Individual action - not sufficient, but necessary
A kind stranger asked me recently, " What can I do to help? ". I don't get this question a lot when I talk of climate change, so it's always encouraging. It is also confusing though, because two things are simultaneously true about individual efforts: that they will not be enough, and that they must not stop. To put it in a more precise manner, individual action is necessary but not sufficient to fight the climate crisis. So at what cost and to what benefit do we consider engaging 一 and asking others to engage 一 in climate solutions? A drop in the ocean " There are ~7.9 billion people on this planet. What difference can I make? " I'll see you and raise you. The world is currently emitting about 36 billion tons of CO 2 each year. And an "average" person is emitting only about 4.8 tons of it. If you're feeling underwhelmed by the scope of change you can possibly make (even if you decided to make this your sole focus in life), it gets wors