What Would You Do About Climate Change?

[mongers]

Imagine a scenario where the World's govenrments agree a binding climate plan, they'll then enact it and policy begins to filter down to the people.

In this situation what measures would you agree to take as part of your government plan?

Or Indeed what significant changes have your yourself already made?

You've got up to 6 votes, mainly so you can answer the first 5 pairs of linked questions.


Note by significant I mean greater than 50%

[Monoriu]

I will obey what my government says.  Nothing more, nothing less.

[DGuller]

I'll make approving comments about Greta Thunberg.

[The Brain]

In Sweden we don't have to agree to laws (as individuals).

[HisMajestyBOB]

I didn't read the OP before voting, so I picked the options I currently am doing / will do.

[mongers]

I didn't read the OP before voting, so I picked the options I currently am doing / will do.

Thanks for the reply,

The forum options don't really fit the poll, I think I should have clicked the allow people to change/edit vote option, so that people and see it and also vote on multiple occasions, rather than just once. 

[Josquius]

Err... Most of the above.
I try not to drive, I have reduced meat consumption, I have a preference for colder tempatures,
I do keep the sin of flying a fair bit, I don't want to give that up. Though I am not doing it as much as I used to this is not intentional and I wish to undo it.

[Eddie Teach]

None of those questions require government action.

[Legbiter]

There is only one man alive in Iceland who's very concerned about climate change as seen by his actual actions. The rest hector and blather on social media. He lives off-grid in a tent but struggles with procuring enough food to last him through winter.



I'm also baffled by this weird fixation on meat as a culprit, the least carbon-intensive food sources for Iceland are lamb, fish and photogenic sea mammals. Vegetarian fare aside from maybe potatoes (if you have a good summer) has to be shipped from long distances to market here.

[Josquius]

You know, being concerned about climate change doesn't mean completely throwing away modern civilization right?

[Legbiter]

You know, being concerned about climate change doesn't mean completely throwing away modern civilization right?

Tawk is cheap. Watch what people actually do.

[Maladict]

Already making an effort on all of those five, although I definitely could do more.
A (heavy) tax on air fares is long overdue, and both car fuel and meat should be taxed more as well.

[Zoupa]

You know, being concerned about climate change doesn't mean completely throwing away modern civilization right?

Tawk is cheap. Watch what people actually do.

Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

[Zoupa]

There is only one man alive in Iceland who's very concerned about climate change as seen by his actual actions. The rest hector and blather on social media. He lives off-grid in a tent but struggles with procuring enough food to last him through winter.



I'm also baffled by this weird fixation on meat as a culprit, the least carbon-intensive food sources for Iceland are lamb, fish and photogenic sea mammals. Vegetarian fare aside from maybe potatoes (if you have a good summer) has to be shipped from long distances to market here.

Your "country" has less people than my neighborhood. Meat consumption is definitely contributing to carbon emissions. Are you really this dense or just trolling as usual?

[Legbiter]

Your "country" has less people than my neighborhood. Meat consumption is definitely contributing to carbon emissions. Are you really this dense or just trolling as usual?

And your country's entire carbon output is a fart in a hurricane compared to Chinese and Indian coal plants. That's where this fight will be won this century. As to meat your local farmers make a lot more sense than your fairtrade quinoa and soya shipped halfway across the world. Procure your food as much as you can from your local community.

My local real enviornmentalist should just join a Benedictine order. At least he'd channel his religious impulse to something more productive.