What is Project sTREEt?

While maps may seem exclusively like a geographer’s best friend, the potential that mapmaking can have on creating an environmental difference is largely unexplored. Project sTREEt highlights the ways that we can use mapmaking as a new outlet to create a lasting impact on our world. Whether it is facilitating the preservation of biodiversity or predicting rising rates of urbanization, maps allow us to explore and expose the environmental problems that demand a solution.

By mapping the existing infrastructure in secluded areas around the world onto maps, we can gain a better understanding of the rate of development of different places, allowing us to more accurately calculate an estimate of the world carbon footprint.

Scroll through examples of some of the maps we have made.

Track the carbon footprint of large metropolitan areas around the world!

Urban Cluster Footprint ( MT CO2) Global Ranking
Seoul, South Korea 276.1 MT CO21
New York, USA 233.5 MT CO23
Los Angeles, USA 196.4 MT CO25
Singapore, Singapore 161.7 MT CO27
Chicago, USA 152.9 MT CO28
Tokyo, Japan 132.8 MT CO29
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 118.8 MT CO210
Dubai, UAE 110.8 MT CO211
Johannesburg, South Africa 105.2 MT CO213
Tehran, Iran 104.4 MT CO214
Moscow, Russia 99.5 MT CO215
London, UK 98.9 MT CO216
Beijing, China 83.7 MT CO218
Miami, USA 80.3 MT CO221
Paris, France 78.0 MT CO223
Istanbul, Turkey 70.9 MT CO226
New Delhi, India 69.6 MT CO230
Buenos Aires, Argentina 57.5 MT CO236
Toronto, Canada 49.1 MT CO243
Mexico City, Mexico 55.7 MT CO237
Melbourne, Australia 44.4 MT CO246
Madrid, Spain 43.4 MT CO248
Kolkata, India 42.9 MT CO249
Seattle, USA 34.1 MT CO261
Sao Paulo, Brazil 33.6 MT CO263
Berlin, Germany 33.5 MT CO264
Mumbai, India 32.1 MT CO270
Milan, Italy 30.4 MT CO277
Almaty, Kazakhstan 25.2 MT CO295
Dallas, USA 76.9 MT CO224
Caracas, Venezuela 21.6 MT CO2109
Manila, Philippines 20.0 MT CO2118
Quito, Ecuador 9.5 MT CO2235

Note: MT CO2 stands for Metric Tons of CO2
Information Source: Global Gridded Model of Carbon Footprints (GGMCF) and http://citycarbonfootprints.info/