Lifetime Carbon Debt

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-36926-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

Lifetime Carbon Debt shows how individuals can help global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by addressing their own annual and lifetime emissions.

People around the world look to governments to provide leadership and action on climate change, and to industry and the wider business community to reduce emissions associated with their activities. However, individuals also have an important role to play by taking responsibility for their emissions. In this book Chris Anastasi offers guidance on how they can do this depending on their personal circumstances. He explains how individuals can estimate their annual and lifetime carbon debt and then explores the various options available to repay this debt, from changing their behaviour and embracing new technology, to using markets. Finally, the book highlights the significant contribution a community of like-minded individuals can make to our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Lifetime Carbon Debt will be of interest to those individuals who want to be better informed about their contribution to climate change and wish to take responsibility for their emissions. It is also an excellent resource for academics and students with an interest in climate change.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anastasi, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures
List of tables
List of case studies
Foreword
Preface
About the data
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 The natural greenhouse effect.

1.3 Amplifying a natural phenomenon

1.4 Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases.

1.5 Flows of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

1.6 Greenhouse gases emissions and global temperature

1.7 Key stakeholders in climate change

2. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

2.1 Context

2.2 Natural carbon sinks

2.3 Enhancing natural carbon sinks

2.4 Low-carbon technologies

2.5 New technologies

2.6 Incentives for decarbonisation

3. Financing decarbonisation

3.1 Background

3.2 Global investment in climate measures

3.3 Public and private climate finance

4. Carbon debt using a top-down analysis

4.1 Context

4.2 Individual carbon debt

4.3 Individual carbon debt in the UK

4.4 Individuals at different stages of their lives

4.5 Individual carbon debt in selected countries

5. Carbon debt using a bottom-up analysis

5.1 Top-down estimate of individual carbon debt

5.2 Establishing individual responsibility

5.3 Bottom-up estimate of individual carbon debt

5.4 Carbon emissions in the home

5.5 Emissions from travel

5.6 Emissions associated with physiological needs

5.7 Summary bottom-up emissions for an individual

6. Options for repaying carbon debt

6.1 Context

6.2 Changing behaviour

6.3 Adopting new technology

6.4 Using carbon markets

6.5 Comparing options

7. A portfolio of actions

7.1 Background

7.2 Changing culture

7.3 Using technology

7.4 Using nature

7.5 Using markets

7.6 Using financial assets

7.7 Local community activities

8. When individuals act in concert

8.1 Background

8.2 Scenarios for individual action

8.3 National communities in action

8.4 A community from the older generation

8.5 Wider community action across borders

Acronyms
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Anastasi is an experienced industry professional, academic, advisor and author. He is an expert on energy, climate change, and other environmental issues related to sustainable development. He has worked for major international companies and acted as an advisor to national and international institutions. He has written many specialist articles, has been editor and contributor to several books, and is author of three books: Strategic Stakeholder Engagement, Who Needs Nuclear Power and Desalination and Water Security.