Pdf mitigation of global warming potential for cleaner. Signs of global warming in the united states, region by region iv. Global warmings increasingly visible impacts environmental. Understanding the changes to global warming potential gwp values. Global warming potentials ipcc second assessment report. What well pay if global warming continues unchecked ii about nrdc nrdc natural resources defense council is a national nonprofit environmental organization with. Addition of global warming potentials to the general provisions and.
It is a complex issue full of uncertainties and controversies. India construction materials database of embodied energy. Global warming potential an overview sciencedirect topics. Lifetime years global warming potential time horizon 20 years. Use the global warming potential to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalent weight of an f gas. Global warming potential gwp values relative to co 2 industrial designation or common name chemical formula gwp values for 100year time horizon second assessment report sar fourth assessment report ar4 fifth assessment report ar5 carbon dioxide co2 1 1 1 methane ch4 21 25 28 nitrous oxide n2o 310 298 265. Ipcc 100year gwp values california air resources board. Global warming potential gwp values relative to co2. This article discusses amongst cause of global warming and consequences of global warming on the environment.
The study is a first step in providing this information for broad dissemination. Surely this, if nothing else, makes a mockery of wris claim that global warming is a truly global phenomenon in both cause and potential effect. Global warming potentials gwps are one way to assess these emissions. Global warming potential gwp is defined as the cumulative radiative forcing, both. Operations requires the use of the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc second assessment report global warming potential gwp values. Global warming potentials ipcc second assessment report species. Recommendations for calculation of the global warming potential of. However, hfc 4a is much more damaging to the climate with a global warming potential gwp of 1,300 and an atmospheric lifetime of about 14 years. The paper introduces global warming, elaborates its causes and hazards and presents some solutions to solve this hot issue. Alaska, for instance, had in the 1990s the worlds largest recorded outbreak of spruce bark beetles.
The uk is phasing down hfcs by 79% by 2030 from the average use between 2009 to 2012. Hfc152a has a gwp of 140 and an atmospheric lifetime of approximately 1. Insect pests are spreading to forests previously too cold for their survival. Changes in atmospheric constituents and in radiative forcing ipcc. Global warming is melting glaciers in every region of the world, putting millions of people at risk from floods, droughts and lack of drinking water. Above all, alternative energy sources solar, wind, hydro, geothermal.
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