Kinver's Carbon Footprint

Kinver’s carbon footprint is 20 tonnes CO2e per household, per year.  That’s more than the UK average ( 16 t CO2e ).  Why?  Well, mainly because, on average, we have higher incomes and spend more than the UK as a whole, so we are responsible for a bigger share of the total carbon emissions. So: we have more power to cut our carbon emissions, by choosing low-carbon options in our lives.  Our target is:  net zero.  We all have a part to play in getting there.

If you’re new to this – here’s  a brief explanation of what carbon footprints are and why we have to care about them.

The diagram below carves up our total carbon footprint by activity. And next to each sector, we’ve put some suggestions for how we could reduce it….

The big sectors each accounting  for a quarter of our carbon footprint are:

• Food and drink:
• Energy – heating, lighting and applicances in the home
• Travel and transport
• Goods and Services (including all the energy used to make and transport them)

You can see the full report here.

Do you want to check your own carbon footprint? Try the Giki app , and work out what you could do to change.

You can see the full report here.