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Kaya identity

Kaya identity proper noun: a mathematical identity that disaggregates the total emission level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide so that it can be expressed as the product of four calculable factors: human population, gross domestic product per capita, energy intensity (per unit of GDP), and carbon intensity (emissions per unit of energy consumed).

Proper noun

the Kaya identity

  1. A mathematical identity that disaggregates the total emission level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide so that it can be expressed as the product of four calculable factors: human population, gross domestic product per capita, energy intensity (per unit of GDP), and carbon intensity (emissions per unit of energy consumed).

Origin of Kaya identity

Developed by Japanese energy economist Yoichi Kaya.

Questions about Kaya identity

What does Kaya identity mean?
Kaya identity means a mathematical identity that disaggregates the total emission level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide so that it can be expressed as the product of four calculable factors: human population, gross domestic product per capita, energy intensity (per unit of GDP), and carbon intensity (emissions per unit of energy consumed).
What part of speech is Kaya identity?
Kaya identity is a proper noun.

Words near Kaya identity in the dictionary

  1. Kaxĝär
  2. kay
  3. Kay County
  4. kay-fabe
  5. kaya
  6. Kaya identity
  7. kaya toast
  8. kaya toasts
  9. kayack
  10. kayacks
  11. kayadanda

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