Arabic Sustainability Dictionary
One agreed Arabic term for every sustainability concept — proposed by practitioners, scored by reviewers and validated with the University of Jeddah.
Global warming potential (GWP)
A measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps over a set period, usually 100 years, relative to the same mass of carbon dioxide.
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Greenhouse gas (GHG)
A gas that absorbs and re-emits infrared radiation in the atmosphere, causing warming; the main ones covered in accounting are CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, HFCs, PFCs, SF6 and NF3.
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)
The most widely used set of standards for corporate greenhouse gas accounting, developed by the World Resources Institute and WBCSD, which defines Scopes 1, 2 and 3.
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