A definition of “carbon footprint”

By T. Wiedmann, J. Minx. 2010

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Global Research on Carbon Emissions: A Scientometric Review (2019, background): “Although a specific definition of carbon footprint has been not stated, according to Wiedmann and Minx [32] carbon footprint is the measure of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions directly and indirectly caused by an activity or accumulated over the life stages of a product.”
Imbalance and drivers of carbon emissions embodied in trade along the Belt and Road Initiative (2020, result): “measure of CO2 emissions, like most of other studies [12].”
A Review of the Ecological Footprint Indicator—Perceptions and Methods (2010, background): “The idiom ̳carbon footprint‘ however, has only developed over the last few years [15].”
Carbon footprint: current methods of estimation (2011, methodology): “The micro level implementation of EIOLCA is limited (Wiedmann and Minx 2007).”
Theoretical exploration for the combination of the ecological, energy, carbon, and water footprints: Overview of a footprint family (2014, methodology): “…footprint (Hoekstra and Hung, 2002), the emergy footprint Zhao et al., 2005), the exergy footprint (Chen and Chen, 2007), he carbon footprint (Wiedmann and Minx, 2008), the biodiverity footprint (Yaap et al., 2010), the chemical footprint (Panko and itchcock, 2011), the phosphorus…”
INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS (2009, unknown): “Despite its ubiquitous use, a clear and commonly accepted definition of CF is missing (Wiedmann and Minx, 2008).”
GHG footprint of major cities in India (2015, background): “It is the amount of carbon dioxide by weight that is emitted into the atmosphere that would produce the same estimated radiative forcing as a given weight of another radiatively active gas [56].”
Low carbon lifestyles: A framework to structure consumption strategies and options to reduce carbon footprints (2016, background): “The carbon footprint of a product indicates the amount of GHGs emitted within its entire lifecycle (Wiedmann and Minx, 2007).”
Carbon footprint of China's crop production—An estimation using agro-statistics data over 1993–2007 (2011, background): “Furthermore, Zhang et al. (2008) reported the still ncreasing trend of overuse of chemical fertilizers and other inputs n China’s agriculture recent years.”
Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK (2013, methodology): “The concept of the carbon footprint (CF) (Wiedmann and Minx 2008) has been used by many as an umbrella term for such approaches (Druckman and Jackson 2009, Larsen and Hertwich 2009, Minx et al 2009, Larsen and Hertwich 2010a, 2010b, Lenzen and Peters 2010, White et al 2010, Heinonen and Junnila 2011”
Drawing a chip environmental profile: environmental indicators for the semiconductor industry (2015, unknown): “However it requires appropriate definition of system boundaries (Wiedmann and Minx, 2008).”