How much?
Swedens total green house emissions was around 85 million tonnes COâ‚‚ equivalents (COâ‚‚e) 2019. How much is that one might wonder. Is one ton of COâ‚‚e much or what? Here are some comparisons to make it easier to understand:
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An average world citizen emitted a total of 6.5 tonnes COâ‚‚ equivalents during 2019, a Swedish person 9.1 tonnes
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According to the Paris agreement 2015, the 1.5° goal could be achived if everyone on earth emits, a maximum of, 0.7 - 1.5 tonnes CO2 equivalents / person and year
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The 2018–2022 global mean temperature average (based on data up to May or June 2022) is estimated to be 1.17 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850–1900 average
8,65 tonnes / person
6.5 tonnes / person
We have only 0,33 °C left
So, in order to live a sustainable life, 1 ton COâ‚‚e is about how much every person on earth should emit per year. In that case we could reach the 1.5 °C goal and avoid some chatastrofic events including wild fires, hurricanes, drought, flooding, etc.
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This is of course a hard goal to reach for an individual. Since 1 ton COâ‚‚e equals e.g. a return flight from Stockholm to Lisbon, or a single flight to Toronto. Many things need to correlate to achieve this, e.g. a "polluters pay" policy making more sustainable transports cheaper and binding COâ‚‚ from the atmosphear.
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But a good start is to measure your footprints, because "without a scale you cannot lose weight".
How big are your footprints?
