carbon footprint

Related to carbon footprint: Carbon credit

carbon footprint

The total contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by a particular activity, enterprise, or product. The increasing concern about the harmful effect of human activity on the environment has promoted the use of this term, which may soon be a cliché. The Boston Globe travel section headlined an article on “green” (ecologically harmless) vacations: “Leave Your Carbon Footprint at Home” (June 6, 2010). Gregg Hurwitz’s novel They’re Watching (2010) has the lines, “‘What’s a lifestyle coach do, exactly?’ I asked. ‘We’re working on reducing Keith’s carbon footprint.’”
See also: carbon, footprint
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As a result of the Quiport Corporation initiative and management, Quito International Airport has achieved carbon footprint neutrality within the Airport Carbon Accreditation Program (ACA) established by the International Airport Council ( ACI World) and technically endorsed by the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the World Bank and the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.
People Prof Ekins said the average British carbon footprint is around 13 tonnes per year and he estimates the footprint of a private jet to Ibiza at more than a tonne.
The study showed that ICT carbon footprint tripled from 2007 to 2018 and will likely reach 14% of the global carbon footprint by 2040.
"We are on a mission to reduce the carbon footprint in the UAE and GCC countries and help protect the planet.
At Monday's cabinet meeting, members were updated on the council's Low Carbon Plan 2016-2027, which set out the ambitious target of reducing the council's carbon footprint by 50% by 2027.
They estimated such a design intervention could reduce the footprint by between 100-500Kt CO2e annually - the carbon footprint of roughly 30,000 UK homes.
But they require significant energy to deliver globally - not only in data centres but also in networks, mobile networks and end devices - and so overall can have a big carbon footprint," said lead researcher Chris Preist.
The company, known as the inventor of the modern emulsifier, has been actively working to reduce its carbon footprint since 2010.
In 2015, the council set out a plan to cut its carbon footprint by 15 per cent by 2020 under its 2020 Carbon Pledge.
Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) crunched some big data, surveying the carbon footprints of 13,000 cities worldwide.
The rapid increased of carbon footprint has worsened the impact climate change.
So, if you are an avowed carnivore and your diet is heavy on cow's milk, steak and corned beef, then your carbon footprint is higher than those carnivores who eat lower in the food chain, opting for fried chicken, omelet and goat's milk.
has debuted a Carbon Footprint Reduction Counter on its new corporate website, ZenergyBrands.com.
The carbon footprint is one of the key measures that individuals and organisations look to when attempting to judge the effect of their actions on the environment.