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Carbon Footprint as a Tool to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In: Greenhouse Gases

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  • Francesco Fantozzi
  • Pietro Bartocci

Abstract

The Carbon Footprint is the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) produced during the life cycle of a product, a process, or a service (expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide per functional unit of analyzed product/process/service). The patterns of fossil fuel combustion, carbon capture and sequestration, and conventional and unconventional fossil fuel production, but also the emissions linked with consumer behavior, can be analyzed considering their carbon footprint. In this chapter the carbon footprint tool is introduced, linking it to fossil energy systems and renewable energy systems, as well as the main products on the market, to provide information on which technology should be promoted to reduce GHG emissions.

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  • Francesco Fantozzi & Pietro Bartocci, 2016. "Carbon Footprint as a Tool to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Chapters, in: Bernardo Llamas & Juan Pous (ed.), Greenhouse Gases, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:99811
    DOI: 10.5772/62281
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    1. Barros, Murillo Vetroni & Salvador, Rodrigo & de Francisco, Antonio Carlos & Piekarski, Cassiano Moro, 2020. "Mapping of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    2. Carmen Córdova & Ana Zorio-Grima & Paloma Merello, 2018. "Carbon Emissions by South American Companies: Driving Factors for Reporting Decisions and Emissions Reduction," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-16, July.

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    Keywords

    Carbon Footprint; ISO 14067; GHG; Life Cycle Assessment;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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