Sentences with phrase «certain greenhouse gases»

A cap is set on the total amount of certain greenhouse gases that can be emitted by installations covered by the system.

The recent slow down in global warming has been attributed to a number of factors, including excess heat being stored in the deep ocean and reductions of certain greenhouse gases.

He explained that the intermediates turn certain greenhouse gases into aerosols, which help form clouds that have a net cooling effect on the planet.

Global negotiators might, for instance, decide to go after the emitters of certain greenhouse gases that are more potent than carbon dioxide — gases produced particularly by companies that make chemicals.

A task force of the Ministry calculated that thanks to these alternative solutions, 120 million tons of CO2 - equivalent (a figure for global warming potential measuring how much of a certain greenhouse gas contributes to the greenhouse effect) was eliminated in 2010.

The U.N. currently entertains four emissions scenarios, all expressed as the change in downwelling radiation (in watts / meter - sq, nominal year 2100) towards the surface that results from an increase in the atmospheric concentration of certain greenhouse gases.