Emission factors express the warming potential of greenhouse gases (GHGs) relative to carbon dioxide (CO₂) , usually known as Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) over a 100‑year period (GWP₁₀₀). The most recently adopted authoritative values come from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6, 2021) — which many international and regional regulators (including the  EU ETS,  UK DEFRA, and  ISO 14064‑1:2018 updates) have begun using or r

The IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , have around 195 countries as member. The IPCC is a scientific body established in 1988 by: the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) , and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) . It was created to provide objective, scientific assessments about: climate change, its causes, its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts, and possible adaptation and mitigation strategies. 📘 What It Does