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un.org/en/actnow/ten-actions

It's good to have a list of actions individuals can take for climate change, tangible ones that regular people can do, and I like this list because it's from an "official" / trustworthy source, the United Nations (making it more likely to be backed by evidence than if it's a list from a random website),

An interesting action that I hadn't considered before is removing invasive plant species, which I can't really do since I don't own land, and which I'm suspecting might be more relevant to people who garden in a non-food way. But when I owned a mini-home there was an invasive plant that maybe I should have tried to kill and replace with a native species, and I just wasn't aware of the importance of doing so.

Also consider the mention of electric vehicles, which I sometimes hear people say cause harm. However, the website notes the harm that EVs cause, and still lists it as a positive climate action. I certainly am anti-car in general and never plan to buy a car, electric or otherwise, but for some people / situations I think it's a reasonable choice. Nobody is saying they don't cause harm, but that gas-powered cars cause *even more* harm. Importantly, that item is preceded by "walk, bike or take public transit", which is still the better option when feasible.

I was interested to note the lack of an item that I've considered important: don't have children. It could have been omitted because it would be too controversial / would feel too restrictive on people coming from an official entity such as the UN, but it's believable that the population could peak and eventually decline and in the long term work out OK. But I still can't in good conscience justify having biological children when there are many children who want to be adopted. And even if the population will eventually decline, the current population still feels like more than the planet can happily support, since it would take so many people being so vigilant in doing these 10 actions to reduce our level of pollution.

@adamrichard

I think for climate change mitigation, reducing the population over time is critical. Not only does it reduce the amount of CO2 going into the atmosphere, it will also reduce the amount of future conflicts as people compete for more scare resources.

It also reduces the number of people who will need to migrate due to those conflicts or because of areas becoming unable to support those population levels due changing weather and raising coastlines.

@adamrichard

For energy specifically, here is a series of toots did on energy-saving tips...

qoto.org/@Pat/1102095792473559

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