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  2. List of abbreviations relating to climate change - Wikipedia

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    CNZ - Carbon Net Zero [11] CO 2 - Carbon dioxide; CO 2-e - Carbon dioxide equivalent, also CO 2-eq [12] CoM - Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (Europe) [13] COP - Conference of the Parties [to the UNFCCC] COP1 - First UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (28 March to 7 April 1995) COP2 - Second UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (8-18 July 1996)

  3. Equivalent carbon content - Wikipedia

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    The equivalent carbon content concept is used on ferrous materials, typically steel and cast iron, to determine various properties of the alloy when more than just carbon is used as an alloyant, which is typical. The idea is to convert the percentage of alloying elements other than carbon to the equivalent carbon percentage, because the iron ...

  4. Global warming potential - Wikipedia

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    The carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e or CO 2 eq or CO 2-e or CO 2-eq) can be calculated from the GWP. For any gas, it is the mass of CO 2 that would warm the earth as much as the mass of that gas. Thus it provides a common scale for measuring the climate effects of different gases.

  5. Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of energy sources

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    The findings are presented in units of global warming potential per unit of electrical energy generated by that source. The scale uses the global warming potential unit, the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e), and the unit of electrical energy, the kilowatt hour (kWh). The goal of such assessments is to cover the full life of the source, from ...

  6. Carbon offsets and credits - Wikipedia

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    [14] [15] [16] One carbon credit represents an emission reduction or removal of one metric tonne of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of greenhouse gases that contribute equally to global warming (CO 2 e). [17] [18] Carbon credits are a form of carbon pricing, along with carbon taxes and subsidies.

  7. Representative Concentration Pathway - Wikipedia

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    RCP 2.6 is a "very stringent" pathway. [6] According to the IPCC, RCP 2.6 requires that carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions start declining by 2020 and go to zero by 2100.It also requires that methane emissions (CH 4) go to approximately half the CH 4 levels of 2020, and that sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions decline to approximately 10% of those of 1980–1990.

  8. Carbon footprint - Wikipedia

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    The carbon footprint explained Comparison of the carbon footprint of protein-rich foods [1]. A formal definition of carbon footprint is as follows: "A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) emissions of a defined population, system or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and temporal boundary of the population, system ...

  9. List of energy abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CA—Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon-neutrality —Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO). CAA—Clean Air Act (US) CAEM—Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US) CAES—Compressed Air Energy Storage