23 03, 2022

What Is a Carbon Footprint?

By |2023-07-10T15:21:41+00:00March 23, 2022|Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases|Comments Off on What Is a Carbon Footprint?

Our carbon footprint is an important metric to slow down climate change. It indicates the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) that human activities produce directly and indirectly. A carbon footprint is generally measured in equivalent tonnes of CO2 (CO2e). It can be associated with an individual, an organisation, a country, a product, an event, in addition to others. The world’s current carbon footprint is approximately 50 billion tonnes of CO2e each year. This is 40 per cent higher than [...]

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5 01, 2022

What Are the Causes of Global Warming and How Can We Limit It?

By |2023-07-14T08:56:53+00:00January 5, 2022|Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases|Comments Off on What Are the Causes of Global Warming and How Can We Limit It?

The levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere are at their highest in 800,000 years, according to scientists. This increased concentration of CO2 is causing global warming and our climate to become more erratic and extreme. The last time that CO2 levels were this high was more than three million years ago. Temperatures at this point were 2 to 3°C higher than they were before global warming started around 150 years ago. While this may not sound like much, [...]

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4 01, 2022

What Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?

By |2023-07-10T15:24:41+00:00January 4, 2022|Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases|Comments Off on What Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?

In July 2021, the oil giant Chevron celebrated a “significant milestone” in Australia. Its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Gorgon, Western Australia, had captured and stored five million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide. This is equivalent to taking more than 1.6 million passenger vehicles off Australia’s roads for a year. The Gorgon complex was billed as a major ‘test case’ for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology across the world, given that companies and governments say that CCS is [...]

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8 11, 2021

How Does a Carbon Tax Work?

By |2023-07-10T15:30:46+00:00November 8, 2021|Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases|Comments Off on How Does a Carbon Tax Work?

A carbon tax is where a government sets a price that businesses have to pay, dependent on the amount of greenhouse gases that they emit. It is a financial incentive for corporations and consumers alike to reduce their emissions to avoid paying the carbon tax.  Australia introduced a carbon tax in 2011. However, it was repealed in 2014. Today, about 40 countries and 20 cities, states and provinces worldwide use carbon pricing mechanisms. Plenty of others are planning their implementation. [...]

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