FOOTPRINT
OVERVIEW
From climate breakdown to species going extinct, humankind’s effects on our world are huge – but if we’re all a small part of the problem, we can all be part of the solution too, says WWF's Living Planet Report 2022. The first step is to look at our own impact.
'All of us have a carbon footprint, the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions we create over a certain period of time,' says the report. 'Our carbon footprint’s size depends on many things—the products we buy, how we travel, how we heat and cool our home, what we eat, among other things.'
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Find out how faith communities are encouraging their followers to tread more lightly upon the earth, and reduce their carbon footprint in the process.
'A lot has changed in the past 50 years. How we travel, work and produce our food. How we use our land, rivers and seas and build our infrastructure. How we generate our energy and manage our waste. All this change has an impact and consequences.'
WWF GLOBAL GOAL THREE
Halve the footprint of consumption and production
We need action on many fronts, including 50 per cent of agriculture and aquaculture production to be sustainably managed, and a doubling in sustainably managed fisheries. Food loss and waste must be halved, pollution stopped, and the global footprint of our diets halved. We also need to see a halving of greenhouse gas emissions from 2010 levels.
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Key guidance documents
Interested in getting a collaboration or a project going with a faith community but not sure where to start? Check out these key guidance documents.
