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baseline emissions  

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  • Baseline emissions refer to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions typical of a facility, location, or country before a mitigation project or policy is implemented. In other words, baseline emissions are the emissions that would occur in a business-as-usual scenario, before any interventions take place. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Emissions, Baseline]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/baseline_emissions

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