Green Queensland - Carbon footprint
2020 target: Cut by one-third Queenslanders' carbon footprint with reduced car and electricity use
Measure: Emissions from electricity use, fuel consumption and waste to landfill per household in Queensland.
Lead agency: Department of Environment and Resource Management.
Queensland's current carbon footprint
Queensland households have a big role to play in tackling climate change. The average Queensland household generated 13.10 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2007/08. This is what we call our household carbon footprint.
A carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of greenhouse gas (or carbon dioxide equivalent) that's produced from our daily activities over the course of a year. Our carbon footprint includes emissions from:
- electricity use
- fuel for private vehicle travel
- waste sent to landfill
Changing our behaviour in these three areas is where we can have the biggest personal impact on climate change.
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Last updated Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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