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New calculator looks at national carbon footprintJune 30, 2009
The new website tool enables you to see just how much of your country's carbon dioxide emissions come from imported food or goods, and to compare with other countries around the world. The wealthier a country is, the more carbon dioxide it emits, say researchers Edgar Hertwich and Glen Peters. Hertwich is a professor of Energy and Process Engineering and director of the university's Industrial Ecology Programme, and Peters is a senior scientist at Centre of International Climate and Environment Research. The national average per capita footprints varied from 1 ton of carbon dioxide equivalents per year in African countries such as Malawi and Mozambique, to roughly 30 tons per year in industrialized countries such as the USA and Luxembourg. |
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A comparison of the carbon footprints of different countries using a trade-linked model has been created by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the Centre of International Climate and Environment Research in Oslo.
