PPT-Our Global Footprint

Definitions are everything Used home institution owned or operated global sitescampuses or centers to differentiate from global sites you may send your students to but you dont run. July 2011. A review of the Life Cycle Analysis on Carrier Bags – UK Environment Agency. 2. Background. In February 2011, The UK Environment Agency published a report, . Life Cycle Analysis on Carrier Bags.. Definitions are everything. Used: . “home . institution owned or operated global sites/campuses or . centers”. to differentiate from global sites you may send your students to, but you don’t run. 1. st. June – 30. th. June . “Footprint Cafes is a grass roots movement that is building a chain of sustainable social enterprises that break down barriers to education, social mobility and community sustainability and deliver impacting change to local communities one amazing café at a time”. THINK GREEN GO GREEN OR YOU’LL BE FACING RED!!!. what is carbon footprint ???. A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc. . Credit: based on Maths lesson ideas from . David Brown, Nelson Mandela . Schule. , Berlin. The project ‘Global Fairness: Schools as Agents of Change’ has been funded with support from the European Commission. The contents of these actions are the sole responsibility of the contractor and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. . 1. How do your results compare with the following average ecological footprints?. Average world footprint = 2.7. High Income Countries (average) = 6.1. Canada = 7.0. Denmark = 8.3. New Zealand = 4.9. Footprints are always left at a crime scene. However, it may be impossible to locate them or differentiate them from other prints.. Usable footprints are found at approximately 40% of crime scenes. . November, 2013. The Challenge . Initiatives such as the Swedish . Voluntary Incentive Scheme are focusing on eco-footprint/LCA of pharmaceuticals. Data availability is a significant issue when estimating material carbon footprint or Life Cycle Assessments (LCA).    \r\f\n \t\r\n 
 ExecutiveSummaryWineWine like anything we consume requires natural resources and generates environmental emissions and therefore understanding the processes that contribute the most impact can aid in CONFERENCEOFPARTIES 26THERES NO BENEFIT IN WAITINGCOP26 in Glasgow is set to amplify climate action If the conference underdelivers the need for companies cities and countries to prepare themselves fo environmental . impact of individual people, organisations, communities. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need but not to every man’s greed”. -Mahatma . Ganndhi. The Ecological Footprint is an indicator of human pressure on nature.. The main cause of climate change is human activity, through the burning fossil fuels to make electricity & power cars, it is also caused by cutting down forests and farming livestock.. The average temperature of our planet, the earth, is getting hotter. It’s causing the Arctic sea ice to melt which is raising sea levels, it’s causing more wildfires to burn throughout the world including in the United Kingdom.. the Environment. Figure 16.1 Key Global Trends, 1961-2017. Sources:. World Bank, World Development Indicators; U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics; U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, FAOSTAT; International Energy Agency, World Energy Balances; Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Annual Statistical Bulletin, 2018; BP, Statistical Review of World Energy, 2019..