6. Glossary

Baseline; baseline

Sum of the emergetic values (in sej) of the three driving forces powering the geobiosphere: solar radiation, gravitational attraction of the sun and moon, residual heat of the earth's core.

Environmental accounting

Analytical approach to human activities aimed at quantifying environmental impacts.

Évaluation émergétique; emergy evaluation

Energy-based environmental accounting method.

Geobiosphere; geobiosphere

Combining the biosphere and the geosphere; all the elements interacting on the Earth's surface.

sej (solar emjoule); solar emjoule

Unit of accounting for the emerging value of a resource, product or flow.

Système complexe;...