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Q.What is carbon footprint ?
Tamil Nadu DgeTamil Nadu HSC (DGE) Board 2022Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Carbon footprint measures the total direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions of an individual, organisation or activity, expressed as CO2-equivalent.
Carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide, but also others like methane and nitrous oxide, converted to and expressed in terms of an equivalent quantity of CO2, i.e. CO2-equivalent) generated by the actions of an individual, organisation, event, product or activity, taking into account both:
- Direct emissions: those released straight from the activity itself, such as burning fuel while driving a vehicle or cooking with gas.
- Indirect emissions: those released elsewhere in the process of supplying goods/services used, such as the emissions from generating the electricity a person consumes, or from manufacturing and transporting the products they buy. …
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