Climate Change: What Can We Do?

This planet is our only home and we are its only hope. Climate change is our doing and only we can stop its progression, and reverse the problem we’ve caused. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we humans have caused it.
It’s great to know that we are the cause because if we are the cause, we can be the solution. What have we done to increase the global temperature?

While there are major contributors, it’s not isolated to one or two things. It’s the cumulative result of a series of things we humans do.

According to the data on this graph from OurWorldInData.org, the global average land-sea temperature increased at a steady rate between 1850 and 1980, a span of 130 years, indicated by the green arrow. From 1980 to 2024, the global average temperature increased at a much faster rate during this 44-year period. It climbed at a much quicker rate within roughly one-third the amount of years (red arrow).

During the first 130 years from 1850 to 1980, the average land-sea temperature went up about 0.6 °C. For the next 44 years, from 1980 to 2024, the average land-sea temperature rose 1.0 °C. This increase is nearly double the growth that occurred in one-third the amount of time.

According to climate change scientists and experts, one of the most significant ways a person can help climate change is through their diet. Switching what we eat will make a huge difference. What if we are not ready to make that large lifestyle change? Are there smaller ways — that are simple and easily done?

YES. There are. Simple Eco Actions are simple steps we can easily adopt to take positive action now for the planet. These action don’t cost much and they’re easy to do.