UN Climate Change News, 24 September 2021: A new online tool has been launched to help individuals calculate their carbon footprint so they can understand how their everyday decisions impact the climate and enable them to take effective climate action.
Climate action on the part of consumers is essential to complement the efforts of governments and businesses to tackle climate change.
Users answer a set of straightforward questions covering several categories, such as travel, food or living environment. In only 10 minutes, they can understand how their lifestyle impacts the climate. This knowledge can allow people to take simple, climate conscious decisions that benefit everyone.
"The Lifestyle Calculator is first and foremost a great education tool,” says Niclas Svenningsen, Manager at UN Climate Change. "Quite frankly, citizens around the world cannot be expected to take climate-smart decisions without first getting a proper grasp of their own climate impact. It is also a climate action tool, because once we know and understand the scale of our business-as-usual decisions, we can really act accordingly. This is why it is key to openly share this product and use it to unite against climate change.”
The Lifestyle Calculator offers a standardised method so everyone can calculate their carbon footprint regardless of where they live in the world. The underlying data includes a set of UNFCCC-verified, publicly available, reputable sources. They belong to recognised organisations that have been chosen due to their credibility. In addition, a full methodology is available to ensure full transparency of the calculations and underlying assumptions, and to encourage further collaboration around possible improvements or additions in the near future.
“It’s an absolute privilege for Doconomy – together with UN Climate Change – to present the Lifestyle Calculator to the world,” says Milton Noel Malmestrom, Doconomy Product Manager. “To solve the climate crisis as a collective, we need to first understand how our everyday decisions affect the planet, and this product provides that very snapshot — in turn empowering us to commit towards reducing our impact.”
The Lifestyle Calculator can be found here
Read also the relevant Doconomy press release with media contacts here
UN Climate Change News, 24 September 2021: A new online tool has been launched to help individuals calculate their carbon footprint so they can understand how their everyday decisions impact the climate and enable them to take effective climate action.
Climate action on the part of consumers is essential to complement the efforts of governments and businesses to tackle climate change.
Users answer a set of straightforward questions covering several categories, such as travel, food or living environment. In only 10 minutes, they can understand how their lifestyle impacts the climate. This knowledge can allow people to take simple, climate conscious decisions that benefit everyone.
"The Lifestyle Calculator is first and foremost a great education tool,” says Niclas Svenningsen, Manager at UN Climate Change. "Quite frankly, citizens around the world cannot be expected to take climate-smart decisions without first getting a proper grasp of their own climate impact. It is also a climate action tool, because once we know and understand the scale of our business-as-usual decisions, we can really act accordingly. This is why it is key to openly share this product and use it to unite against climate change.”
The Lifestyle Calculator offers a standardised method so everyone can calculate their carbon footprint regardless of where they live in the world. The underlying data includes a set of UNFCCC-verified, publicly available, reputable sources. They belong to recognised organisations that have been chosen due to their credibility. In addition, a full methodology is available to ensure full transparency of the calculations and underlying assumptions, and to encourage further collaboration around possible improvements or additions in the near future.
“It’s an absolute privilege for Doconomy – together with UN Climate Change – to present the Lifestyle Calculator to the world,” says Milton Noel Malmestrom, Doconomy Product Manager. “To solve the climate crisis as a collective, we need to first understand how our everyday decisions affect the planet, and this product provides that very snapshot — in turn empowering us to commit towards reducing our impact.”
The Lifestyle Calculator can be found here
Read also the relevant Doconomy press release with media contacts here
Noticias ONU Cambio Climático, 24 de septiembre de 2021 – Aquellas personas que tengan curiosidad por saber cuál es su huella de carbono están de suerte. La empresa sueca Doconomy, con el apoyo de ONU Cambio Climático, ha lanzado una nueva herramienta en línea para ayudar a los usuarios a calcular su huella de carbono. De ese modo, podrán comprender mejor el impacto de sus decisiones cotidianas en el clima, lo que les permitirá adoptar medidas eficaces.
La acción climática individual por parte de los consumidores es esencial para complementar los esfuerzos de los gobiernos y las empresas para hacer frente al cambio climático.
En la herramienta, los usuarios responden a una serie de preguntas sencillas que abarcan varias categorías, como los viajes, la alimentación o el entorno vital. En sólo 10 minutos, podrán entender cómo su estilo de vida influye en el clima. Este conocimiento puede permitir a las personas tomar decisiones sencillas y conscientes del clima que pueden beneficiar a todo el mundo.
"La calculadora de estilo de vida es, ante todo, una gran herramienta educativa", afirma Niclas Svenningsen, director del programa Acción Mundial sobre el Clima, de ONU Cambio Climático. "Francamente, no se puede esperar que los ciudadanos de todo el mundo tomen decisiones inteligentes desde el punto de vista climático sin conocer primero su propio impacto climático. También es una herramienta de acción climática, porque una vez que conocemos y comprendemos la magnitud de nuestras decisiones habituales, podemos actuar realmente en consecuencia. Por eso es fundamental compartir abiertamente este producto y utilizarlo para unirnos contra el cambio climático".
La calculadora de estilo de vida ofrece un método estandarizado para que todo el mundo pueda calcular su huella de carbono, independientemente del lugar del mundo en el que viva. Los datos subyacentes incluyen un conjunto de fuentes fiables verificadas por la CMNUCC y disponibles públicamente. Pertenecen a organizaciones reconocidas que han sido elegidas por su credibilidad. Además, la metodología completa está disponible aquí para garantizar la total transparencia de los cálculos y los supuestos subyacentes, y para fomentar una mayor colaboración en torno a posibles mejoras o adiciones en un futuro próximo.
"Es un privilegio absoluto para Doconomy presentar al mundo la calculadora de estilo de vida junto con ONU Cambio Climático", dice Milton Noel Malmestrom, Director de Producto de Doconomy. "Para resolver la crisis climática como colectivo, necesitamos primero entender cómo nuestras decisiones cotidianas afectan al planeta, y este producto proporciona esa misma instantánea, lo que a su vez nos capacita para comprometernos a reducir nuestro impacto."
La calculadora de estilo de vida puede encontrarse aquí (en inglés).
Lea también el correspondiente comunicado de prensa de Doconomy con los contactos de los medios de comunicación aquí (en inglés).