CO2 calculator

• CO2 calculator
• Reduce your carbon footprint: 10% per year

Performance assessments

• Assessing performance on the climate crisis
• The "Net Zero 2050" UK Government deceits
• 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

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

• Planting trees
• Tree planting claims by Zurich scientists were withdrawn
• "Hydrogen power"

Awareness raising

• Leaflets, video

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

• Decline in UK domestic aviation
• Decline of domestic aviation in Sweden

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

• Effective planning
• Nolan's Seven Principles of Public Life

Best practice examples

• Wirral Council's emission reduction trajectory

About

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The world is warming

Storms are becoming more frequent

Droughts are worsening

Wildfires are more severe

The climate is changing

• temperatures have risen steadily since the late 1800s [1]
• 2016 was the hottest year on record
• storms, droughts and wildfires have become more frequent and more severe

This is due to release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by human activity

• atmospheric CO2 has increased by 40% since the late 1800s [2]
• methane and other greenhouse gases are also increasing
• the increased CO2 and other greenhouse gases trap more of the sun's energy and raise tempertures [3]

The consequences will be very serious or catastrophic if we continue the same way

• temperatures will potentially be 6 degrees higher by the end of the century
• the next generation will have to cope with higher sea levels, loss of food production, floods, mass starvation and climate refugees

We already have the answers needed to tackle climate change

• sustainable energy technology
• increased energy efficiency
• more local food production
• better home insulation e.g. Passiv Haus technology
• lower carbon transport
• ...all leading to low-carbon jobs

There are many other benefits of a low-carbon world apart from tackling climate change

• better air quality
• healthier lifestyles
• less reliance on fossil fuel imports
• better job security, not dependent on transitory fossil fuels
• less economic turbulence from swings in fossil fuel prices

We need to act and we need to act now

• it is a moral obligation ...
• and a question of self-preservation ...
• and/or caring for children and grandchildren
• the great majority of the experts agree on the science [4]
• all of the counter-arguments can be seen to be invalid when subjected to critical scrutiny [5]

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