People, objects and even countries all have a carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is a number, often measured in tonnes, kilograms, or grams, that represents the total amount of carbon dioxide ...

For example, the carbon footprint of a car would include the carbon dioxide emitted by: The carbon footprint of a person during one year would consist of the total amount of carbon dioxide ...

We see a lot of organisations offsetting their footprint to claim they are carbon neutral, or claiming that for every product you buy, they will plant a tree, and therefore their product is ‘green’.

The consequences of “overshoot” are already clear: habitat and species loss, and accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere. The Ecological Footprint adds up all the ecological services people demand ...

Leaders at a cabinet meeting heard how it would take a football pitch of solar panels to power all council workers' computers ...

By Martin Clark Buzz words in these days of climate change, melting polar ice caps and products with ‘built-in redundancy’ ...

Chairman Klaus Schwab has encouraged business leaders to commit to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, ...

A £6.5m hub that will research ways to help the NHS reduce its carbon footprint will be led by the University of Exeter. The centre is one of seven funded by £42m government investment across ...