- Mar 2021
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www.project-syndicate.org www.project-syndicate.org
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In this pivotal year for climate action, much will depend on the updated 2030 emissions-reduction target that the US sets for itself. To meet the challenge at hand, the new target will need to be even more ambitious than the 50% reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions (from 2005 levels) that is currently being floated in Washington.
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- Sep 2020
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erikareinhardt.com erikareinhardt.com
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If everyone did all of the above things, they would have the personal infrastructure in place to enable their lives to become zero-emissions. But the above changes only cover 45% of average American emissions—so what gives? The remaining 55% of emissions come indirectly from the goods, services, and food we buy. The only way we’ll get to a zero-carbon world is for each of those industries to adopt new technology and change their processes to be emissions-free, or be replaced with a zero-emissions alternative. That’s why your first action is voting to make sure that policies and incentives are put in place to accelerate the overall transition.
The "above things" being:
- Vote for elected officials who prioritize smart climate policy; join climate action or political groups to support pro-climat candidates and non-profits.
- Use only electric vehicles. Your next car [and this right here is a measure of how very car-dependent Americans as a whole are] needs to be electric. [AND you also need to press your power companies and government for clean electricity; lots of electricity comes from coal!]
- Electrify your house. There's a reason California's no longer permitting gas in new construction. Induction has vastly improved!
- Switch to all-green electricity. See my note on #2.
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- Jul 2020
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Rutter, H., Horton, R., & Marteau, T. M. (2020). The Lancet–Chatham House Commission on improving population health post COVID-19. The Lancet, 396(10245), 152–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31184-3
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www.sciencedirect.com www.sciencedirect.com
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Ecker, U. K. H., Butler, L. H., Cook, J., Hurlstone, M. J., Kurz, T., & Lewandowsky, S. (2020). Using the COVID-19 economic crisis to frame climate change as a secondary issue reduces mitigation support. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101464
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psyarxiv.com psyarxiv.com
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Ecker, U. K. H., Butler, L. H., Cook, J., Hurlstone, M. J., Kurz, T., & Lewandowsky, S. (2020). Using the COVID-19 Economic Crisis to Frame Climate Change as a Secondary Issue Reduces Mitigation Support [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zc2q8
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- May 2020
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www.tandfonline.com www.tandfonline.com
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Bostrom, A., Böhm, G., O’Connor, R. E., Hanss, D., Bodi-Fernandez, O., & Halder, P. (2020). Comparative risk science for the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Risk Research, 0(0), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1756384
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- Jan 2017
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www.whitehouse.gov www.whitehouse.gov
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Climate Action Plan
Here is the CAP as outlined by the Obama administration: https://www.c2es.org/docUploads/obama-cap.pdf
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