jeffw ,

I know people here shit on individual action, but avoiding beef and driving are the two big ones

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe ,
@AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social avatar

Societal collapse.

mojo_raisin ,

Degrowth until we live within planetary bounds accomplished with cultural evolution and ending capitalism is the only thing that could actually work.

All other proposed solutions fail to address the fundamental unsustainability of our way of life and could only hope to slightly slow our demise.

DarkThoughts ,

At this point? Nuclear war.

Jackthelad ,

As individuals, nothing. And if you do whilst countries like China, the US and Russia continue to pollute on a massive scale, you're being taken for a fool.

Susaga ,
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Are you the head of a major international corporation? If not, there's nothing meaningful you can do.

Hello_there ,

Focus on income inequality and the rest will also get addressed. Cutting out meat is good, but that doesn't matter when Elon musk decides to jet from SFO to San Jose because he doesn't like traffic.

Gigan ,
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The most effective thing you can do is try and influence local, state, and federal policies that will reduce emissions.

I've made several changes in my life, but I know in the grand scheme of things it won't have any effect.

TipRing ,

As an individual the single most important thing you can do is vote for leaders who will make the necessary policy changes to make a difference, assuming you live in a country where this is possible. You can try to lower your own carbon footprint, and that is laudable, but the only way to change this is with strict regulation of fossil fuels and investment in renewable energy and that requires collective action.

Redacted ,
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So if all world leaders collectively agreed to put aside their differences, ditch capitalism and mobilise their entire populations to actively work to reduce emissions tomorrow we might stand a slim chance of preventing the worst case scenario...

reddig33 ,

Do what you can to stop feeding the petroleum products industry. They use the money you give them to literally fuel this crisis.

  • Choose an EV or hybrid for your next car
  • Stop buying plastic storage containers and avoid plastics wherever you can

If you own your home, check into federal, state, and local rebates for these things:

  • Replace your HVAC when it’s time with a heat pump
  • Replace your water heater when it’s time with an electric or heat pump model
  • If you live in a cold climate, look into electric-based heated flooring
  • Look into solar panels for your roof
lettruthout ,

Adding to these good suggestions: shop at thrift stores.

And if you have time: volunteer at a thrift store.

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

Nothing. There is literally nothing you can do.

https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-profile-china/

"China is the world’s largest annual greenhouse gas emitter.

In 2020, it emitted 12.3bn tonnes of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e), amounting to 27% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the CAIT database maintained by the World Resources Institute (WRI). This includes emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF).

. . .

It is a “non-Annex I” party to the convention, meaning it is not obligated to contribute climate finance and was not required to make binding emissions cuts under the Kyoto Protocol."

Nothing changes until China changes.

BestBouclettes ,

Way to put the blame on China when all of the Occident delocalized production over there. Every rich country needs to change, and they also need to help emerging countries to develop sustainably too. We spent centuries destroying the environment for growth and now we're on top, we can't tell these countries not to do everything we did because it's not sustainable.

Agreed on the "not much you can do on an individual level" though. We need to change the way we consume and live but it's peanuts compared to what needs to change for mega corpos and counties.

AmbroisindeMontaigu ,

Yeah, I'd like to see emissions attributed to the places where products end up, not where they're produced.

Kolanaki ,
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Can we, like... Put a lid on China? Like a big dome or something?

DarkThoughts ,

And here come the finger pointing Ameritards trying to deflect their own responsibilities after polluting the planet for the last century and still refusing to drop red meat & cars and moving vast amounts of their production capabilities to China. If you advocate for China not to develop their rural shitheap regions, then you should also advocate for actual de-growth in the US, significantly lowering your own living standards.

Catoblepas ,

Given that China has ~18% of the world’s population, it’s not super shocking that they produce 27% of emissions (especially given how much manufacturing has been outsourced there).

By comparison, the US has less than 5% of the world population and produces ~11% of emissions, with only Saudi Arabia being higher in per person emissions.

doublejay1999 ,
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How about we do that per capita, Cowboy ?

breadsmasher ,
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nuke the sun

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