Environmental services

The proportions of solar radiation reflected by a surface or object, expressed in percentage. Snow-covered surfaces have high albedo level; ground (soil) albedo can be high or low; vegetation-covered surfaces and oceans have low albedo level. The Earth’s albedo...

Refer to the countries that are part of a convention. These can be individual countries or economic blocs, such as the European Union.

A component of the climate system in which the so-called greenhouse gases –or a precursor of greenhouse gas – are stored.