How To: Reduce your Carbon Footprint In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN-backed, international body of climate scientists, released their latest report on climate change mitigation. The report makes for grim reading. Peppered with phrases such as ‘almost inevitable’, and ‘now or never’, it emphasises the necessity for drastic and immediate action if global emissions are to be reduced by 2025. Without significant commitment from governments and multinationals, combined with coordinated efforts of businesses and communities worldwide, the narrow window of opportunity in which to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, preventing the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, will swiftly close. Continue reading |