"GHG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: GHGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GHG (plural GHGs)
  1. Initialism of greenhouse gas. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: greenhouse gas Categories (topical): Climate change

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