For a personal Kyoto compliance amount, figure a little over 5 metric tons — 11,000 pounds — of Co2 per year per person.
Carbon and Climate
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Livestock’s long shadow
55 – 65% of GHG’s from United States agriculture are attributable to domestic livestock (feed exports are not attributed to livestock in this computation).
United states agriculture contributions to climate change
Estimators fairly consistently place agriculture (actual production of crops and animal products) at about 9-10% of the U.S. total of greenhouse gas emissions.
Carbon footprint and food choices — reducing animal product consumption
Reducing animal product consumption may be a fairly direct route to reducing one’s greenhouse gas footprint and offers collateral health and environmental benefits.
Carbon footprint grows with income level
Affluent individuals tend to have larger carbon footprints than those less fortunate.
Is a goal of 450ppm (higher than many advise) achievable?
450 ppm is a stretch goal and would require average global emissions over the century to drop more than 1/3 below current emissions.