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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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Actions by organisations
Every organisation should be looking at its energy use and trying to improve its energy efficiency.
Many businesses and other organisations heat buildings to an unnecessary extent. They could lower temperatures towards the minimum 16 degrees specified by law.
Other examples:
- Oxfam used to raise money through its Global Challenge programme around the world, but has switched these to the UK or Europe reachable by train out of concern for the environmental impact.
- the Ski Club of Great Britain (www.skiclub.co.uk) has a Respect the Mountain feature on its website encouraging members to fly fewer miles, and switch from air to rail.
First published: 2008
Last updated: 15 Jul 2019
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