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Why people underestimate their carbon footprint — and what to do about it

Carbon footprint underestimate — perceived vs actual impact of common actions

Most people underestimate their carbon footprint — often by a factor of two to three times. This isn’t ignorance. It’s the result of specific, well-documented cognitive patterns: we overweight visible actions, underweight invisible consumption, and systematically misjudge the relative impact of different choices. Understanding the bias is the first step to correcting it. Research from […]