---
id: "greenhouse_gas"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["environment", "chemistry"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/greenhouse_gas"
---

# Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gas (`greenhouse_gas`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Chemical notation of a greenhouse gas or gas group of the Kyoto Protocol basket, used to label emissions in national inventories and emission statistics. Annex A of the Protocol lists CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6; the Doha Amendment added NF3 for the second commitment period. The regexp accepts plain digits or Unicode subscripts (CO₂) and the singular HFC and PFC. It does not cover single HFC or PFC species or other gases.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Environment (protected areas, biodiversity, water, weather, emissions, waste) (environment), Chemistry (chemistry)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:CO[2₂]|CH[4₄]|N[2₂]O|HFCs?|PFCs?|SF[6₆]|NF[3₃])$
```

## Examples

- `CO2` — Carbon dioxide; Kyoto Protocol, Annex A
- `CH₄` — Methane, written with a subscript; Kyoto Protocol, Annex A
- `HFCs` — Hydrofluorocarbons; Kyoto Protocol, Annex A
- `NF3` — Nitrogen trifluoride; added to Annex A by the Doha Amendment
- `NOx` (invalid example) — Nitrogen oxides are an air pollutant, not a Kyoto Protocol gas

## Translations

- ru: Парниковый газ Киотского протокола: Химическое обозначение парникового газа или группы газов Киотского протокола — CO2, CH4, N2O, ГФУ, ПФУ, SF6 и NF3 (добавлен Дохинской поправкой).

## Sources

- doc: <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:22002A0515(01)>
- doc: <https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:22015A0804(01)>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/greenhouse_gas.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/environment/greenhouse_gas.yaml>
