Countering Copenhagen’s Carbon Footprint - Science News

For those who want to whine about carbon use for the Copenhagen conference: Offsets are being set in place. The estimated 40,000 tons of carbon used by the convention will be offset by 100,000 tons of savings annually by replacing energy-inefficient brick kiln units around the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka. They'll be replaced with efficient kilns called hybrid Hoffman kilns. - td

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The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, has tentatively estimated that energy expenditures associated with the meeting will likely lead to emissions of around 40,000 tons of CO₂.(or its equivalent). So the Danish Energy Agency and World Bank are working with a Bangladeshi investment bank (Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company) to arrange financing for the replacement of 20 dirty and very energy-inefficient brick kiln units around the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka.

Only four of the new kilns are currently in place. “But when all 20 are up and running they’ll reduce an estimated 100,000 tons of CO₂ annually,” says Christian van Maarschalkerweerd. He’s the chief program coordinator on climate and energy with the Danish Energy Agency in Copenhagen.

Countering Copenhagen’s Carbon Footprint - Science News