N2O emissions in 2000, Latin America and selected countries

N2O emissions in 2000, Latin America and selected countries

Since pre-industrial times, the atmospheric concentration of nitrous oxide (N2O) has increased by 16%. Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas that has a global warming potential that is 296 times stronger than CO2. In 2000 the total world N2O emissions were estimated at 3,400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents. In South America the emissions of…

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    UNEP/GRID-Arendal
  • Year:
    01/05/2005

N2O emissions in 2000, Latin America and selected countries

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