Carbon footprint calculator
Carbon footprint calculatorReasons for concern
Key points on the climate emergency The climate has changed: the physics Climate change is man-made The global CO2 budget runs out in 8 years The UK's share of the global CO2 budget runs out in 2 years UN Secretary-General: "Government leaders are lying" Young people are pleading for action: 10 key messages Greta Thunberg's "blah blah blah" speech, Milan 2021 Pleas from the world's poorestActions needed
UN Secretary-General: "A grassroots movement that cannot be ignored" Climate emergency ten-point action planInternational commitments given
Allocation of the global CO2 budget between countries
The maths of staying within the UK's CO2 budget: Halve emissions every 3 years
Reviewing progress against the CO2 budget
Global emissions are still rising "Zero carbon sooner" CO2 budget report from CUSPIdentifying reasons for lack of progress
Nolan's Seven Principles of Public Life Why has progress been so poor? Decision making has not followed the science All sections of society are failing It is a system failure rather than a failure of individuals Cognitive biases, flawed reasoning, denial and fallacies dominate opinions and decision making Climate denial: literal, interpretive and implicatory Climate urgency denial Checklist for consistency with the IPCC Checklist for consistency with the IPCC: Results summaryGovernments
UK Government fallacy: overclaiming the reduction in UK CO2 emissionsMedia deficiencies
The BBC: Climate denial The Guardian: Climate denial The British Medical Journal: Climate denialCampaigning deficiencies
Effective and ineffective campaigning Friends of the Earth: Not consistent with the IPCC Fridays for Future: Consistent with the IPCC Climate Uncensored: Consistent with the IPCC Campaign against Climate Change: Partially consistent with the IPCC Ethical Consumer Magazine: Not consistent with the IPCC Climate Emergency UK: Not consistent with the IPCC Sustrans: Not consistent with the IPCCSpecific actions
Specific actions needed: SummaryImproving decision making
Reliable decision makingActions by sector
National governments Local government Individuals Reduce your carbon footprint: at least 10% per yearFalse solutions to be avoided
'Offsetting' Planting trees Tree planting claims by Zurich scientists were withdrawn Electric vehicles: not an immediate solutionEnsuring good decision making
Challenging fallacies
Common climate fallaciesUK Government
The 'Net Zero 2050' UK Government fallacies The UK Net Zero strategy would take three times the UK's share of the global CO2 budgetEthical Consumer: Inconsistency with the IPCC in the Climate Gap reports
Critique of report methodology Correspondence with Ethical ConsumerClient Earth
Client Earth: Climate denialCivil disobedience
Civil disobedience in a democracy: Q and ATechnicalities
UK average footprint International comparisonsEmissions by sector
Home energy "Green electricity" Cars Food Health, education, etc emissions Bus travel Train travel AviationCalculator version information
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Consistency with the IPCC
Climate urgency fallaciesNot consistent with the IPCC
Action needed
Passivhaus home standardsChallenge fallacies and malpractice
Challenge fallacies, incompetence and malpracticeEnsuring good decision making
Assessing performance on the climate emergency Climate Urgency Realism or Denial score Climate urgency denial in UK Government scientistsAbout
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Action needed
'Hydrogen power' is not the answerEnsuring good decision making
Civil disobedience and the law Extinction RebellionTechnicalities by sector
Basic UK energy and greenhouse gas statistics ReferencesPosts in 2019:
The climate crisis and what to do about it
Climate change: the basics Simple solutions for the climate crisis, which should have been implemented alreadyAction needed
Local government: Make walking safe OrganisationsAwareness raising
Leaflets, videoReasons for optimism
Decline in UK domestic aviation Decline of domestic aviation in SwedenStandards of administration in a democracy
Effective planningPerformance assessments
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 Wirral Council's emission reduction trajectory
Leaflets, video etc
There should be a wide range of flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, videos, etc to give unbiased information about the climate crisis and what needs to be done, but not much is readily available. Here are our suggestions.
Leaflets
3. A5 flyer: A5_climate_flyer.pdf

Video
This 2min 30 sec video is voiced by Keira Knightley:Climate Change and Why We Should Panic by Extinction Rebellion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIqJ05Dv8BM
Printable web pages
Most of the pages on this website have been designed to be printed out on A4 paper (with navigation bar, contents lists etc suppressed).First published: Mar 2019
Last updated: 23 Jan 2020