Commonwealth Games Carbon Footprint: Team Isle of Man 🏝️
Last week the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games team flew out to Sydney for the Gold Coast XXI Commonwealth Games. 32 athletes left our small Island for the Southern Hemisphere’s larger Island (by a little bit), so we thought we’d understand the carbon footprint of travelling to and from our Commonwealth Cousins.
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**This is an approximate calculation. Obviously the type of plane, the amount of changeovers & travel outside of the flight is dependent upon various external factors. On our platform we have used a Government's own environmental figures on CO2/KM for different transport types. Anyway back to it!
32 Athletes 🏃
If one person was travelling to Sydney they could manage to get there from the Island a multitude of ways, however some would be less feasible than others. For example jumping on the Steam Packet, followed by bus across the UK, and then trains across Europe, Russia, Asia, followed by a flight from China to Australia wouldn’t be the most suitable way to travel. So we’ve assumed the IOM Team took the most common travel on Skyscanner, that being 3 flights, with changes in Manchester and Dubai. 🌍
Isle of Man → Manchester ✈️
The first leg of the trip is to get to the UK, and for the quickest links to Brisbane, this is swiftly done by flying from Ronaldsway to Manchester airport.
As the crow flies this is approximately 108 miles, or 174km. For a domestic flight, the average CO2/KM is c.0.119kg/KM. So a basic calculation makes the total C02 for an Isle of Man to Manchester flight approximately 20.7kg/C02 per passenger.
So the total carbon footprint for all 32 athletes for this leg is approximately 662KG/C02.
Manchester → Dubai✈️
The second leg of the trip is from Manchester to Dubai. As there are no direct flights to Brisbane from the UK (…yet…), the most efficient means to get to the Gold Coast seems to be going via Dubai.
As the crow flies this is approximately 3517miles, or 5660km. For an International flight, the average CO2/KM is slightly less at c.0.115kg/KM (for many factors including newer technology on long-haul jets, more fuel efficiency per passenger etc.). So a basic calculation makes the total carbon footprint for a Manchester to Dubai flight approximately 650kg/C02 per passenger.
So the total carbon footprint for all 32 athletes for this leg is approximately 20.8 Tonnes of C02.
Dubai → Brisbane✈️
The final leg of the trip is finally to Brisbane. Finally taking you to the destination which is the Gold Coast!
As the crow flies this is approximately 7453miles, or 11994km. As mentioned, for an International flight, the average CO2/KM is slightly less than a domestic plane at c.0.115kg/KM. So a basic calculation makes the total carbon footprint for a Manchester to Dubai flight approximately 1379kg/C02 per passenger.
So the total carbon footprint for all 32 athletes for this leg is approximately 44.1 Tonnes of C02.
Total Footprint ✈️
So with the trip broken down into bite-sized chunks of information, for a one way trip to Brisbane from the Island this will approximately bring with it a carbon footprint of 1379kg +650kg +20kg per passenger. So in total per single person flying to the Gold Coast from the Island this spring, your carbon footprint will total c.2.04 Tonnes of CO2. And if you feel like making the return journey, your footprint will total c.4.8 Tonnes of CO2.
So for all 32 athletes the total footprint for one way shall be approximately 44.1t+20.8t +0.662t = 65.5 Tonnes of CO2.
With the return journey included, the total carbon footprint of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Team will approximately be 130 Tonnes of CO2. ✈️
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