Take action on climate change
Yesterday Greenpeace dumped five tonnes of coal at the entrance to Downing Street, protesting about Tony Blair's failure to tackle global warming. After promises at the G8 to tackle climate change head on, the Prime Minister has backed out of setting legally binding targets, saying recently that "no country will want to sacrifice it's economy". Speaking at the Shared Planet student conference this weekend, Caroline Lucas, MEP for the Green Party said that, to achieve the goal of a 60 per cent cut by 2015, there would need to be a revolution in economy, welfare and consumerism.
So what's the answer?
Governments need targets
We need to keep the pressure on our leaders to state their support and place legally binding targets to cut greenhouse gases.
Carbon cards
Domestic carbon rationing has been put forward as one of the key factors in tackling climate change. It has been suggested as a more effective tactic in cutting carbon emissions than 'green taxes'. The idea is that everyone has a credit card-style 'carbon card' and uses it to get their 'ration' of carbon, that way the amount we are polluting can be controlled and carbon emissions would drop.
No to nuclear
Nuclear power definitely doesn't offer an alternative solution to climate change. Wind, solar and tidal energies offer cleaner alternatives as well as making our lives more energy efficient.
Positive visions of a sustainable future
We need to avoid nightmare, apocalyptic images of climate change. They make the task seem too steep when really we can do something about it.
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