Combating Climate Change: A helpful guide on personal carbon footprinting

Gopalakrishnan Ravichandran · Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna

Dec 2021 · Gopalakrishnan Ravichandran

About this ebook

Climate change is a hot topic these days as it makes our earth a hotter place to live in. Almost all the countries are working on their climate policy to do their part in reducing carbon emissions. Many global conferences and events have been happened in the past 50 years to control the global temperature rise. But still, there is no evidence of significant improvement in reducing our global carbon emissions.

Some of you might have thought about your role in combating climate change. To answer this, we came up with this book which will help you to understand your carbon footprint and the possible ways to reduce the same. We have covered some of the products, events, and activities in this book with which you can find the carbon footprint of the product(s) which aren't covered in this book.

Citation:

Ravichandran, Gopalakrishnan, and Seeram Ramakrishna. Combating Climate Change: A helpful guide on personal carbon footprinting. Gopalakrishnan Ravichandran, 2021.

Ratings and reviews

An excellent book to start reading about my personal carbon footprint. The energy-saving tips in the electronics and personal computers topics are much needed for the current digital world. Kudos to the authors for their great job in covering important topics but I wish they add more content in the future.

Controlling carbon emissions is the biggest challenge now a day.everyone needs to know about this. The author has written so well that everyone can understand about carbon emissions. This is a personal guide for everyone, Also it is interesting to read...

Excellent book giving precious insights about Carbon footprint, energy efficiency and climate change. It is a must read for EVERYONE 👌🏻

About the author

Gopalakrishnan Ravichandran is a Research Engineer at the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, a research center at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the NUS. He was named as an Emerging Leaders fellow by Ananta Aspen Institute and selected as a Peace Ambassador (2019-20) by Humanitarian Affairs Asia. He is passionate about climate change, sustainability, and the environment. 

Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, FREng, Everest Chair is a senior professor of materials engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is named among the World’s Most Influential Minds (Thomson Reuters), and World’s Highly Cited Researchers in Cross-Fields (Clarivate Analytics). He received Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK; & the GMP from Harvard University, USA. He is an eminent resource person for start-ups, corporations, governments, universities, and international organizations. European Commission Director-General for Environment, Excellency Daniel Calleja Crespo said “Professor Seeram Ramakrishna should be praised for his personal engagement leading the reflections on how to develop a more sustainable future for all”. He circulates the most updated and foresight multidisciplinary knowledge for the benefit of individuals and humanity.