Every product we purchase has an environmental footprint, from the materials used to create it to the pollution emitted during manufacturing to the packaging that ends up in landfills and incinerators12 Ways to Live More Sustainably | biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/sustainability/live_more_sustainably.html
How is large-scale change made, if not from an accumulation of smaller changes?Sherry Listgarten
paloaltoonline.com/2021/02/14/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-realist-about-climate/
paloaltoonline.com/2021/02/14/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-realist-about-climate/
A “high” standard of living — one with private vehicles, air travel, on-demand goods, limitless computing power, nutritious food and constant amusement — is energy and emissions intensive.international consultant and university professor Wal van Lierop
forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2023/11/30/between-climate-idealism-and-realism/
forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2023/11/30/between-climate-idealism-and-realism/
To have any hope of meeting the central goal of the Paris Agreement, which is to limit global warming to 2°C or less, our carbon emissions must be reduced considerablyGlobal food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets | science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357
We cannot address climate catastrophe without tackling its root cause: fossil fuel dependenceUN Secretary-General António Guterres
unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023
unep.org/resources/production-gap-report-2023