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Your footprint

See your weight on the world

The data on this site is the planet's story; this is yours. Four quick choices — what you eat, how you fly, how you move, how you power your home — estimated from real, cited average factors and set against the global average. Then turn the dread into a plan.

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What do you eat?

meat is the heaviest food choice

50–99 g meat/day

Flights per year

return trips

Short-haul return
1
Long-haul return
0

How do you get around?

8,000 km/yr

Home electricity

Factors:Source: Scarborough et al. (2014), Climatic Change · as of 2014Source: Our World in Data — carbon footprint of travel (2019) · as of 2019Source: UK DESNZ 2023 GHG conversion factors · as of 2023Source: UK DESNZ 2023 GHG conversion factors (grid electricity) · as of 2023

Your estimated footprint

4.4t CO₂e / year

7% below the global average

▏2t Paris▏4.7t avg
Diet2.05 t
Flights0.35 t
Driving1.32 t
Home energy0.65 t

If everyone on Earth lived like you

the 1.5 °C carbon budget runs out around ~2031 — 4 mo later than today’s path. See the clock →

Your diet is your biggest lever — shifting toward plant-rich meals cuts food emissions most.

Your plan — tick what you'll try

all 4: −2.5 t/yr (58%)

Tick actions to see your new footprint

new footprint 4.4 t/yr

How to do these →

Each saving uses the same cited factors as your estimate above. Money effects are directional and vary by country — we don't invent a personal figure.

An estimate from cited average factors — not a measured personal total. Covers four choices, not your whole life.

Source: Global Carbon Project / Our World in Data (2023) · as of 2023

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