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Become a climate hero now with the climate calculator from ClimateHero

While many are waiting for others to do something for the climate, others are looking for solutions and assistance to keep their ecological footprint as small as possible. You can use ClimateHero's climate calculator to calculate your carbon footprint and get valuable tips on how to effectively reduce it.

Author: Marina Dullnig

Climate hero or climate villain?

ClimateHero to calculate your own carbon footprint and find out whether you are a climate hero or a climate villain using a few easy-to-answer questions about your life, travel and shopping habits

Screenshot: ClimateHero (climate calculator)
Screenshot: ClimateHero (climate calculator)

The friendly chatbot guides you through the test, which takes no longer than 5 minutes. During this time, general questions are asked about the living situation, mobility, nutrition and shopping behavior.

Screenshot: ClimateHero (chatbot)
Screenshot: ClimateHero (chatbot)

After you have answered all the questions, you have the opportunity to assign yourself to a category.

Screenshot: ClimateHero (self-assessment)
Screenshot: ClimateHero (self-assessment)

You will then receive the result and you can see what you are doing right. You will also receive valuable and, above all, everyday tips on how you can make your lifestyle sustainable and more climate-friendly.

Screenshot: ClimateHero (useful information about energy consumption)
Screenshot: ClimateHero (useful information about energy consumption)

How is the CO₂ balance calculated?

The CO₂ balance is estimated in CO₂ equivalents (CO₂e). This is the unit of measurement that standardizes the various greenhouse gases, which have different effects on the greenhouse effect.

ClimateHero relies on around 30 public sources for its calculations, which, together with the answers from the test, form the basis for estimating private consumption.

For most of us, the average consumption is around 10 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person per year. Globally, the annual average is 5 tons of CO₂e per person.

According to the Exponential Roadmap , which ClimateHero relies on, emissions need to be halved over the next 8 years. This information ultimately results in the four basic types of climate hero, climate friend, climate trickster or climate villain.

Even if the climate calculator cannot accurately determine the actual consumption, it is very likely that you can be assigned to the correct category and thus illustrate the ecological footprint that we leave behind.

Support climate projects

ClimateHero has set itself the goal of limiting global warming to +1.5 degrees Celsius and supports numerous sustainable and certified climate projects.

According to ClimateHero, after using the climate calculator, each person commits to reducing their ecological footprint by 30%. If you want to go even further, you can also support various climate projects with monthly contributions that can be canceled at any time. More about this HERE .

Curious?

Would you like to know whether you are more of a climate hero or a climate villain?

You can have your CO₂ balance determined HERE

Screenshot: ClimateHero (chatbot)
Screenshot: ClimateHero (chatbot)

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