Background
Background
The "Greenshooting Carbon Calculator for Film and TV Productions" considers not only CO2 but also all other greenhouse gases of the Kyoto Protocol1. For better comparability, these are converted into CO2 equivalents (CO2e) according to their global warming potential in relation to CO2.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) regularly provides a list of revised conversion factors. The factors used in the Carbon Calculator come from the 4th Assessment Report2.
The factors used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions change over time. For this reason, the data you collect is assigned to a reference period with the corresponding valid factors. The assignment is made via the production year of the film and TV production. The factors always refer to the latest scientific findings, which KlimAktiv gGmbH determines and enters into the Carbon Calculator.
Development
The development of the Greenshooting Carbon Calculator was initiated by MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft and commissioned from KlimAktiv. The development took place in cooperation with SWR.
The following institutions are involved in the creation and further maintenance:
KlimAktiv gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH
KlimAktiv gGmbH conceptualised and developed the software. KlimAktiv is responsible for the further development and distribution of the system.
Contact
KlimAktiv gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Klimaschutzes mbH
Your contact: Stephan Schunkert
E-mail: ccf@klimAktiv.de
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1 The Kyoto Protocol (1997, Doha Amendment 2012) refers to the reduction of CO2 emissions and the following additional gases: Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6), Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3).
2 IPCC 4th Assessment Report: Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Chapter 2, pp. 212-215. Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 2007.