How to live planet-friendly?
We have to agree how much carbon we can each emit within the limits of what the planet can bear – then make good lives within those boundaries.
Dr Diana Ivanova1
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You control climate change.
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What can I do, personally, about the climate crisis?
Heidi Roop
author of
The Climate Action Handbook
A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone2
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Sign of an environmental activist, 50 years ago. They took ‘environment’ personal.
It’s time for demand-side climate mitigation3.
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The top 10 options are available to us now, without the need for controversial and expensive new technologies4.
!['Carbon Budget' per generation for 1.5°C, pie diagram showing 'parts':
- 'Used to build fossil society'
- 'Our Parents'
- '1976-2000 (You & Me)'
- '2001-2025 (You & Me)'
- 'Our kids',
- 'Remaining budget for future generations'
Lars Boelen 2019, ourworldindata.org](https://casparbosma.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Carbon-budget-per-generation-for-1.5-C-parisproofplan.nl_300.jpg)
- Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52719662 ↩︎ - The Climate Action Handbook https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700464/the-climate-action-handbook-by-heidi-roop/ ↩︎
- See Chapter 5, IPCC 2023 AR6 report, Synthesis Report, Summary for Policymakers – https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf ↩︎
- Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52719662 ↩︎