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POLLUTION > GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Preferred term

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS  

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • GHG
  • GREENHOUSE GASES

Note

  • LC,EN
  • UNTERM

Scope note

  • Trace gas occurring in the atmosphere which absorbs some of the radiation emitted by the Earth in the infrared region,its increasing concentration may lead to global warming of the climate

History note

  • Instituted December 1996
  • Update of alt label adopted by TC Jan 26 2023
  • Update of pref label adopted by TC May 27 2021

Identifier

  • https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/59933642af722b3c85256aa000601dc0
  • T0010355

In other languages

  • انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة

    Arabic

  • غازات احتباس حراري
  • غازات الاحتباس الحراري
  • غازات الدفيئة
  • 温室气体排放

    Chinese

  • 温室气体
  • 致温室效应气体
  • EMISSION DE GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE

    French

  • GAZ A EFFET DE SERRE
  • GES
  • Выбросы парниковых газов

    Russian

  • НГ
  • Парниковые газы
  • EMISIONES DE GASES DE EFECTO INVERNADERO

    Spanish

  • GAS DE EFECTO INVERNADERO
  • GEI

URI

http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1002757

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