Determination of Carbon Footprint of Automobile Origin in Izmir City

Abstract Global warming and climate change, which are one of the most important agenda items recent years, have become biggest threats to life. Measures need be taken reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global prove they will benefit from research. The success these measures was achieved through Kyoto Protocol. According this protocol, countries responsible for emissions, should take try minimize them. These oscillations must calculated in order not exceed emission limits specified by protocol. carbon footprint, is a measure damage environment, an indicator unit expressed terms dioxide equivalent. While determining IPCC, GHG Protocol, UNFCCC, ISO 14064 STANDARD into account. In study, number automobiles Izmir Turkey Statistics Institution (TUIK) data, their footprints were classified according type fuel used. IPCC Tier-1 method used calculations 2006 guide values based on fuels. As result calculations, total CO 2 821.391 cars Izmir, gasoline, diesel LPG also calculated. It found 1.857.845 tons equivalent per year.