The climate is warming because of human activities, it’s a fact. Everything we consume, use, and then throw away requires material and energy. Whether for the production, use or end of life phase of the asset. Thus, all our activities contribute to emitting greenhouse gases. Some a lot, others very little. For estimate its own contribution to global warming (its impact on the climate), it is possible to calculate your “individual carbon footprint of consumption”.
“Our Climate Actions” Calculator
To do this, the City of Geneva, theState of Geneva And 2050Today launched a online carbon calculator. This has the particularity of being based on data corresponding to the Geneva territory and to propose personalized solutions to gradually reduce its impact, based on your responses.
It will calculate your footprint according to five categories:
- mobility,
- accommodation,
- consumption,
- food,
- societal services.
Answering questions takes between 10 and 20 minutes. If you do not have all the answers, an average data is proposed.
Encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
According to the Paris Agreements, in order to limit global warming to + 1.5°C, we should emit on average no more than 2 tonnes of CO2 per person per year by 2050.
Currently, the Geneva average is approximately 13 tons. Changes in individual behavior alone will not achieve this ambitious objective.
To do this, each actor must act on their own scale, which the City does through its Climate strategy and its 80 measures. It is within the framework of the “mobilization of the population” axis that the City offers this tool and has launched a new communication campaign to promote it.
So, you make tons of them? To find out, take the test!
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