●The Global Warming Potential (GWP) for a gas is a measure of | UPSC Environment Ecology PSIR
●The Global Warming Potential (GWP) for a gas is a measure of the total energy that a gas absorbs over a particular period of time (usually 100 years), compared to carbon dioxide.
●Gases with a higher GWP absorb more energy, per pound, than gases with a lower GWP, and thus contribute more to warming Earth.
●Carbon dioxide (CO2) has a GWP of 1 and serves as a baseline for other GWP values.
