Archive:000/Climate change

GHGs (greenhouse gases) (such as CO₂) are the gases that cause climate change. This is a pie chart of where they come from.

Note that half of emissions come from the richest 10% of the world, which includes you if you're middle-class in a developed country. That's the target audience for the "personal actions" section of this page.

For an introduction, read What is climate change.

Biggest factors

Most of the world's emissions are affected by either...

• How much new "stuff" gets made. Template:Pi

• How much people drive/fly. Template:Pi

• Heating & cooling homes and other buildings. Template:Pi

• Food production. Template:Pi

This provides some perspective on the most significant actions to take.

Actions to take

If you think there's anything more significant to add to this list, leave a comment on the talk page.

Personal actions

• Frugalism
• Driving less (or not at all)
• Plant-based food
• Not wasting food

Collective actions ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

• Stop planned obsolescence and promote right to repair
• Make neighborhoods walkable and improve public transit
• Replace all fossil fuel energy with renewables or nuclear - but this requires major tech innovations that might not come soon enough.
  • This would be a lot easier if energy consumption was lower - so in any case, the other actions on this page still matter more than ever.

For those who are skeptical

• Why climate change is a problem
• Why climate change is anthropogenic

See also

• Deforestation - another environmental problem, which affects more than just the climate.
• Longer list of climate change solutions - most of which have only small potential.