The conundrum of calculating carbon footprints

Bjarne W. Strobel, Anders Christian Erichsen, Quentin Gausset

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Abstract

A pre-condition for reducing global warming is to minimise the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). A common approach to informing people about the link between behaviour and climate change rests on developing GHG calculators that quantify the ‘carbon footprint’ of a product, a sector or an actor. There is, however, an abundance of GHG calculators that rely on very different premises and give very different estimates of carbon footprints. In this chapter, we compare and analyse the main principles of calculating carbon footprints, and discuss how calculators can inform (or misinform) people who wish to adopt greener behaviour.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelCommunity Governance and Citizen-Driven Initiatives in Climate Change Mitigation
RedaktørerJens Hoff, Quentin Gausset
Antal sider21
ForlagRoutledge
Publikationsdato2015
Sider7-27
Kapitel2
ISBN (Trykt)978-1-138-90109-4
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-1-315-70029-8
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2015
NavnRoutledge Advances in Climate Change Research

Emneord

  • Global opvarmning
  • Klimaændringer

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