Table of Contents
- 1 How can citizens help in solving climate change?
- 2 What should government prioritize to address climate change?
- 3 Who is responsible for climate change?
- 4 How can you lessen the harmful effects of climate?
- 5 How can we help the climate emergency?
- 6 What should governments do to protect the environment?
How can citizens help in solving climate change?
Make your voice heard by those in power.
What should government prioritize to address climate change?
Protect and restore key ecosystems Respect for nature is fundamental. Governments must protect ecosystems key to the fight against climate change: rivers, wetlands, oceans, forests and mangroves absorb large quantities of carbon, slowing warming.
Who is responsible for climate change?
Rich countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan and much of western Europe, account for just 12 percent of the global population today but are responsible for 50 percent of all the planet-warming greenhouse gases released from fossil fuels and industry over the past 170 years.
What is the politics of climate change?
Collective action Current climate politics are influenced by a number of social and political movements focused on different parts of building political will for climate action. This includes the climate justice movement, youth climate movement and movements to divest from fossil fuel industries.
What is the best way to fight climate change?
10 Ways You Can Fight Climate Change
- Eliminate Food Waste. Food waste in the US occurs mostly in stores and at home—either because it spoils on the store shelf or before we can eat it.
- Eat Plant-Based.
- Use Clean Energy.
- Participate in the Democratic Process.
- Divest.
- Improve Insulation.
- Use LED Lighting.
- Rethink Transportation.
How can you lessen the harmful effects of climate?
Demand Climate Action
- Speak up!
- Power your home with renewable energy.
- Weatherize, weatherize, weatherize.
- Invest in energy-efficient appliances.
- Reduce water waste.
- Actually eat the food you buy—and make less of it meat.
- Buy better bulbs.
- Pull the plug(s).
How can we help the climate emergency?
Here’s some ideas to get you started.
- Take action in your community. Climate Action groups are the local solution to a global crisis.
- Ask the government to act on climate.
- Become a member.
- Power up on plants.
- Top up your fitness.
- Get your electricity from the wind and the sun.
- Take the train, not the plane.
- Save energy at home.
What should governments do to protect the environment?
Five ways governments can help save the planet
- Start favouring sustainable goods and services.
- Committing to investing in and developing renewables.
- Increase commitments to conserving land and water.
- Be stronger in their NDCs.
- Make plastic reduction a legal requirement.