Why Men Have a Bigger Carbon Footprint than Women

Why men have a bigger carbon footprint than women

Men generally have bigger feet than women – and a bigger carbon footprint too, according to new research.A joint UK-French study, at the LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, found that men cause 26% more planet-warming gas emissions than women do, mainly because of the cars they drive and the meat they eat.The researchers analysed French survey data on food consumption and transport patterns – the two factors …

Scientists have investigated why French men have higher emissions than French women. It is not at all because the fairer sex cares more about protecting the environment