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The New Humanitarian

What’s the aid sector’s carbon footprint?, October 2021

Published on 27 October 2021

The New Humanitarian asked 24 organisations to estimate their total carbon footprint and say what – if anything – they’re doing to reduce it. The findings were surprising. For starters, it was hard to get an accurate sector-wide picture because many groups – particularly UN agencies – don’t measure all their emissions. Some also rely on carbon offsetting to reduce the impact of their more harmful activities even though critics say this is no cure-all. It’s not all gloomy, however. Several are adopting lessons from the pandemic: taking fewer flights and buying local.

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