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A carbon footprint
is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and
in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse
gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for
electricity, heating and transportation etc.
A carbon footprint is made up of the sum of two parts, the primary footprint (shown by the green slices of the pie chart) and the secondary footprint (shown as the yellow slices).
1. The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels including domestic energy consumption and transportation (e.g. car and plane). We have direct control of these.
2. The secondary footprint is a measure of the indirect CO2 emissions from the whole lifecycle of products we use - those associated with their manufacture and eventual breakdown. To put it very simply – the more we buy the more emissions will be caused on our behalf.
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...................................................................................................................... Carbon FootprintFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA carbon footprint is “the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product” (UK Carbon Trust 2008). An individual, nation or organization's carbon footprint is measured by undertaking a GHG emissions assessment. Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it. Carbon offsets, or the mitigation of carbon emissions through the development of alternative projects such as solar or wind energy or reforestation, represent one way of managing a carbon footprint. The concept and name of the carbon footprint originates from the ecological footprint discussion.[1] The carbon footprint is a subset of the ecological footprint. READ MORE........
...................................................................................................................... Carbon credits from forest conservation would crash carbon market, says Greenpeace
The environmental group said low carbon prices would "derail global efforts to tackle global warming" and cause "developing countries losing out on billions of dollars a year for investment in clean energy technologies". "If these countries don’t get incentives for a switch to low-carbon technologies, through carbon markets and funds, emissions will continue to rise," it said.
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