Carbon Footprint and Carbon Neutral

Climate change describes the shift in weather phenomena around the world associated with an increase in global average temperatures. Although there is a wide range of natural phenomena largely on climate, the publication of climate scientists agrees overwhelmingly that global warming and the resulting climate impacts we are seeing are the result of human activity.

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Whereas, human activity has contributed to increasing long-term greenhouse gases that are not dissipated as a result of industrial and technological progress and dependence on fuel derivatives as a primary source of energy. The figure below shows where these emissions came from in 2016.

All these environmental disasters necessitated the intervention of all countries in an attempt to stop this climate change. Accordingly, in 1992, in the “Earth Summit”, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) produced the “Rio Conventiont” as a first step in addressing the problem of climate change, ratified 197 countries and aims to Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent “dangerous” human interference with the climate system.

In order to enhance the global response to climate change, the Kyoto Protocol was adopted. The protocol obliges all parties involved in targets and timetables for reducing emissions in industrialized countries.

Carbon neutral is a term that arose from the idea of ​​achieving equality between the following two exchanges: What is added to the atmosphere from carbon are products of energy use and natural biological processes such as breathing of living organisms and others, and what is consumed of carbon as photosynthesis processes in the plant.

Organizations and companies use the term carbon neutral or carbon neutral, when they take measures to remove the largest amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere whenever they put carbon dioxide in it, as it shown in the figure below. The goal is to keep the carbon from increasing in the atmosphere to achieve a zero carbon footprint.

While the term “carbon footprint” is often used for the amount of carbon that is emitted from an activity or institution, institutions also use the term “carbon neutrality” to express how it balances its carbon emissions. This happens by saving carbon elsewhere in the world by using clean and renewable energy sources in developing countries, thereby achieving societal benefits in addition to environmental benefits.

(Carbon neutral) gives the institution a reputation and supports its strategy of sustainability, and contributes to improving the quality of work and It helps in the growth of the renewable energy market which leads to lower cost, and institutions also realize that customers prefer products and services from suppliers interested in the environment.

Companies can achieve this through carbon neutrality management and strategies, calculating and tracking their carbon footprint, implementing cost-effective carbon reduction programs, and supporting and creating a wide range of high-quality renewable projects around the world.