carbon footprint

total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organisation, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent
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carbon footprint
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carbon footprint

Summary

carbon footprint is a concept[1]. It draws 1,427 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #93 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • carbon footprint's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • carbon footprint's instance of is recorded as accounting standard[4].
  • footprint is named after carbon footprint[5].
  • carbon footprint is a type of climate footprint[6].
  • carbon footprint is a type of ecological footprint[7].
  • carbon footprint's Commons category is recorded as Carbon footprint[8].
  • carbon footprint is the opposite of carbon handprint[9].
  • carbon footprint's has cause is recorded as carbon dioxide emissions[10].
  • carbon footprint's described at URL is recorded as https://mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sham/[11].
  • carbon footprint's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[12].
  • carbon footprint's has effect is recorded as global warming[13].
  • carbon footprint's has effect is recorded as climate change[14].
  • carbon footprint's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5991[15].
  • carbon footprint's different from is recorded as climate shadow[16].
  • carbon footprint's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[17].
  • carbon footprint's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3] and accounting standard[4]. Recorded subclass of include climate footprint[6] and ecological footprint[7]. carbon footprint is the opposite of carbon handprint[9].

Origins

footprint is named after carbon footprint[5].

Why It Matters

carbon footprint draws 1,427 Wikipedia views per month (concept category, ranking #93 of 912).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from climate shadow
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    Subclass of climate footprint, ecological footprint
    Instance of
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21899, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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