Glossary
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
A naturally occurring gas, but also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, of land-use changes and industrial processes.
A naturally occurring gas, but also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, of land-use changes and industrial processes. It is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas affecting Earth’s radiation balance. It is also the “reference gas” that other greenhouse gases are measured against and consequently has a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 1.