Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Contents
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)
See Also
References
- ↑ PCAF (2020). The Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for the Financial Industry. First edition.