A carbon footprint is the total set

of greenhouse gasses emissions

caused by individuals, companies,

organizations, events or even

products. It is often reported as the amount of carbon dioxide, or

its equivalent of other greenhouse gasses, emitted.

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A carbon footprint is a measurement of all the greenhouse gasses

that we produce. A simple act of cooking and even our mere

exhaling, since we give off carbon dioxide, makes us contributors

to the total carbon footprint that our countries emit each day.

Daily transportation and factory productions, the likes that use

fossil fuel energy add to the carbon emissions.

A carbon footprint can be summed up in two parts, the primary

footprint and the secondary footprint. The primary footprint is a

measure of our direct emissions of carbon dioxide which we have

direct control of. The secondary footprint is a measure of the

indirect carbon dioxide emissions from the whole lifecycle of the

products that we use. It means that the more we produce

products and the more we buy, increases the carbon emissions

on our behalf since they have individual carbon footprints as well.

A greenhouse gas emissions assessment measures an individual,

a country or a company’s carbon footprint. The size of the

footprint enables them to devise a strategy to reduce it. Carbon

footprints greatly impact our environment. It is one of the main

drivers of global warming. That is why the Kyoto Protocol defines

legally binding targets and timetables for cutting the greenhouse

gas emissions of certain countries to help curb their carbon

footprints.

There are certain ways to reduce carbon footprints. Using

alternative energy sources like solar, wind and hydro power,

reforestation, better product and by-product management and

consumption strategies are some of the ways to curb carbon

emissions. This is also known as carbon offsetting.

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