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Carbon footprints, reported in kilograms or tonnes of carbon dioxide, represent the total amount of greenhouse gases produced by an individual or group during a specific period of time.
Green groups say carbon footprints can be offset by investing in alternative energy (wind or solar energy, for example) or reforestation projects.
Canadas carbon footprint is the 13th largest in the world when measured in metric tonnes per capita.
Biggest carbon footprints per capita:
1. Qatar: 55.43
2. Netherlands Antilles: 32.47
3. U.A.E.: 31.06
4. Kuwait: 30.21
5. Bahrain: 29.58
6. Trinidad and Tobago: 27.88
7. Aruba: 23.02
8. Luxembourg: 22.83
9. Brunei Darussalam: 19.76
10. Falkland Islands (Malvinas): 19.68
11. United States: 18.92
12. Australia: 17.94
13. Canada: 16.92
Lowest:
Burundi: 0.023
Afghanistan: 0.027
Source: United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators, updated June 2010
Those numbers are based on calculations that include industrial emissions.
Each individual Canadian, through their use of and choices about transportation, electricity and food, produces closer to five tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, according to Matthew Bramley, director of the climate-change program at the Pembina Institute, an environmental think-tank.
Between 1990 and 2008, Canadas emissions increased by 24 per cent. Alberta was responsible for more than half (52 per cent) of that growth, according to the Pembina Institute.
There are a number of online calculators you can use to determine your carbon footprint. Pembinas technical and policy analyst, Katie Laufenberg, suggested planetair.ca or www.atmosfair.de/en/home.
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on Sep 6th, 2010
@ 2:18 pm:
The top 10 are all considered “developing” countries by Kyoto.