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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

You control climate change.

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

Sign of an environmental activist, 50 years ago. They took ‘environment’ personal.

It’s time for demand-side climate mitigation3.

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
  1. Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52719662 ↩︎
  2. The Climate Action Handbook https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/700464/the-climate-action-handbook-by-heidi-roop/ ↩︎
  3. 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 ↩︎
  4. Climate change: Top 10 tips to reduce carbon footprint revealed
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52719662 ↩︎