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‘Carbon footprint’ can be useful shorthand to describe the amount of carbon dioxide we generate – individually, in our cities, nationally, or from the products we use. The term ‘footprint’ is also used to describe the impact of emissions, by providing a measure based on the area of things like forests, oceans and grassland that are required to absorb the carbon dioxide.

Later in this chapter, we’ll use this measure of impact to look at the carbon footprints of different countries. Elsewhere in the book we’ll be focusing on carbon dioxide emissions, particularly in the UK, where government figures for emissions are given in weight.