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Data and Resources
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Gender
Gender refers to the roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a...
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Gender analysis
Gender analysis is a critical examination of how differences in gender roles,...
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Gender analyst
Person who monitors and analyses the participation of women in the electoral...
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Gender and development approach
An approach that aims to transform gender unequal relations in order to...
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Gender and rural advisory services assessment tool
The GRAST is a tool and methodology that helps organizations carry out an in-...
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Gender approach
The ability to acknowledge and highlight existing gender differences, issues...
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Gender balance
A balanced representation of women and men in positions of responsibility in...
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Gender based division of labour
Refers to the allocation of different jobs or types of work to men and women,...
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Gender bias
Actions against women (or men) based on the perception that the other sex is...
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Gender blind
An approach/strategy/framework/programme may be defined as gender-blind when...
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Gender blindness
It refers to policies and programmes that do not consider gender roles or...
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Gender checklist
Prepare and use checklists to ensure that gender issues are incorporated and...
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Gender disaggregated data
The collection and separation of data and statistical information by gender...
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Gender discrimination
Any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has...
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Gender disparity
Differences between men and women in respect to their status, situation,...
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Gender divide
The "gender divide" is reflected not only in the lower numbers of women and...
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Gender dynamics
Refers to the relationships and interactions between and among boys, girls,...
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Gender empowerment
In its broadest sense, it is the expansion of freedom of choice and action....
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Gender empowerment measure
An index that focuses on three variables that reflect women's participation...
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Gender equality (equality between women and men)
This refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women...
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Gender equality capacity assessment
A means of assessing the understanding, knowledge and skills that individuals...
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Gender equality goal
Informal way of describing the Millennium Development (MDG) :GOAL NO. 3:...
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Gender equity
Fairness of treatment for women and men in terms of rights, benefits,...
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Gender focal point
A person who is appointed to support gender mainstreaming by advocating,...
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Gender gap
Referring to any disparity between women and men’s condition or position in...
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Gender identity
It refers to each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of...
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Gender impact assessment
An assessment of the ways in which a policy, programme or project proposal...
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Gender inequality index
An index, introduced by UNDP in 2010, that reflects women’s disadvantage in...
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Gender lens
Think of a gender lens as putting on spectacles. Out of one lens of the...
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Gender mainstreaming
The process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned...
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Gender marker
A tool used to code to what extent a project or programme has the potential...
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Gender neutrality
An approach which tries to overcome gender-biased practices by not expressing...
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Gender norm
Refer to beliefs about women and men, boys and girls that are passed from...
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Gender parity index
Ratio of female to male values of a given indicator.; A subindex of WEAI and...
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Gender planning
The process of planning development projects and programmes taking into...
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Gender relations
The ways in which a society defines rights, responsibilities and the...
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Gender roles
Those behaviours, tasks and responsibilities that a society considers...
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Gender sensitization
The modification of behaviour by raising awareness of gender equality...
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Gender stereotype
[Gender stereotype] is a generalised view or preconception about attributes,...
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Gender targets
The term gender targets refers to the male-female ratio in the professional...
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Gender training
A facilitated process of developing awareness and capacity on gender issues...
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Gender wage gap
The difference between men’s and women’s pay, based on the average difference...
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Gender-based persecution
A non-legal term encompassing the range of different claims in which gender...
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Gender-based violence
Violence that is directed against a person on the basis of gender.; Any...
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Gender-disaggregated data
Information collected and presented separately according to people’s gender....
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Gender-equitable participation
Participation of women and men in decision-making processes on a fair and...
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Gender-responsive approach
Gender-responsive approaches recognize and address the specific needs and...
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Gender-responsive budget
Gender-responsive budgeting is not about creating separate budgets for women,...
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Gender-responsive budgeting
Gender-responsive budgeting is government planning, programming and budgeting...
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Gender-sensitive indicator
Indicator that measures gender-related changes over time.
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Gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation framework
A monitoring framework that allows users to measure and evaluate gender-...
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Gender-transformative approach
An approach that seeks to challenge and transform rigid gender roles and...
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General circulation model
A climate model that employs a mathematical model of the general circulation...
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Genetic diversity
The variety of genes within a particular species, variety or breed.
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Geo data portal (now environmental data explorer)
The source for datasets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global...
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Geomorphology
The study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their...
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Geospatial
Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
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Geostationary orbit
Circular orbit 35,785 km (22,236 miles) above Earth’s Equator in which a...
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Geosynchronous orbit
A high Earth orbit that allows satellites to match Earth’s rotation.
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Geothermal energy
The word geothermal comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat)....
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Geric property
Geric properties (from Greek geraios, old) refers to mineral soil material...
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Gigajoules
One billion joules.; A gigajoule (GJ) is a metric term used for measuring...
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Glacial periods
a period in the earth's history when polar and mountain ice sheets were...
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Glacier retreat
Glaciers retreat when their terminus does not extend as far downvalley as it...
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Gley soil
Soils forming under a constant excessive moistening, i.e. affected by...
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Gleyic property
Soil materials develop gleyic properties (from the Russian local name gley,...
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Global (international) environmental governance
The assemblage of laws and institutions that regulate society- nature...
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Global agro-ecological zones
Its provides a standardized framework for characterizing climate, soil and...
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Global commons
Natural un-owned assets such as the atmosphere, oceans, outer space and the...
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Global dimming
Fossil fuel use, as well as producing greenhouse gases, creates other by-...
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Global earth observation system of systems (GEOSS)
A network aiming to link existing and planned Earth observing systems (e.g.,...
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Global environmental benefits
The environmental problems of concern to the GEF are global and inter-...
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Global hectare
A hypothetical hectare with world-average ability to produce resources and...
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Global observation system
A set of coordinated monitoring activities that would collect much needed...
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Global public good
Public goods that have universal benefits, covering multiple groups of...
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Global warming
Increase in surface air temperature, referred to as the global temperature,...
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Global warming potential
An index representing the combined effect of the differing times greenhouse...
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Globalization
The increasing integration of economies and societies around the world,...
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Glossic qualifier
Tonguing of a mollic or umbric horizon into an underlying layer.
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Gnotobiology
The maintenance of laboratory animals all of whose microbiologic commensals...
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Good chemical status
It means compliance with the environmental quality standards defined in...
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Good ecological status (GES)
For the purposes of Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for...
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Governance
The act, process, or power of governing for the organization of society/ies....
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Gram negative bacterium
Bacteria which fail to retain the Gram stain.
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Gram stain
A stain used to divide bacteria into two groups.
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Granulometry
The grain size distribution is one of the basic and characteristic properties...
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Gravitational water
The free water in the soil which moves into, through, or out of the soil...
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Grazing system
The grazing system is predominantly dependent on the natural productivity of...
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Great ape range states
The 21 countries in Equatorial Africa and in 2 countries in Southeast Asia...
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Great apes
The great apes have traditionally comprised six species—chimpanzee, bonobo,...
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Green building
High Performance (Green) Buildings offer superior performance in a variety of...
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Green development
Green development is generally differentiated from sustainable development in...
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Green economy
There is no internationally agreed definition of green economy and at least...
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Green fiscal reform
A major change in the tax system with the intention of introducing or...
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Green fund
A mutual fund that selects investments based on a commitment to environmental...
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Green growth
According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Pacific...
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Green growth paradigm shift
The emergence of the concept of “green growth” marks the change from a...
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Green infrastructure
A strategically planned network of high quality natural and semi-natural...
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Green investment
Green investments are traditional investment vehicles (such as stocks,...
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Green job
A green job, also called a green-collar job is, according to the United...
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Green meeting
Organizing a "green" meeting involves adopting a pollution prevention...
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Green roof
They are an extension of the existing roof which involves a high quality...
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Green stimulus
Green stimulus is defined as short-run fiscal stimuli that also serve a...
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Green technology
Research indicates that ‘green technology’ has narrow to broad definitions...
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Green water footprint
It refers to rainwater consumed.
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Green workplace
A green workplace is defined as a workplace that is environmentally...
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Greenhouse gases (GHGS)
Gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that...
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Greenwashing
When a company or organization spends more time and money claiming to be...
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Grey energy
Grey energy is the energy hidden in a product, i.e. the amount of energy...
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Grey water
Water the quality of which has been adversely affected by human use, in...
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Gross domestic product (GDP)
The value of all final goods and services produced in a country in one year....
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Ground truthing
A process by which the content of satellite images, aerial photographs – or...
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Groundwater
Water that flows or seeps downward and saturates soil or rock, supplying...
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Guano
The excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.
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Gypsic horizon
A gypsic horizon (from Greek gypsos, gypsum) is a non-cemented horizon...
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Gyres
A large system of rotating ocean currents, primarily driven by wind movement....
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
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| Source | https://wesr-staging.azurewebsites.net/glossary/ajax/ajax.searchbyindex.php?q=G |
| Author | UNEP GEO |
| Maintainer | UNEP GEO |
| Last Updated | January 26, 2023, 06:29 (UTC) |
| Created | September 13, 2022, 18:23 (UTC) |
| GUID | unep-geo-glossary-letter-g |
| Issued | 2022-08-31 13:21:29 |
| Language | en |
| Modified | 2022-11-09 17:41:18 |
| Publisher name | UNEP GEO |
| Theme | Glossary |
| data_type | webpage |
| spatial | Global |