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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).
The transient climate response to cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (TCRE) is the ratio of the globally averaged surface temperature change per unit carbon dioxide (CO 2) emitted.
The global warming potential (GWP) is defined as an "index measuring the radiative forcing following an emission of a unit mass of a given substance, accumulated over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of the reference substance, carbon dioxide (CO 2).
Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric CO 2 concentration have been increasing, causing global warming and ocean acidification. [12] In October 2023 the average level of CO 2 in Earth's atmosphere, adjusted for seasonal variation, was 422.17 parts per million by volume (ppm). [13]
List of countries by carbon emissions Location % of global total Fossil emissions (1,000,000 tons per year) % change from 2000 2023 2000 World 100%: 39,023.94
Per capita annual GHG emissions, including agriculture and land use change, measured in carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale. [1] Global map of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including agriculture and land use change, measured in carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.
A coal power plant in Germany. Due to emissions trading, coal may become a less competitive fuel than other options. Emissions trading is a market-oriented approach to controlling pollution by providing economic incentives for reducing the emissions of pollutants. [1]
The symmetry of a carbon dioxide molecule is linear and centrosymmetric at its equilibrium geometry. The length of the carbon–oxygen bond in carbon dioxide is 116.3 pm, noticeably shorter than the roughly 140 pm length of a typical single C–O bond, and shorter than most other C–O multiply bonded functional groups such as carbonyls. [19]