated fluorocarbons: see) haloalkane (see under Environmental issues)
- (chlorofluorocarbons: see) haloalkane (see under Environmental issues)
- (CITES) Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- (cities with the most people: see) List of cities by population
- Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination (CACC) (based in Michigan in the US)
- Citizens for Global Solutions (see "global health and environment" under Activism and Advocacy)
- City Beautiful movement
- Clark County Wetlands Park (in Nevada in the US)
- (clean air: see) Air pollution
- Clean Air Act (in the US)
- Clean Air Act 1956 (in the UK)
- Clean Air Act (1970) (in the US)
- Clean Air Act (1990) (in the US)
- clean coal
- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (under the Kyoto Protocol)
- (clean energy: see) green energy
- Clean Energy Future Group (in Australia)
- Clean Up Australia
- (Clean Urban Transport for Europe: see) Fuel Cell Bus Club (see under CUTE)
- Clean Water Act (in the US)
- Clear Skies Act of 2003 (in the US)
- clearfelling (clearcutting)
- climate
- Climate and Geography of Halifax Regional Municipality (in Canada)
- Climate Audit (commentary site [blog] on climate change)
- climate change
- (Climate Change 1995: see) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- (climate change controversy: see) global warming controversy
- (Climate Change Convention: see) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (FCCC)
- (Climate Change Levy: see) United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
- (Climate Change Programme: see) United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
- (Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol: see) Kyoto Protocol
- climate changes of 535-536
- climate commitment studies
- (climate control: see) HVAC
- (climate crash: see) abrupt climate change
- Climate Diagnostics Center (in the US)
- climate engineering
- (climate forcing: see) radiative forcing
- Climate Group
- climate house
- climate model
- climate modeller
- Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) (in the US)
- Climate Outreach and Information Network (British charity)
- (climate parameters, forcings and feedbacks: see) parametrization (climate)
- (climate science: see) climatology
- climate sensitivity
- (climate simulation: see) climate model
- climate surprise
- (climate techno-fix: see) climate engineering
- (climate theory: see) Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (see "climate theory" in paragraph 3 under Political views)
- (climate variability: see) climate change
- (climate warming: see) global warming
- Clinton Global Initiative (see "Climate Change" under Stated goals)
- Cloaca Maxima ("one of the world's earliest sewage systems")
- cloud forcing (see "greenhouse effect" in paragraph 2)
- Coastal Zone Management Act (of 1972) (in the US)
- cogeneration (combined heat and power) (CHP) (see under Types of plant)
- colonization of Mars
- colonization of the Moon
- Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration
- Community bicycle program
- Community Climate System Model
- Community Fisheries Control Agency (proposed) (in Europe)
- Community Forests in England
- community garden
- community gardening
- compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) (compact fluorescent light bulb)
- compactor (for waste material)
- compost
- compost windrow turner
- composting toilet
- (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA]) Superfund (in the US)
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- compressed air energy storage (CAES)
- (compressed-air vehicle: see) air engine (see "no roadside emissions" in paragraph 3)
- Computer Conservation Society (CCS) (in the UK)
- computer recycling
- concrete recycling
- (congestion [traffic]) traffic congestion
- (congestion charge: see) road pricing (congestion pricing)
- conservation agriculture
- Conservation and Neocolonialism
- Conservation and Research Center (in the US)
- conservation area
- conservation areas in Singapore
- conservation areas of Portugal
- Conservation Authorities Act (in Ontario in Canada)
- Conservation Authority (in Ontario in Canada)
- conservation biology
- Conservation Centre Liverpool (in th UK)
- conservation designation
- conservation district
- conservation easement
- conservation ecology
- conservation ethic
- conservation genetics
- Conservation Halton (in Ontario in Canada)
- conservation headland
- conservation in Australia
- conservation in New Zealand
- conservation in the Republic of Ireland
- conservation in the United Kingdom
- Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) (in New England in the US)
- conservation medicine
- conservation movement
- conservation park (in Australia and New Zealand)
- conservation status
- conservation status (TNC)
- Conservation Volunteers Australia
- (conservationism: see) conservation ethic
- conservationist
- (conserve habitat: see) habitat conservation
- (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate) COSMIC
- constructed wetland
- consumerism
- container composting
- Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
- Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
- Convention on Biological Diversity (adopted in 1992)
- Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
- Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas
- Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
- (Convention on Road Traffic: 1 meaning selected from disambiguation page)
- Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
- Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter
- Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
- (Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological [Biological] and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction) (BWC) Biological Weapons Convention
- (Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- (Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat) Ramsar Convention
- (conventional wastewater treatment: 4 meanings selected from disambiguation page)
- Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
- Cooperative Institute for Atmospheric Sciences and Terrestrial Applications
- Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research
- Cooperative Institute for Climate Science
- Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
- Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
- coral bleaching
- Cotwall End Nature Reserve (in the UK)
- Council for a Livable World (in the US)
- Council on Bioethics (in the US)
- Council on Environmental Quality (in the US)
- country park
- country parks and conservation in Hong Kong
- Countryside Agency (in England)
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (in the UK)
- Countryside Commission (in England)
- Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) (Welsh: Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru) (CCGC)
- (critical/endangered: see) ecoregion conservation status
- Critical Mass (bicycle)
- (critically endangered: see) endangered species
- Cultultural ecology
- (curbside recycling) kerbside recycling
- Current Population Survey (CPS) (in the US)
- cycling advocacy
