carbon footprint

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15:34 Jul 15, 2009
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Science - Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: carbon footprint
Definition from AltusLumen:
Carbon footprint measures total amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the environment. Greenhouse gas emissions from all sources are summed up and changed into units of CO2 equivalent which is used to standardize greenhouse gas emissions and help make comparisons from different time periods and across industries. Carbon emissions are usually measured in metric tons per year (1 metric ton equals 2204lbs).

Example sentence(s):
  • With rises in the costs of fuel and widespread media coverage on the threats of global warming, reducing your carbon footprint is increasingly at the forefront of the sustainability agenda for consumer product manufacturers and retailers. Carbon Footprint Consumer Products 2008
  • Global climate change is one of humanity’s greatest challenges and one of the most important indicators that we are in ecological overshoot. Since the carbon footprint is 50 percent of humanity’s overall Ecological Footprint, reducing our carbon footprint is essential to ending ecological overshoot. Global Footprint Network
  • Some companies have started to include footprints on their labeling. Carbon labels appeal to consumers who understand and monitor their own carbon footprints and want to support products that do the same. HowStuffWorks, Inc.
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5 -1karbonfotavtrykk
Øyvind Strømmen


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karbonfotavtrykk


Definition from ABC Nyheter:
Den negative innvirkning noe (en person eller bedrift) har på miljøet, spesifikt mengden karbon sluppet ut av noe i løpet av en gitt periode.

Example sentence(s):
  • Forskere fra CICERO og NTNU har laget den første oversikten over karbonfotavtrykk fra enkeltstater. En av forskernes konklusjoner er at et lands karbonfotavtrykk henger tett sammen med økonomisk vekst. - Cicero  
  • Techcrunch påpeker at en enkelt bok har et karbonfotavtrykk på 2500 gram. En enkelt cheeseburger skal ifølge noen beregninger ha et karbonfotavtrykk på 3600 gram. Kutter du ut en cheeseburger, kan du med andre ord gjøre 514 Google-søk med ren samvittighet. La oss si du kutter en cheeseburger i måneden: Da har har du spart 6168 Google-søk per år i co2-ekvivalenter, eller nok til å gjøre 16 Google-søk om dagen. Det burde holde for de fleste. - Dagbladet  

Explanation:
The word is not officially recognised in Norway, but is increasingly common in use. Økologisk fotavtrykk (ecological footprint) is sometimes used instead, but does in fact include more than CO2.
Øyvind Strømmen
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No  Per Bergvall: Karbonfotavtrykk får 230 G-hits, mot 364 for karbonavtrykk. Dette viser at begge er i bruk - men fotavtrykk har ikke den samme betydningen på norsk, og de aller fleste forekomstene er simpelthen dårlige oversettelser.
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  -> Jeg er uenig, som nevnt er "økologisk fotavtrykk" - et tilsvarende uttrykk - vanlig. En annen grunn til at "fotavtrykk" bør brukes er at det i miljøbevegelsen i økende grad også er snakk om "ecological handprints", mennsk. påvirkning med motsatt effekt.
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