New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme
Encyclopedia
The New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme (also known as GGAS), which commenced on 1 January 2003, is a mandatory greenhouse gas
emissions trading scheme that aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions to 7.27 tonne
s of carbon dioxide
per capita
by the year 2007.
Greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...
emissions trading scheme that aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions to 7.27 tonne
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
s of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
per capita
Per capita
Per capita is a Latin prepositional phrase: per and capita . The phrase thus means "by heads" or "for each head", i.e. per individual or per person...
by the year 2007.
External links
- http://www.greenhousegas.nsw.gov.au/
- Fact Sheet on Greenhouse and Energy