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emissions factor

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002129

A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity (e.g., grams of carbon dioxide emitted per barrel of fossil fuel consumed, or per pound of product produced).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002129
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsemissions intensity
ReferencesUS Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsolife cycle impact assessment; carbon markets; emissions
TranslationsSpanish: factor de emisión
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002129",
  "term": "emissions factor",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity (e.g., grams of carbon dioxide emitted per barrel of fossil fuel consumed, or per pound of product produced).",
  "synonyms": [
    "emissions intensity"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "life cycle impact assessment",
    "carbon markets",
    "emissions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "factor de emisión"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/emissions-factor/"
}

Record 2,129 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.