RT Report T1 Frontiers 2018/19: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern - Chapter 4 T2 氮固定:从氮循环污染到氮循环经济 T2 La solution de l’azote : de la pollution du cycle de l’azote à l’économie circulaire de l’azote T2 Фиксация азота: от циклического загрязнения азотом к экономике, обеспечивающей рециркуляцию азота T2 La fijación de nitrógeno: de la contaminación por el ciclo del nitrógeno a la economía circular del nitrógeno A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A2 Sutton, Mark A2 Raghuram, Nandula A2 Adhya, Tapan Kumar A2 Baron, Jill A2 Cox, Christopher A2 de Vries, Wim A2 Hicks, Kevin A2 Howard, Clare A2 Ju, Xiaotang A2 Kanter, David A2 Masso, Cargele A2 Ometto, Jean Pierre A2 Ramachandran, Ramesh A2 Van Grinsven, Hans A2 Winiwarter, Wilfried K1 nitrogen K1 circular economy K1 pollution YR 2019 FD 2019 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27543 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27543 NO Nitrogen is an extremely abundant element in the Earth’s atmosphere. In the form of the N2 molecule, nitrogen is harmless, making up 78 per cent of every breath we take. The two nitrogen atoms are held together by a strong triple bond (N N), making it extremely stable and chemically unreactive. The planet benefits because N2 allows a safe atmosphere in which life can flourish, while avoiding the flammable consequences of too much oxygen. The environmental interest in nitrogen focuses on the conversion of N2 into otherchemically reactive forms. For simplicity, scientists refer to all other nitrogen forms as “fixed” or “reactive nitrogen” (Nr). DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026