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Greenhouse gases: Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), synthetic gases. In 1990, the method of measuring CO2 changed.
CO2-equivalence: sum of all greenhouse gases; non-CO2-emissions have been converted according to their global warming potential (IPCC 1999).
Source: FOEN.
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Greenhouse gas 1950-2009
CO2-Emissions by country 1974-2008
Average yearly temperature in Switzerland 1900-2010