Carbon credits represent the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide. The goal is to allow market mechanisms to drive industrial processes towards lower emissions. Global warming is caused by greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere and cause weather changes like rising sea levels and shifts in crop growing regions. The top emitters of carbon dioxide are China, the United States, the European Union, Brazil, Indonesia, and Russia. China emits more carbon dioxide than the next two countries combined and its emissions continue to rise rapidly due to its large coal consumption.

3.  A carbon credit is a term for
any tradable certificate
representing the right to emit
one tonne of carbon dioxide.
 One carbon credit is equal to
one metric tonne of CO2,
 The goal is to allow market
mechanisms to drive industrial
and commercial processes in
the direction of low emissions
those used when there is no
cost to emitting CO2.

4. To calculate your
housing footprint you
need to work out your
personal share of
home energy use,
water use and waste
disposal.
This means collecting
figures for your home’s
annual energy, water
and waste use and
dividing it by the
number of people in
your home, to get your
individual share.

5.  A GreenHouse Gas is a gas that both absorbs and emits
radiation called thermal radiation or heat.When
present in the atmosphere, these gases trap heat, cause
a warming process called the GLOBALWARMING.

8. =
ENERGY USE
CO2 makes up approximately
85% of total greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions.

10.  With heat trapped on Earth means
the weather over Earth will change.
 Sea levels will rise due to melting
of polar icecaps
 The changes in the weather will
affect the types of crops grown in
different parts of the world.
 Countries whose coastal regions
have a large population, such as
Egypt and China, may see whole
populations move inland to avoid
flood risk areas.

12. Rank Country
CO2 emissions in
megatonnes
Percentage of
global total
1 CHINA 7,225.4 16.38%
2
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
6,933.8 15.72%
3 European Union 5,331.5 12.09%
4 Brazil 2,854.8 6.47%
5 Indonesia 2,038.9 4.62%
6 Russian Federation 2,012.8 4.56%
7 INDIA 1,875.5 4.25%
8 JAPAN 1,390.3 3.15%
9 Germany 1,005.0 2.28%
10 Canada 810.8 1.84%

14. Americans consume 40% more energy per
person compared to the world average.Thus
that means they would produce more CO2
and that leads to greenhouse effect.
United States
8.35TOE/person
In 2012, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,526 million metric tons CO2
U.S. emissions decreased by 3.4 percent from 2011 to 2012.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse
gas emitted through human activities. In 2012,
CO2 accounted for about 82% of all U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions from human
activities.

16. China is the largest contributor of
GHG in the whole world
By 2015, China will emit nearly 50
percent more greenhouse gases than
the United States
China's overall energy use has
skyrocketed along with its growth,
keeping renewable sources just a
sliver of the country's overall share.
MeanwhileChina's emissions, which
were 20 percent higher than the
United States' in 2010, could be as
high as 49 percent more by 2015.

17.  China, the world's largest producer of carbon
dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of
global warming.
 China emits more of the greenhouse gas than the
next two biggest carbon polluters — the U.S. and
India — combined. And its emissions keep
soaring by about 10 percent per year.
 China is the world's biggest producer and
consumer of coal, which is the largest source of
man-made carbon dioxide emissions.
 About 90 percent of the temperature rise seen by
the researchers could be traced directly to man-
made greenhouse gases,

18.  Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 3.9% by
increased use of fossil fuels in power plants after
the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
 Japan has warned that it will fall far short of the
greenhouse gas reduction target it set itself four
years ago.
 Under the most extreme scenario, Japan said its
emissions would increase slightly rather than fall
25% as promised in 2009.

19. Excluding so-called carbon credits that can be used to offset
greenhouse gas output, emissions increased to 1.307 billion metric
tons in the 12 months or 3.6% higher than 1990 levels.
Steps to Prevent Emissions
Actions include reducing emissions of CO2, due to energy
consumption, and other greenhouse gases at business sites (our
factories and offices), and reducing emissions associated with
transportation.

21.  India is a very Populous country thus this
results in increasing of GHG.
 India is the 9th largest country for emissions of
CO2.
 It needs to look on the developed countries like
Japan and using advanced technology to
reduce its global footprint
 India should use more Green electricity and
use more and more of the Renewable sources
of energy.
 Which will help in reducing CO2 levels

23. MADE BY-
DHRuV SAREEN
VIPUL GUPTA
SHAGUNSAPROO
FROMSATYA HOUSE