Carbon footprint (CF)

The carbon footprint (CF) method refers to the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be attributed to individual activities, industrial activities, products or even an entire economic sector (https://ec.europa.eu / knowledge4policy / glossary / carbon-footprint_en). Also, greenhouse gas emissions are not only attributed to anthropogenic activities but also to natural phenomena.

Greenhouse gas emissions can be divided into two categories (EIB Project Carbon Footprint Methodologies – Methodologies for the Assessment of Project GHG Emissions and Emission Variations, 2018):

1.Direct greenhouse gas emissions e.g. burning fossil fuels, industrial activities

2. Indirect greenhouse gas emissions e.g. electricity consumption, heat