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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > CARBON FOOTPRINT

PREFERRED TERM

CARBON FOOTPRINT  

DEFINITION

  • Measure of the exclusive total amount of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product. This term is often used in reference to greenhouse gas emissions attributable to persons,industries, or countries.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • Carbon Accounting
  • Carbon Footprinting

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-04-04 07:32:38.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (CARBON FOOTPRINT [0e530a5f-1e75-4602-9659-98ff5c3d7076,368625] - ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT [d81b77be-0177-4e26-942c-aa911239482d,365083]);
  • 2019-04-04 07:35:27.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Carbon Accounting language code: en); insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Carbon Footprinting language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: Measure of the exclusive total amount of emissions of carbon dioxide(CO2) that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product. This term is often used in reference to greenhouse gas emissions attributable to persons,industries, or countries. language code: en); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 2a60df4a-a0d7-4e4b-b02a-372a083f0170 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 07f7ea8e-cf94-4421-923a-539e12dbeb95 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 03d38261-1c90-491b-bc4e-cc4e703e1dff relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2019-04-04 07:36:34.0 [tstevens] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: c3b81888-8a39-4b3f-8033-4c077797bcba relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2019-04-04 09:18:55.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Measure of the exclusive total amount of emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is directly and indirectly caused by an activity or is accumulated over the life stages of a product. This term is often used in reference to greenhouse gas emissions attributable to persons,industries, or countries.);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/0e530a5f-1e75-4602-9659-98ff5c3d7076

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