![]() When somebody wants toast for breakfast, we need to make sure there’s a system in place that can deliver the bread, the toaster, and the electricity to run the toaster without adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. This sort of personal action is important for the signals it sends to the marketplace-see the next section for more on that point-but the bulk of our emissions comes from the larger systems in which we live our daily lives. When you ask yourself what you can do to limit climate change, it’s natural to think of things like driving an electric car or eating less meat. (There will also be ways to partner with me through my work with Breakthrough Energy, my organization dedicated to putting the ideas in this book into action.)Įxcerpt from How to Avoid a Climate Disaster I hope it gives you some ideas for how you can help solve this urgent problem. ![]() Although the most impactful steps we can take to avoid a climate disaster must happen at the governmental level, you have power to effect change as a citizen, a consumer, and an employee or employer.īelow is a book excerpt that covers the citizen and consumer categories. ![]() ![]() The good news is that there are things everyone can do. It’s human nature to want to do something when you’re confronted with a problem-especially one as big as climate change. ![]()
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