Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Definition

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG Emissions). The seven gases mandated under the Kyoto Protocol and to be included in national inventories under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):

carbon dioxide (CO₂)
wikipedia:methane (CH₄)
wikipedia:nitrous oxide (N₂O)
wikipedia:hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
wikipedia:perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
wikipedia:sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆), and
wikipedia:nitrogen trifluoride (NF₆)

Notes

As defined in^[1]
Nitrogen trifluoride was not one of the six gases originally mandated under the Kyoto Protocol, but was added for the second compliance period (starting 2012)

References

↑ PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.

[1] PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.

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