Sentence examples for personal emission from inspiring English sources

Air travel accounts for an average personal emission of 1.152 t CO2e Ca− 1 y− 1, although this is highest in single and two person households at 1.693 and 2.227 t CO2e Ca− 1 y− 1 respectively.

The average annual household emission was found to be 16.55 t CO2e y− 1, which is equivalent to an average personal emission of 5.70 t CO2e Ca− 1 y− 1 comprising 42.2% related to home energy use, 35.1% to transport, 20.6% to air travel and other fuel intensive leisure activities, and just 2.1% associated with household waste disposal.

Today, an international team of scientists proposed a new way of deciding who needs to cut what: Set up a scheme in which every person on Earth has the same climate pollution limit— "a global personal emissions cap".

One place to look for reliable guidance should be the folks who take personal emissions the most seriously — Carbon Rationing Action Groups, or CRAGs.

So the high-living, carbon-guzzling rich minority in India and China would not be able to hide behind their poor and carbon-thrifty compatriots.The paper suggests that the personal emissions target would be set at around 10.8 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Ironically, that's the same number of people in China who would be above the limit though the Chinese emitters would, for the most part, have far less personal emissions to cut.

The good news is that, if children simply eat healthier, they can reduce their personal emissions significantly.

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked into UK diets and found that healthier diets of fewer animal products and processed snacks, and more fruit and vegetables, can help reduce an astounding 40percentt of personal emissions.

In the calculations, we assumed a personal CO2 emission equal to sedentary office work at sea level (18 L/hr), and used the actual outdoor CO2 levels from our measurements.

If we humans are to use the resources of one planet instead of more than three (as we do in the developed world these days) we should each reduce our personal CO2 emissions to around three tonnes a year; the current national UK average is 11 tonnes every year for each person.

Some 80% of people's personal carbon emissions come from spending their money on three things: energy, transport and food.