Carbon Calculator

897.  Alongside enhanced public engagement, action is needed to ensure that people have the information they need to make green choices where they want to. The Review recommends that the government launches a competition to create a Carbon Calculator app in 2023. This should provide people with information on the carbon intensity of different choices, from how they travel to what they buy at the supermarket, allowing people to make informed choices where they want to. This should show people the costs of different options and the potential financial savings by making lower carbon choices, as well as the other co-benefits. Where relevant, it should point people to where they can access lower carbon options, and link to any support packages that exist. This should be backed up by a government communications campaign to introduce this new resource.

Figure 5.4 - Carbon calculator proposal