CARBON AND ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF CITIES AND COMMUNITIES: A LIVING LABS EXPERIENCE

The paper first provides an overview of the environmental footprints used to assess the impacts of human activities on the environment. The Horizon 2020 I-CHANGE project, dealing with the challenge of engaging and promoting the active participation of citizens to address climate change, sustainable development and environmental protection, is then introduced. Finally, the environmental footprint methodologies are applied on the basis of information collected from the Living Labs about daily activities, traffic simulation results and statistical data to compute specific footprints in base case and alternative scenarios for different Living Labs in the I-CHANGE project.