What is a carbon footprint? ??? Every action of ours has an equal and opposite carbon reaction, CAn air conditioner coz (2.5 tonne) emits 3 kilograms of carbon dioxide (C ©), a microwave oven generates 1.3 kg of CO, and a gepser emits 3.3 kg of carbon in an hour. CA car that gives a mileage of 10 kilometers per liter of petrol leaves 232 grams of CO, per km. CThe list goes on.,.our computers, music spstems, CVs, radio sets, {Pods, hair dryers, washing machines, refrigerators, bread toasters, blenders, mixers, heaters, electric stoves and electric shavers. Ie fact is everpthing that runs in our offices and homes create carbon | footprints that usher adverse climatic\and ecological changes.Carbon footprint of India Many of us — individuals and corporates — are either ignorant about carbon 1 footprint, or if we are aware, we do little about it. CA recent survep conducted by KPCMY India, among 7O business leaders — across verticals like power, automobile, metal, oil & gas, paper, fertilizers, cement, white goods, media, BPO, ICL, retail, mining, logistics, BFS, construction and breweries — found that 83% of them believe they have fair to good understanding on the issue of climate change and 148% regard it as tmportant issue, which needs to be near the top of the country’s business agenda. cHowever, there is significant gap between good intentions and action, as only 21% have measured their current carbon footprint, which is one of the first steps in defining a strategy to deal with the issue, Most companies in the developed countries have\measured and announced their baseline carbon footprint, and also) their reduction targets over 5 to 10 pear periods. Clhe\most widespread measure that businesses engage in, or plan to engagein, to tackle climate change is the usage of energy efficient appliances (94%), Chis is followed by educating and training employees on environment friendly practices (; 77%), Being carbon sensitive also makes great business sense for enterprises, For instance, the global market for low carbon energy efficient technologies will be $3 trillion by 2050, throwing up significant commercial opportunities. Breakdown of a typical person's Carbon Footprint * the average footprint for people in India ts 1.20 metric tons * Ahe average e for the industrial nations ts about 11 metric tons +The average worldwide carbon 1 footprint is about 4 metric tons *| Che worldwide target to combat climate change is 2 metric\tons