United States Deforestation Rates Statistics | GFW In 2020, United States had 238 Mha of natural forest, extending over 25% of its land area In {year}, it lost 1 52 Mha of natural forest, equivalent to 524 Mt of CO₂ emissions
Municipal Solid Waste - US EPA The United States is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions In 1992, the United States joined 160 other countries as a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which calls on countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
Marking the Kyoto Protocol’s 25th anniversary | United Nations The Kyoto Protocol, the first international treaty to set legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, was adoped 25 years ago, on 11 December 1997, in Kyoto, Japan The agreement
Chapter 1 — Global Warming of 1. 5 ºC - IPCC This chapter frames the context, knowledge-base and assessment approaches used to understand the impacts of 1 5°C global warming above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, building on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U. S. Energy Information . . . What are greenhouse gases and how do they affect the climate? What are the energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels for the United States and the world? What are the greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions factors for fuels and electricity? Why do carbon dioxide emissions weigh more than the original fuel? Gasoline
WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin No. 20 Additionally, it provides insights into changes in radiative forcing — the warming effect on the atmosphere by long-lived greenhouse gases and details the contribution of individual gases to this effect The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin is released yearly to inform the United Nations Climate Change negotiations, the annual Conference of the