an organisation that supports children’s health, education, and rights worldwide, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a group that defends people from abuse and protects basic freedoms, Amnesty International, a charity that fights poverty and inequality, Oxfam, a global body that promotes health and fights disease, World Health Organisation (WHO), a medical organisation that provides emergency care worldwide, Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian group that helps victims of war and conflict, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an international organisation that campaigns to protect the environment and promote peace, Greenpeace, an organisation that protects wildlife and natural habitats, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), making a company seem environmentally friendly when it is not, greenwashing, the total amount of harmful gases caused by a person or activity, carbon footprint, paying for projects that reduce emissions to balance one’s own impact, carbon offset, a state where released emissions are fully balanced by reductions, climate neutrality, power from sources that do not run out, renewable energy, energy sources that can be replaced naturally, renewables, power from the sun, solar energy, power produced by moving air, wind power, a machine that turns wind into usable energy, windmill, power from heat inside the earth, geothermal energy, power generated from flowing water, hydro-power, a place where electricity is produced, power station

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