Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Because ammonia production depends on a reliable supply of energy, fossil fuels are often used, contributing to climate change when they are combusted and create greenhouse gasses. [11] Ammonia production also introduces nitrogen into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, causing imbalances that contribute to environmental issues such as algae blooms.
The catalytic converters in engines reduce noxious chemical emission, but also cause ammonia to be released as a byproduct. Operation of a three way catalyst converter type causes this. Newer vehicles have reduced ammonia emissions through modifications such as decreasing exhaust temperatures and increasing air to fuel ratios. [7] [15] < 2%
An emission intensity (also carbon intensity or C.I.) is the emission rate of a given pollutant relative to the intensity of a specific activity, or an industrial production process; for example grams of carbon dioxide released per megajoule of energy produced, or the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions produced to gross domestic product (GDP).
Canadian fertilizer company Nutrien Ltd intends to build a $2 billion U.S. plant to produce ammonia with low carbon emissions, it said on Wednesday, in the sector's latest move to meet rising ...
Environmental pressure is often measured using emissions of pollutants, and decoupling is often measured by the emission intensity of economic output. [3] Studies have found that absolute decoupling was rare and that only a few industrialised countries had weak decoupling of GDP from "consumption-based" CO 2 production. [4]
estimating economic costs of facilitating and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies (varying with the objectives and the levels of action required); see also economics of climate change mitigation. monetising the projected impacts to society per additional metric tonne of carbon emissions (social cost of carbon)
The term carbon in low-carbon economy is short hand for all greenhouse gases. The UK Office for National Statistics published the following definition in 2017: "The low carbon economy is defined as economic activities that deliver goods and services that generate significantly lower emissions of greenhouse gases; predominantly carbon dioxide."
A carbon price is a system of applying a price to carbon emissions, as a method of emissions mitigation. [6] Potential methods of pricing include carbon emission trading, results-based climate finance, crediting mechanisms and more. [7] Carbon pricing can lend itself to the creation of carbon taxes, which allows governments to tax emissions. [6]