Definition
The Carbon Footprint (CF) can be defined as the measure of the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that are directly caused by an activity or accumulated over the life cycle of a product or service. It includes individual activities, populations, governments, companies, organizations, processes, and industrial sectors (Galli 2012)
Introduction
Climate change is an emerging stressor, experienced in the long-term through changes in weather patterns and in the short-term through changes in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events (Connolly-Boutin and Smit 2016). According to Diouf and Gaye (2015), adverse effects of these changes on natural and human systems are becoming increasingly complex and severe, and therefore understanding the level of vulnerability of these systems became relevant and challenging for community’s academic, policies, and development practitioners.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is recognized as...
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Hoshino Neta, C.S., da Cal Seixas, S.R. (2019). Carbon Footprint and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_121
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