8 t CO₂e per person: above the world average of ≈6.6 t and 3.2× the 1.5 °C 2030 target. Biggest single lever: Swap the car for an EV on your grid (−1.3 t/yr).
Your footprint
8t CO₂e/yr
per person · household total ≈ 16 t
Romania: fossil CO₂
3.4t/person
territorial, excl. methane & imports
World average (all GHGs)
6.6t/person
fossil CO₂ only: 4.8 t
1.5 °C target (2030)
2.5t/person
0.7 t by 2050
vs 1.5 °C budget
320%
Biggest source
Food
Home energy (per person)
1.23t
grid 251 g CO₂/kWh
Travel
2.22t
flights 0.36 t
Top-3 actions save
2.7t/yr
34% of your footprint
Trees to absorb it
363
mature trees at ≈22 kg CO₂/yr each
Breakdown per person
| Category | t CO₂e/yr | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 0.31 | 4% |
| Heating | 0.91 | 11% |
| Car | 1.75 | 22% |
| Public transport | 0.11 | 1% |
| Flights | 0.36 | 4% |
| Food | 2.05 | 26% |
| Shopping & services | 1.7 | 21% |
| Public services | 0.8 | 10% |
| Total | 7.99 | 100% |
What to do first
| Action | Saves (t/yr) | New footprint | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swap the car for an EV on your grid | 1.28 | 6.7 t | EV ≈469 kg/yr |
| Buy less new: repair, buy second-hand, keep phones 5+ yrs | 0.8 | 7.2 t | |
| Go vegetarian | 0.66 | 7.3 t | Scarborough et al. 2014 diet data |
| Replace the boiler with a heat pump (SCOP 3.2) | 0.61 | 7.4 t | heat pump would emit ≈300 kg/person |
| Drive 30% less (walk, cycle, transit, car-share) | 0.42 | 7.6 t | replacing half of those km by transit |
| Replace one short-haul flight by train | 0.28 | 7.7 t | rail ≈ 35 g/pkm vs ≈150 g by air |
| Switch to a certified green tariff or add rooftop solar | 0.27 | 7.7 t | covers ~85% with renewables |
| Insulate loft & walls, lower thermostat 1 °C | 0.23 | 7.8 t | ≈25% less heat demand |
| Halve food waste | 0.12 | 7.9 t |
- Electricity: Romania grid average 251 g CO₂e/kWh (lifecycle, Ember/OWID). Heating gas 0.203 kg/kWh incl. upstream; flights include a radiative-forcing factor of 1.7 and an 8% routing uplift (DEFRA 2024).
- National averages are territorial fossil CO₂ per person (Global Carbon Budget). Consumption-based footprints of rich countries are 10–30% higher, so treat the comparison as indicative.
- Biogenic CO₂ from wood and pellets is not counted (only processing, transport and non-CO₂ gases), following GHG Protocol convention.