Opinion: With 100 months left before tipping point, every choice matters
With irreversible climate change expected in 100 months, everything we do matters. Individuals alone can't re-engineer Britain's fossil-fuel-dependent food, transport and energy systems; government must lead. Between 1938 and 1944, economy was re-engineered and there were dramatic cuts in resource use and household consumption. How countdown was calculated (click 'See also').
The Guardian (UK) 2008-08-01
Categories: ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS, GOVERNMENT, International Oversight, OPINION, Op-Eds, Trends & Activism
Index: 100 months, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, Climate Change: The Gathering Storm, Eleanor Roosevelt, Green New Deal, greenhouse gases, Greenland ice sheet, Industrial Revolution, IPCC, low-carbon good times, Margaret Beckett, National Savings Movement, NEF, new economics foundation, Panel on Climate Change, positive feedback, tipping point, Victoria Johnson, Victory Gardening