?? THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY. HOW TRAVELING CHANGES YOUR CO2e EMISSIONS ??

For many the amount of? CO2e emitted in tonnes or kg is still a rather abstract number and for most it’s hard to judge how changes in the amount of people traveling and the shooting location affect the CO2e output of a project. Below some numbers to show how quickly CO2e* emissions can rise, depending on the travel decisions we’re taking during a project.

• On a local shoot, the average CO2e* emissions per day with a standard crew are ca. 1-2 tons CO2e* per day. (Source: Ad Green LINK)
• For the same shoot in Barcelona (with 10 people traveling, staying overnight, and having dinner in the evening) they rise to 6.6 tons CO2e per day.
• When taking this shoot to Cape Town (with 10 people traveling, staying overnight, and having dinner in the evening) they amount to 35.7 tons CO2e per day.
• … and if the same shoot takes place in in Cape Town with all crew members flying by business class (with 10 people traveling, staying overnight, and having dinner in the evening), the emissions increase to a staggering 96.4 tons CO2e per day

For comparison, the current average annual CO2e* emissions per person in Germany are at 10.8 tons (Source: Umweltbundesamt LINK).

However, to achieve the max. +1.5°C goal of the Paris Climate Agreement, the annual CO2e* emissions have to be reduced to 1.5 tons CO2e* per person (Source: NDR/IPCC LINK).

?? You can calculate your personal carbon footprint using resources such as the WWF CO2 CALCULATOR or the calculator on the website of the GERMAN UMWELTBUNDESAMT.

*CO2e - stands for carbon dioxide equivalent, as it encompasses not only CO2 but also other greenhouse gases like methane, nitrous oxide, etc.