Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
12 - Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
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- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 190 - 205Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
12.4 Further Reading
Gurney, K.R. 2014. Recent research quantifying anthropogenic CO2 emissions at the street scale within the urban domain. Carbon Management, 5, 309–320.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hertwich, E.G. and Peters, G.P. 2009. Carbon footprint of nations: a global, trade-linked analysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 6414–6420.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Scott, D., Gossling, S. and Hall, C.M. 2012. International tourism and climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 3, 213–232.Google Scholar
12.5 Other Resources
BP Statistical Review of World Energy www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html [accessed 15/07/16]
UK Emissions by Sector: Committee on Climate Change www.theccc.org.uk/charts-data/ukemissions-by-sector/ [accessed 15/07/16]
UNFCCC National greenhouse gas inventory data for the period 1990–2013 http://unfccc.int/documentation/documents/advanced_search/items/6911.php?priref=600008730#beg [accessed 15/07/16]
World Bank Indicators http://data.worldbank.org/indicator [accessed 15/07/16]
WWF Carbon Footprint Calculator http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ [accessed 15/07/16]
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