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The climate crisis and what to do about it
- Climate crisis 10-point action plan
- Key points
- IPCC report of 2018: halve emissions by 2030
- Climate change: the basics
- Stop burning fossil fuels: Stay within the budget of 420Gt CO2
- Global emissions are rising and governments are failing
- The rising feeling of desperation
- Simple solutions for the climate crisis, which should have been implemented already
Action needed
- Summary
- Local government
- Local government: Make walking safe
- National government
- Organisations
- Individuals
- Passivhaus home standards
- 'Offsetting'?
False and dubious solutions
Awareness raising
Civil disobedience
- Civil disobedience in a democracy: Q and A
- Civil disobedience and the law
- Greta Thunberg and the school strikes
- Extinction Rebellion
Reasons for optimism
Tecnicalities by sector
- The UK has not cut its greenhouse gas emissions
- International comparisons
- The basics
- Emissions from home energy
- "Green electricity"
- Emissions from cars
- Emissions from food
- Health, education, etc emissions
- Buses
- Trains
- Aviation
- UK average footprint
- References
- Calculator version information
Standards of administration in a democracy
Performance assessments
- Assessing performance on the climate crisis
- BEIS is not telling the truth on carbon emissions
- Transport for the North: Failing on the climate crisis
- Steve Rotheram: failing on the climate crisis
Best practice examples
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National government action
National governments should
- be honest about the climate crisis and the need for action
- cancel new road building
- cancel airport expansion and plan a decline in air travel
- stop fracking
- invest heavily in making walking and cycling safer and more pleasant
- reduce the need to travel: via local shopping, local food production and distribution, and facilitating jobs being close to homes
- implement a carbon tax (with corresponding reductions in taxation of low carbon activities), e.g. increase fuel duty and use the revenue to improve public transport, to reduce its cost, and to reduce car dependency in rural areas
- facilitate home insulation (e.g. via Passiv Haus technology) via subsidies, information and training.
First published: 2008
Last updated: 15 Jul 2019
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