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- Environment & Ecology - by Enrique Cavalitto
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- Náš konkrétní podíl na celkových emisích vyjadřuje tzv. „uhlíková stopa“. Zjednodušeně řečeno je to vypočtené množství oxidu uhličitého a dalších skleníkových plynů, které vytváříme svou každodenní činností. ČEZ - by Petr Macha
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- O uhlíkové stopě se nemluví dlouho, teprve posledních pár let v souvislosti s veřejnou diskusí o klimatických změnách. Téměř každá aktivita od dopravy po jídlo uvolňuje přímo nebo nepřímo skleníkové plyny. Uhlíková stopa je množství těchto plynů. Je to nástroj k měření dopadů lidských aktivit na životní prostředí vyjadřovaný ekvivalentech oxidu uhličitého CO2. Toto množství se udává v jednotkách hmotnosti: gramech, kilogramech či tunách. Jednoduše řečeno, uhlíková stopa je množství uvolněného oxidu uhličitého a ostatních skleníkových plynů uvolněných během životního cyklu produktu či služby, našeho života nebo jedné cesty apod. - Hra o Zemi by Petr Macha
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- Carbon footprint measures total amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the environment. Greenhouse gas emissions from all sources are summed up and changed into units of CO2 equivalent which is used to standardize greenhouse gas emissions and help make comparisons from different time periods and across industries. Carbon emissions are usually measured in metric tons per year (1 metric ton equals 2204lbs). AltusLumen
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- With rises in the costs of fuel and widespread media coverage on the threats of global warming, reducing your carbon footprint is increasingly at the forefront of the sustainability agenda for consumer product manufacturers and retailers. - Carbon Footprint Consumer Products 2008 by
- Global climate change is one of humanity’s greatest challenges and one of the most important indicators that we are in ecological overshoot. Since the carbon footprint is 50 percent of humanity’s overall Ecological Footprint, reducing our carbon footprint is essential to ending ecological overshoot. - Global Footprint Network by
- Some companies have started to include footprints on their labeling. Carbon labels appeal to consumers who understand and monitor their own carbon footprints and want to support products that do the same. - HowStuffWorks, Inc. by
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