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Created page with "GWP stands for "global warming potential", and it's used to describe the relative strengths of different greenhouse gases. Each greenhouse gas has a GWP value. It could be understood as the answer to the question: "Emitting 1 ton of [this greenhouse gas] is equivalent to emitting how many tons of CO<sub>2</sub>?" See the page on greenhouse gases for tables. Also note that the use of GWP implies a standard ''timescale'', because some gases stay longer in the a..."