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Identifying potential synergies and trade-offs for meeting food security and climate change objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. (1/28)
(+info)Changes in travel-related carbon emissions associated with modernization of services for patients with acute myocardial infarction: a case study. (2/28)
(+info)Clinical transformation: the key to green nephrology. (3/28)
(+info)Greenhouse gas emissions from alternative futures of deforestation and agricultural management in the southern Amazon. (4/28)
(+info)The carbon footprint of a renal service in the United Kingdom. (5/28)
(+info)Trading carbon for food: global comparison of carbon stocks vs. crop yields on agricultural land. (6/28)
(+info)Reducing the environmental impact of trials: a comparison of the carbon footprint of the CRASH-1 and CRASH-2 clinical trials. (7/28)
(+info)The leverage of demographic dynamics on carbon dioxide emissions: does age structure matter? (8/28)
(+info)A "carbon footprint" is not a medical term, but it is an environmental concept that has become widely used in recent years. It refers to the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced to directly or indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases, among others. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming and climate change.
A carbon footprint can be calculated for an individual, organization, event, or product by adding up all the emissions associated with its production, use, and disposal. This includes direct emissions from sources such as transportation, heating, and industrial processes, as well as indirect emissions from electricity generation, supply chain activities, and waste management.
Reducing carbon footprints is an important strategy for mitigating climate change and reducing the negative impacts on human health associated with a warming planet, such as increased heat-related illnesses, respiratory problems, and infectious diseases.
The greenhouse effect is not a medical term, but rather a term used in the field of environmental science and meteorology. However, I can certainly provide a definition for you:
The greenhouse effect refers to the warming of Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by the trapping of heat by certain gases in the atmosphere, known as greenhouse gases. These gases include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and fluorinated gases.
When sunlight reaches Earth's surface, it is absorbed and then re-emitted as heat energy, which would normally escape back into space. However, some of this heat is trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing the planet to warm up. This process is essential for life on Earth, as it helps to maintain a stable temperature that supports plant and animal growth.
However, human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture have led to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which has caused the natural greenhouse effect to become amplified. This has resulted in global warming and climate change, with potentially serious consequences for both human health and the environment.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas that is naturally present in the Earth's atmosphere. It is a normal byproduct of cellular respiration in humans, animals, and plants, and is also produced through the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas.
In medical terms, carbon dioxide is often used as a respiratory stimulant and to maintain the pH balance of blood. It is also used during certain medical procedures, such as laparoscopic surgery, to insufflate (inflate) the abdominal cavity and create a working space for the surgeon.
Elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the body can lead to respiratory acidosis, a condition characterized by an increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and a decrease in pH. This can occur in conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, or other lung diseases that impair breathing and gas exchange. Symptoms of respiratory acidosis may include shortness of breath, confusion, headache, and in severe cases, coma or death.
In the context of medical definitions, 'carbon' is not typically used as a standalone term. Carbon is an element with the symbol C and atomic number 6, which is naturally abundant in the human body and the environment. It is a crucial component of all living organisms, forming the basis of organic compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
Carbon forms strong covalent bonds with various elements, allowing for the creation of complex molecules that are essential to life. In this sense, carbon is a fundamental building block of life on Earth. However, it does not have a specific medical definition as an isolated term.
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Product Carbon Footprint3
- This question has become increasingly important over the past years and a so called Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) can help to find answers. (basf.com)
- BASF increasingly offers products with a reduced CO 2 footprint (Product Carbon Footprint, PCF) in response to rising demand from customers. (basf.com)
- The partial Product Carbon Footprint takes into account the greenhouse gas emissions that occur when raw materials are extracted (cradle) until they leave the BASF site (plant gate). (basf.com)
Annual carbon footprint3
- Ever since 2018, the UIAA has published an annual Carbon Footprint Report. (theuiaa.org)
- From next year, farmers will have the option of completing their sustainability survey every 12 months, to receive an annual carbon footprint. (bordbia.ie)
- Our annual carbon footprint report for 2018-19 shows that heating of 73 buildings with oil and gas accounted for 61% of our 'Scope 1' carbon footprint (scope 1 meaning direct emissions from our own assets). (cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
Monthly carbon footprint2
- The technology, developed in partnership with sustainability Fintech startup Cogo, will allow the bank's retail customers to view their monthly carbon footprint with a comparison to the national average. (commbank.com.au)
- Users can also see how their monthly carbon footprint compares with the same month of the previous year. (pinktentacle.com)
Personal carbon footprint1
- The more electricity, gas and fuel we use at home, the higher the level of personal carbon footprint. (targetwoman.com)
Calculate9
- Several methodologies and online tools exist to calculate the carbon footprint, depending on whether the focus is on a country, organization, product or individual person. (wikipedia.org)
- To calculate the carbon footprint for different entities, the following methods are used: For organizations, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is commonly used. (wikipedia.org)
- For whole countries, consumption-based emissions accounting can be used to calculate their carbon footprint for a given year. (wikipedia.org)
- Complex calculations are used to calculate carbon footprints. (technologystudent.com)
- If you don't have time to calculate your carbon footprint, there are a number of organizations that can help. (buildings.com)
- To calculate the carbon footprint, Bord Bia uses a carbon footprint model developed by Teagasc and accredited by the Carbon Trust. (bordbia.ie)
- To calculate a farm's carbon footprint Bord Bia requires four sources of data, outlined below. (bordbia.ie)
- This year, we conducted a greenhouse gas inventory to calculate and monitor our organizational carbon footprint. (ifaw.org)
- We can then assign each transaction emissions factor data per industry type (ie fashion, grocery, etc.), which is provided to us by Cogo to calculate their carbon footprint. (commbank.com.au)
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- Coal is the biggest culprit, accounting for approximately 40% of global carbon emissions in 2022, according to the Global Carbon Project. (dhl.com)
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- Together these produce a carbon footprint of around 8,500 tonnes CO 2 e (gross) in 2018/19. (cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
Sustainability5
- Next is the social impact: consumers today are more responsible and knowledgeable when it comes to sustainability, preferring brands that limit their carbon footprint. (dhl.com)
- For example, since 2007, the dairy industry uses 30% less water and 21% less land, produces 20% less manure and has reduced its carbon footprint by 19% for each 1 gallon of milk produced, according to the Dairy Sustainability Alliance. (iowafarmbureau.com)
- The Dairy Sustainability Alliance is a coalition of dairy farmers and processors working to achieve net zero carbon emissions in the U.S. dairy industry by 2050. (iowafarmbureau.com)
- Polymer Group (PGI), a global manufacturer of nonwoven materials, has set several goals for 2014 including a 10 percent per square meter reduction in carbon footprint, water consumption, non-renewable resources and solid waste generation, according to the company's inaugural 2008 Sustainability Report . (environmentalleader.com)
- Based on the Lund University Sustainability Strategy to reduce the carbon footprint, all employees are urged to put their business travel into this perspective. (lu.se)
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- Increased focus on maximizing biomass energy in 2017 will support our path to reducing our carbon footprint. (canfor.com)
- He wrote a book in 2017 about his personal quest to decrease his carbon footprint. (kpbs.org)
Offsets1
- You can still support clean energy with Carbon Offsets . (greenmountainenergy.com)
Related carbon emissions1
- The graph below shows our energy related carbon emissions since 2014-15. (cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
AI's2
- It could be a step toward more realistic data from tech companies about the carbon footprint of their AI products at a time when experts are calling for the sector to do a better job of evaluating AI's environmental impact. (technologyreview.com)
- AI's carbon footprint is growing. (marketplace.org)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol3
- Similarly for an organization, its carbon footprint includes the direct as well as the indirect emissions caused by the organization (called Scope 1, 2 and 3 in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol that is used for carbon accounting of organizations). (wikipedia.org)
- The Greenhouse Gas Protocol also includes all of the most important greenhouse gases: "The standard covers the accounting and reporting of seven greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PCFs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). (wikipedia.org)
- BASF's PCFs are calculated following general standards for life cycle assessment (ISO 14044) and carbon footprints of products (ISO 14067), as well as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Product Standard. (basf.com)
Electricity8
- By 2025, Microsoft said it will shift to 100% supply of renewable energy, which means it will have in place power purchase agreements for green energy contracted for 100% of carbon-emitting electricity consumed by all of its data centres, buildings, and campuses. (zdnet.com)
- One strategy is to lower your carbon footprint, which is a measure of your total greenhouse gas emissions not just from driving vehicles or using electricity but also lifestyle choices, such as the clothes you wear and food you eat. (healthline.com)
- At both Yestermorrow and South Mountain Company the focus has been more on the carbon footprint of business operations, looking at transportation, waste, purchasing, electricity and fuel usage. (nesea.org)
- Approaching this from a carbon lens has given useful perspective on the overall impact of proposed changes to the system-for example, at Yestermorrow given the supply to the grid in VT, producing a large percentage of our electricity on-site with photovoltaics doesn't necessarily result in a significant carbon reduction, whereas reducing transportation emissions provides a much bigger opportunity to impact the whole. (nesea.org)
- An individual's carbon footprint is calculated by accounting for the electricity, fuel, and meat consumed, how much waste they generate, and other personal choices. (dhl.com)
- The bulk of a building's footprint is energy use, including electricity, natural gas, and other sources tied to fossil fuel.Review your utility bills and conduct some basic calculations to reveal a large portion of these impacts. (buildings.com)
- Our goal was to go above and beyond just the carbon dioxide emissions of the electricity consumed during training and to account for a larger part of the life cycle in order to help the AI community get a better idea of the their impact on the environment and how we could begin to reduce it," says Sasha Luccioni, a researcher at Hugging Face and the paper's lead author. (technologyreview.com)
- This will reduce carbon footprint contribution from electricity to zero. (targetwoman.com)
Tonnes6
- Globally, the average carbon footprint per person is 7 tonnes of CO2 per year. (dhl.com)
- In the United States, the average carbon footprint is 16 tonnes per person, reports The Nature Conservancy. (dhl.com)
- Our carbon footprint baseline is 203,665 tonnes CO 2 e. (cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
- Your annual offset covers 20.3 tonnes of carbon, the average amount of carbon each person in Australia emits each year. (greenfleet.com.au)
- Greenfleet has offset over 4.4 million tonnes of carbon and planted over 10.5 million trees. (greenfleet.com.au)
- To date, Lenovo has helped commercial customers offset more than 1 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide associated with the purchase of their IT equipment. (lenovo.com)
Equivalent8
- The carbon footprint is commonly expressed as the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) per unit of comparison. (wikipedia.org)
- Calculated as carbon dioxide equivalent using the relevant 100-year global warming potential (GWP100). (wikipedia.org)
- Carbon footprints are usually reported in tons of emissions (CO2-equivalent) per year. (wikipedia.org)
- If a person uses a bicycle to go to work from home, covering a distance of three miles, the carbon footprint left behind is the equivalent to two foot prints. (technologystudent.com)
- For $365 per year, the equivalent of $1 per day, your carbon footprint will be offset and you will help Greenfleet deliver critical climate action. (greenfleet.com.au)
- While that may seem like a lot for one model-50 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions is the equivalent of around 60 flights between London and New York-it's significantly less than the emissions associated with other LLMs of the same size. (technologyreview.com)
- You can discover the carbon footprint of your flight measured in CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). (iberia.com)
- It is measured in units of equivalent kilograms of CARBON DIOXIDE generated in a given time frame. (bvsalud.org)
Methane6
- In other definitions, only the carbon dioxide emissions are taken into account but not those of other greenhouse gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide. (wikipedia.org)
- A commonly used definition of carbon footprint is as follows: "A measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions of a defined population, system or activity, considering all relevant sources, sinks and storage within the spatial and temporal boundary of the population, system or activity of interest. (wikipedia.org)
- Over a 100-year period, methane is estimated to have 34 times the impact as carbon dioxide on global warming ( 5 , 6 ). (healthline.com)
- Dairy cattle and their manure emit greenhouse gasses like methane, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, and ammonia ( 1 , 10 , 17 , 18 , 19 ). (healthline.com)
- Lamb and goat meat also have heavy footprints because, like cows, those animals release methane, a greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Carbon footprint refers to the number of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, that an individual or community emits over time due to their actions. (dhl.com)
Lower carbon3
- The BASF sales products from both approaches have the same properties as products based on purely fossil raw materials - but with a lower carbon footprint. (basf.com)
- One study in 55,504 people found that people who ate medium amounts of meat per day - 1.8-3.5 ounces (50-100 grams) - had a significantly lower carbon footprint than those who ate more than 3.5 ounces (100 grams) per day ( 15 ). (healthline.com)
- We knew eating chicken instead of beef would lower carbon emissions related to diet but it was much lower than expected," says Diego Rose, a researcher at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and lead author of the study. (nationalgeographic.com)
Global carbon emissions2
- However, global carbon emissions related to tourism are currently not well quantified. (nature.com)
- The fashion industry is responsible for 10 per cent of annual global carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined, according a report by the World Bank Group released prior to the pandemic. (theglobeandmail.com)
Nature Conservancy1
- There are basic carbon calculators such as the one provided by the Nature Conservancy (see sidebar at left). (buildings.com)
Reduce their carbon emissions1
- Based on the degree to which users actually reduce their carbon emissions, they are awarded "eco-points" that can be exchanged for virtual soil, water, flowers and grass in a nature restoration simulation game. (pinktentacle.com)
Reduction3
- Its plan will see Microsoft take responsibility for its carbon footprint by being a voice for lowing emissions, being "grounded in science and math", investing in carbon reduction and removal technology, and providing transparency. (zdnet.com)
- The study shows that one simple substitution can result in a big reduction in a person's dietary carbon footprint-the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that result from energy, fertilizer, and land use involved in growing food , Rose said. (nationalgeographic.com)
- It is important to note that this decrease reflects the new model, rather than changes at farm-level, and does not impact national agri-emissions carbon reduction targets. (bordbia.ie)
Calculator9
- To work out your carbon footprint search the internet for a carbon footprint calculator and try it out. (technologystudent.com)
- The biogenic carbon footprint calculator is applicable to a variety of products (e.g., bioenergy pellets, paper, timber, etc.) with a diverse set of end uses (e.g., renewable energy, furniture, pulp and paper, etc. (worldwildlife.org)
- Detailed instructions on how to use the calculator can be found in the "quick start guide" tab of the biogenic carbon footprint calculator and in the user manual. (worldwildlife.org)
- The biogenic carbon footprint calculator implements a dynamic accounting approach that considers biogenic carbon in wood-based products. (worldwildlife.org)
- As such, the calculator calculates the biogenic carbon footprint by expanding on the concept of global warming potential of biogenic carbon (GWPbio), which takes into account forest carbon gaps (decreased carbon stocks in forests until regrowth occurs) and the benefits of storing carbon in products. (worldwildlife.org)
- WWF Footprint Calculator is an easy to complete calculator which also compares your results to the average footprint of those living in the same postcode. (exeter.gov.uk)
- Carbon Savvy offers a range of calculators depending on the time you have available - the taster calculator (1 minute), popular calculator (5 minutes) or full calculator (45 minutes). (exeter.gov.uk)
- Climate Hero offers a 5 minute carbon footprint calculator, as well as the opportunity to make climate pledges and offset your footprint. (exeter.gov.uk)
- How does the carbon footprint calculator for our flights work? (iberia.com)
Amount of greenhouse gases3
- The carbon footprint (or greenhouse gas footprint) serves as an indicator to compare the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted from an activity, product, company or country. (wikipedia.org)
- The amount of greenhouse gases a business organisation generates is thus its corporate carbon footprint. (dhl.com)
- A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support an activity, in Askov Finlayson's case the manufacturing or transporting of clothing to its North Loop shop. (startribune.com)
High carbon3
- We project that, due to its high carbon intensity and continuing growth, tourism will constitute a growing part of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. (nature.com)
- Professionals and tradespeople may unknowingly be encouraging high carbon options, instead of the low carbon options available. (edu.au)
- Explicit and implicit attitudes to low and high carbon footprint products. (bvsalud.org)
Sequestration2
- Net Zero Farming - Big wins for reducing farm business emissions and increasing landscape-scale carbon sequestration in our National Parks Hannah Jones from Farm Carbon Toolkit reflects on their practical experience analysing carbon stocks and fluxes of woodland and moorland habitats on Dartmoor National Park Authority's estate. (exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk)
- We will achieve this through a portfolio of negative emission technologies (NET) potentially including afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon sequestration, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCs), and direct air capture (DAC). (zdnet.com)
Globally3
- Food production accounts for about a quarter of total carbon emissions globally. (nationalgeographic.com)
- This is a step towards enabling a globally competitive low carbon built environment sector through working with our partners across universities, industry and government," Deo Prasad, CRC for Low Carbon Living CEO said. (edu.au)
- Health care is among the most carbon-intensive service sectors worldwide, contributing to almost 5% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, the commentary says. (medscape.com)
Consumption-based3
- Under comprehensive carbon footprint reporting (also called consumption-based carbon accounting), emissions are relegated to final demand, namely to those that consume the goods and services. (wikipedia.org)
- Between 1990 and 2016 emissions within the UK's borders reduced by 41% but the consumption-based footprint only dropped 15%, mainly due to goods and services coming from abroad. (wwf.org.uk)
- Integrate carbon footprint (consumption-based accounting) into national climate policy. (wwf.org.uk)
Healthier1
- Earlier this year Rose and colleagues used the same diet survey data to determine that Americans with the lowest dietary carbon footprints ate a healthier diet, as measured by the U.S. Healthy Eating Index , a federal measure of diet quality. (nationalgeographic.com)
Total greenhouse gas emiss1
- It sums up the total greenhouse gas emissions (not just carbon dioxide) caused by economic activities, events, organizations, services etc. (wikipedia.org)
Calculated the carbon emissions1
- The study then calculated the carbon emissions of what people said they ate. (nationalgeographic.com)
Emits2
- Ultimately, we must reach 'net zero' emissions, meaning that humanity must remove as much carbon as it emits each year. (zdnet.com)
- By 2030, Microsoft will remove more carbon than it emits, setting us on a path to remove by 2050 all the carbon the company has emitted either directly or by electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975," the blog continues. (zdnet.com)
Scope4
- It includes three carbon emission scopes (the direct carbon emissions, called Scope 1) and the indirect carbon emissions (Scope 2 and 3). (wikipedia.org)
- A strength of comprehensive carbon footprint reporting (including Scope 3 emissions) is that it does away with loopholes of current systems: International transport is currently not included in countries' GHG inventories for the UNFCCC. (wikipedia.org)
- While that covers scope one and two emissions, to reduce scope three emissions by over 50% by 2030, Microsoft will also in July start phasing in its current internal carbon tax to cover scope three emissions. (zdnet.com)
- Starting in July, all its business divisions will also pay an internal carbon fee for all their scope three emissions. (zdnet.com)
Calculations1
- Over 300,000 historical beef carbon footprint calculations have been re-run against the new model. (bordbia.ie)
Significantly2
- While your carbon footprint affects the environment in general, it can also significantly impact your business. (dhl.com)
- Simple changes in the behavior patterns around our house and neighborhood can significantly reduce the carbon footprint. (targetwoman.com)
Estimate2
- AI startup Hugging Face has undertaken the tech sector's first attempt to estimate the broader carbon footprint of a large language model. (technologyreview.com)
- A customer's carbon footprint is an estimate that considers things such as personalised spending data and transaction behaviours using select CommBank products, such as an Everyday account, credit cards and BPAY. (commbank.com.au)
Quantify2
- Here, we quantify tourism-related global carbon flows between 160 countries, and their carbon footprints under origin and destination accounting perspectives. (nature.com)
- Fetcher is devising a formula to quantify the company's carbon footprint, all the way back to when raw materials are gathered, and then to translate that to a monetary amount. (startribune.com)
Main1
- What are the main causes of CO2 footprint? (dhl.com)
Offset15
- As greenhouse gases and their harmful effects proliferate, the need to offset carbon emissions and make sustainable choices gains importance. (dhl.com)
- CarbonCover Monthly is a subscription of $30.42 per month to offset your carbon emissions. (greenfleet.com.au)
- Offset your carbon footprint for a whole year with a once off payment. (greenfleet.com.au)
- Offset your carbon footprint one month at a time. (greenfleet.com.au)
- For $30.42 per month, your carbon footprint will be offset and you will help Greenfleet deliver critical climate action. (greenfleet.com.au)
- Lenovo's CO2 Offset Services make offsetting carbon emissions simple, and within your control. (lenovo.com)
- Offset the carbon cost for every hardware transaction, old and new, at point of purchase. (lenovo.com)
- At any time, you can download confirmation of your carbon offset and view details of the climate action project that your offset supports by adding the serial number of your device on the Lenovo support website . (lenovo.com)
- It's one thing to offset your carbon footprint. (lenovo.com)
- Carbon offset is just one element of Lenovo's approach to sustainable innovation. (lenovo.com)
- and want to offset your carbon emissions? (lenovo.com)
- Choose from Lenovo's world-class line of laptops and add CO2 Offset Services to offset carbon emissions associated with your device. (lenovo.com)
- Consumers value recycling a product, but the researchers found that, overall, the consumers would prefer manufacturers to offset carbon emissions rather than having to address the problem directly themselves. (sciencecodex.com)
- As such carbon emissions are under our direct control, it is easier to offset the carbon footprint with carbon credits. (targetwoman.com)
- This can be offset by either changing suppliers or reducing consumption and thus earning carbon credits. (targetwoman.com)
Commodities2
- Fig. 4: Breakdown of the tourism carbon footprint into purchased commodities and emitting industries, and into high-, middle- and low-income countries. (nature.com)
- It took over two years for CleanMetrics to research the carbon footprints of hundreds of different agricultural commodities. (nationalgeographic.com)
Products15
- In other words, the carbon footprint concept allows everyone to make comparisons between the climate-relevant impacts of individuals, products, companies, countries. (wikipedia.org)
- Customers thus will receive valuable information about the extent to which BASF materials contribute to the carbon footprint of their business activities and their own final products. (basf.com)
- In this way, we help our customers reduce the carbon footprint of their products. (basf.com)
- Cutting back on dairy products, including milk and cheese, is another way to reduce your carbon footprint. (healthline.com)
- It also shows you don't have to give up animal products to improve your carbon footprint. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Given that the vast majority of consumers are willing to pay more for recycled products, businesses may stand to lose a significant number of potential customers if they do not work towards reducing their carbon footprint. (dhl.com)
- Swinburne University of Technology will lead a three and a half year project funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living (CRC) that aims to educate and motivate people to work collaboratively to adopt low carbon products and services. (edu.au)
- Part of that approach will be to inform and increase the capability of consumers to ultimately drive demand for low carbon living products and services," said Professor Sterling. (edu.au)
- With 84 per cent of Australians using smart phones, this project will drive linkages between consumers, tradespeople and professionals for low carbon practices, products and services. (edu.au)
- If we leave it to these pioneering companies, the Patagonias, the Lululemons, to innovate and transition their supply chains and their products to be circular, low-carbon and regenerative, we could be 10 years along and we've barely moved the needle," she says. (theglobeandmail.com)
- First, it can level the playing field with regulations such as carbon pricing, a landfill ban and/or extended producer responsibility, which would require companies to take back end-of-use products for recycling. (theglobeandmail.com)
- How much do consumers care about the carbon footprint of the products they buy? (sciencecodex.com)
- Study participants view a carbon footprint label akin to labels that have appeared on some existing products. (sciencecodex.com)
- Consumers are increasingly concerned with climate change issues, government legislation is being put in place and already carbon labeling is appearing on some products. (sciencecodex.com)
- Ways to reduce the resource use and carbon footprint associated with products. (lu.se)
Explore2
- A joint webinar was hosted on 23 May 2023 to explore the net zero challenge based on the carbon footprint assessments for the National Parks. (exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk)
- To help customers understand more about their carbon footprint, CBA is working with Cogo to develop a series of educational articles that explore what a carbon footprint is, easy tips to reduce your carbon footprint, and how reducing your carbon footprint can also help reduce your cost of living. (commbank.com.au)
Impacts1
- The type of cabin also impacts the carbon footprint because the space occupied by each passenger is lesser or greater depending on the cabin: Economy, Premium Economy or Business. (iberia.com)
Affects1
- The type of aircraft affects the carbon footprint of each flight. (iberia.com)
Time8
- The various greenhouse gases are made comparable by using carbon dioxide equivalents over a relevant time scale, like 100 years. (wikipedia.org)
- Every time we use something that has been manufactured we also add to our carbon footprint. (technologystudent.com)
- Compared to static accounting methods, dynamic accounting applies time-dependent characterization factors to biogenic carbon emissions and removals in a given year. (worldwildlife.org)
- At the same time, it's hired an executive to figure out the company's own carbon footprint, put a dollar figure on it and be sure that its contribution to climate-change groups covers at least 110 percent of that cost. (startribune.com)
- The new "green" stoves save 80,000 bundles of wood per week, drastically reducing carbon emissions and giving valuable time back to the women who used to collect firewood. (ifaw.org)
- The researchers calculated that final part using a software tool called CodeCarbon, which tracked the carbon dioxide emissions BLOOM was producing in real time over a period of 18 days. (technologyreview.com)
- There's never been a more important time in history to reduce our carbon footprint and climate friendly actions like reducing flights, taking public transport or going vegan for one meal a week can all have an impact on that. (commbank.com.au)
- It is therefore crucial to develop new material solutions that can provide food protection and at the same time be renewable, fully recyclable, and have a low carbon footprint", says Eva Gustavsson, Vice President of Materials & Package, Tetra Pak. (lu.se)
Environmental4
- Calculating carbon footprints isn't simple, given the vast diversity of agricultural production methods, says Kumar Venkat of CleanMetrics Corp ., a Portland, Oregon-based environmental firm. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Customers will also have the option to select actions to help manage their environmental footprint. (commbank.com.au)
- To build a sustainable business for our customers and for the world we all share, we have deployed data centers that provide the efficient, resilient service our customers expect while minimizing our environmental footprint-and theirs. (amazon.com)
- The toolkit was created to assist facilities in evaluating their carbon footprint and was developed in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirements and potential GHG regulatory requirements associated with the Greenhouse Gases Tailoring Rule. (thepoultrysite.com)
Fossil1
- While carbon footprint is mainly produced through burning of fossil fuels for heating and transportation, it can be reduced by carbon offsetting. (targetwoman.com)
Dietary4
- Although there are many ways to minimize your carbon footprint, making dietary changes is a good place to start. (healthline.com)
- Here are 9 simple ways to minimize your carbon footprint through dietary and lifestyle choices. (healthline.com)
- Eating chickens like these in the Netherlands instead of beef can cut our dietary footprints a surprising amout: in half. (nationalgeographic.com)
- Replacing the carbon-heavy beef on your plate with carbon-light chicken will cut your dietary carbon footprint a shocking amount: in half. (nationalgeographic.com)
Decrease1
- Reducing food waste is one of the easiest ways to decrease your carbon footprint. (healthline.com)
Reducing6
- In doing so, it helps to devise strategies and priorities for reducing the carbon footprint. (wikipedia.org)
- Net Zero, carbon accounting and the National Parks Professor Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at University of Oxford presents his thoughts on reducing individual consumption and encouraging behaviour change. (exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk)
- Research shows that reducing your meat intake is one of the best ways to lower your carbon footprint ( 1 , 10 ). (healthline.com)
- Game-based mobile learning may lead towards reducing the carbon footprint in communities by helping building tradespeople, professionals and individuals make low carbon living choices. (edu.au)
- On average, AWS customers use 77% fewer servers, 84% less power, and a 28% cleaner power mix, ultimately reducing their carbon emissions by 88% compared to when they ran workloads in their own data centers. (amazon.com)
- In this project, the target is the research and development of packaging materials that are fully recyclable and that contribute to reducing the CO2 footprint. (lu.se)
Metric3
- Microsoft expects to emit 16 million metric tons of carbon this year. (zdnet.com)
- Hugging Face estimated that BLOOM's training led to 25 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. (technologyreview.com)
- By way of comparison, OpenAI's GPT-3 and Meta's OPT were estimated to emit more than 500 and 75 metric tons of carbon dioxide, respectively, during training. (technologyreview.com)
Translates1
- Ben Morgan, General Manager Strategy Investments and Transformation said: "The combination of customer data and Cogo's capabilities, means we can now provide personalised and granular information to customers about how their spending translates to a carbon footprint. (commbank.com.au)
Emissions associated2
- We've estimated the value of carbon emissions associated with your Lenovo PC, Desktop, or Tablet over its average lifecycle, including manufacturing, shipping, and usage. (lenovo.com)
- The label displays the carbon dioxide emissions associated with their production, transportation, usage and disposal, thus giving an indication to the buyer the likely impact on climate change of buying a particular product. (sciencecodex.com)
Methodologies1
- Last year, the dairy carbon footprint was updated to reflect the most recent recommended methodologies. (bordbia.ie)
Kilograms2
- After BLOOM was launched, Hugging Face estimated that using the model emitted around 19 kilograms of carbon dioxide per day, which is similar to the emissions produced by driving around 54 miles in an average new car . (technologyreview.com)
- Normally, carbon footprint is measured in units, tons or kilograms of CO2. (targetwoman.com)
Climate action1
- This report outlines the results of ongoing monitoring and reporting of the UIAA's carbon footprint, which is in response to its signed commitment in early 2019 and participation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action. (theuiaa.org)
20192
- The renewal of the fleet, a strong commitment to sustainable fuel and the efficiency of our operations are the three prongs of the climate transition plan we have launched, which aims among other things to reduce the carbon footprint per passenger by 10% in 2025 compared with 2019. (iberia.com)
- In addition, according to a 2019 report , the United States is the top contributor to health care's global climate footprint, contributing 27% of health care's global emissions, Parker noted. (medscape.com)