The chart below from environmental organization Project Drawdown shows 20 high-impact climate actions that individuals and households in high-income countries can take that, cumulatively, would reduce up to 25 percent of future greenhouse gases and avoid dangerous climate change.
“That is a lot higher than most people realize. It’s because we as individuals and households are a part of a broader economic system currently reliant on fossil fuels, from the food we buy, to the electricity we use, to the buildings we live in. While the vast majority of global emissions (70-75 percent) can be reduced directly by the decisions of those who run businesses, utilities, buildings, and governments, our choices as consumers, energy users, tenants, and voters have direct impact in their own right and can affect those decisions by sending signals across the system.” Project Drawdown.