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A guide to global warming potentials (GWPs).

Author(s) : DANNY HARVEY L. D.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Argues that the conceptual difficulties and scientific uncertainties in computing GWPs are so large, and will remain so large, that such indices have no practical value in when applied to the negotiating greenhouse gas emissions. Proposes an alternative conceptual framework for calculating GWPs which is robust to scientific uncertainties and which can be applied to the problem of evaluating the net effect of different fossil fuel-using technologies when alternative technologies emit more that one greenhouse gas but in different proportions.

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  • Original title: A guide to global warming potentials (GWPs).
  • Record ID : 1993-3218
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: General information
  • Source: Energy Policy - vol. 21 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1993/01
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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