Thread/ It has been difficult to pin down our lifetime individual remaining carbon budget to remain below 1.5C. Partly because there is some disagreement in the scientific literature; between 16-75 tonnes depending on historic emissions, climate justice and equity considerations

@KevinClimate has it at 40-52 tonnes. But the average quality is 30 tonnes. Luckily @lloydalter @Treehugger fact checked the 30 tonnes and did the maths: 30 tonnes individual lifetime carbon budget left for a 66% chance of staying under 1.5C

So here is the number crunch I keep coming back to

Just to clarify: Lifestyle carbon footprint is defined as the Green House Gas emissions directly emitted and indirectly induced from household consumption (excluding those induced by government consumption and capital formation)

Individual lifestyle carbon budgets have been more or less ignored by the mainstream climate community. The well worn mantra is ‘system change not individual change’. If you point out the obvious truth that we need to do both it does seem to penetrate somewhat.

72% of global Greenhouse Gas emissions are related to household consumption. whilst the rest stem from Government and investments. n Finland it is 66%. Addressing household emissions is an essential and often forgotten part of the pathway to true net carbon zero.

From my project summary of living on One Tonne of Carbon per year

Note: Trying to decipher Climate Science/ Climate Agreements and make them accessible to citizens continues to be a challenge https://rosalindreadhead.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/end-of-year-review/