{"id":9285,"date":"2023-12-19T07:05:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T06:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=9285"},"modified":"2023-12-19T07:05:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T06:05:28","slug":"forget-about-your-carbon-footprint-your-climate-shadow-is-what-really-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2023\/12\/19\/forget-about-your-carbon-footprint-your-climate-shadow-is-what-really-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget your carbon footprint \u2013 your climate shadow is what really matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How big is your climate shadow? A concept is emerging to replace the carbon footprint \u2013 which critics say is at best time-consuming and at worst pointless. <span>The enormity of the global climate crisis is so vast that individual steps may seem pointless: I can\u00a0<\/span><span>install LED lighting<\/span><span>\u00a0in my house or keep\u00a0<\/span><span>inflated tires<\/span><span>\u00a0they really help\u00a0<\/span><span>saving polar bears<\/span><span>? <\/span><span>One popular tool that helps individuals assess their contribution to climate change is\u00a0<\/span><span>carbon footprint calculator<\/span><span>There are hundreds of such calculators available online, allowing you to input details such as the mode of transportation you use to commute to work, how often you eat red meat, and whether you wash your clothes in cold water. (<em>KIERAN MULVANEY)<\/em><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How big is your climate shadow? A concept is emerging that aims to replace the carbon footprint\u2014which critics say is time-consuming at best and pointless at worst. The enormity of the global climate crisis is so vast that individual steps can seem pointless: can I install LED lighting in my home or keep my tires inflated to really help save polar bears? One popular [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}