What is climate shadow, the newest way to measure your impact on global warming?

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The idea of carbon footprint dates back to the early 2000s and ironically was introduced by oil giant BP. But recently, a new concept was created: the climate change shadow. It's a relatively recent addition to the ever growing list of terms relating to climate change. American writer Emma Pattee introduced the idea of the climate shadow in a blog post for Mic.com in December 2021, as a more comprehensive metric for each person’s impact on the climate crisis.  What exactly contributes to my climate shadow? Isn’t that very similar to a carbon footprint? How useful is the concept of a climate shadow? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions ! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: ⁠How can you clean your hair without using shampoo?⁠ ⁠What is the Batman effect?⁠ ⁠What is cookie jarring in the dating world?⁠ A Bababam Originals podcast, written and realised by Joseph Chance. First broadcast : 10/08/2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices