Carbon dioxide

Environmental policy - greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide - CO₂, or CO2 - is the principal greenhouse gas.

Sometimes abbreviated to carbon.

To aid comparisons, other gas emissions can be expressed in terms of their carbon dioxide equivalent.

See also

• Carbon
• Carbon dioxide equivalent
• Carbon footprint
• Carbon offsetting
• Corporate social responsibility
• Embodied carbon
• Emissions
• Environmental concerns
• Greenhouse gas (GHG)
• Net zero
• Operational carbon
• Renewables
• Residual carbon