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The 33 pages that link to Global warming potential, each with the reason it gives.

• Greenhouse gas emissionsRelated: It converts emissions of different gases into comparable carbon dioxide equivalents.

• Nitrous oxideRelated: Nitrous oxide has a very high 100-year warming potential relative to carbon dioxide.

• Radiative forcingRelated: It uses forcing to compare the climate influence of gases such as methane and carbon dioxide.

• Ozone depletionRelated: Some ozone-depleting substances also warm the climate, but their climate impact is measured separately from ozone damage.

• Carbon footprintRelated: Its time horizon and gas-specific values shape converted footprint totals.

• ChlorofluorocarbonRelated: Many CFCs are potent greenhouse gases as well as ozone-depleting substances.

• Greenhouse gasRelated: It allows gases with different lifetimes and radiative effects to be compared.

• Methane emissionsRelated: Methane's estimated climate impact depends strongly on the chosen comparison period.

• RefrigerantRelated: It helps compare the climate consequences of refrigerant leaks and emissions.

• Atmospheric lifetimeRelated: A gas’s atmospheric persistence shapes how its warming effect accumulates over the chosen horizon.

• Aviation emissionsRelated: It helps compare aviation gases, but cannot fully represent short-lived contrail and cloud effects.

• Carbon intensityRelated: It converts non-CO₂ gases into CO₂-equivalent emissions for intensity calculations.

• Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultureRelated: It allows methane and nitrous oxide emissions to be compared in carbon-dioxide equivalents.

• HydrofluorocarbonRelated: Many HFCs have high global warming potentials despite their low ozone impact.

• Ozone depletion potentialCompared with: Unlike ODP, it measures climate forcing rather than stratospheric ozone depletion.

• Social cost of carbonCompared with: It compares gases by physical climate effect, while the social cost estimates monetary damages.

• Kigali AmendmentRelated: HFCs have high global warming potentials, making leakage and replacement choices climatically significant.

• Arctic methane emissionsRelated: It provides one way to compare methane’s climate effect with carbon dioxide emissions.

• HydrochlorofluorocarbonRelated: Many HCFCs also warm the climate, adding a separate reason to phase them out.

• Sulfur hexafluorideRelated: SF₆ has an exceptionally high global warming potential per unit mass.

• Mario MolinaCompared with: Many ozone-depleting compounds also warm the climate, but the two environmental effects are measured differently.

• Aerosol propellantRelated: It helps compare the climate impacts of alternative fluorinated propellants.

• CyclopentaneRelated: Cyclopentane has low direct climate impact compared with many fluorinated blowing agents, though leakage and fire risks remain.

• Environmental impact of aviationRelated: Its time horizon affects how non-CO2 aviation effects are represented in climate comparisons.

• DichlorodifluoromethaneRelated: CFC-12 is also a potent greenhouse gas, giving its emissions a climate impact beyond ozone loss.

• HalocarbonRelated: Many halocarbons absorb infrared radiation and have high warming effects per unit mass.

• TrichlorofluoromethaneRelated: CFC-11 is also a potent greenhouse gas, so emissions affect climate as well as ozone.

• 1,1,1,2-TetrafluoroethaneRelated: R-134a has a high global warming potential, making releases climatically significant.

• Carbon tetrafluorideRelated: This metric expresses the strong warming impact of a small release of CF₄ relative to CO₂.

• ChlorodifluoromethaneRelated: HCFC-22 is a potent greenhouse gas as well as an ozone-depleting substance.

• Deforestation and climate changeRelated: It helps compare carbon dioxide from forest loss with methane and nitrous oxide emissions.

• FluorocarbonRelated: Many refrigerant fluorocarbons have high warming potential despite being used in small quantities.

• Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breakerRelated: SF₆ has an exceptionally high global warming potential, making leakage consequential.