Climate Change
Climate change is defined by the United Nations Convention on Climate Change as “change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.”
What You Can Do
1. Find out your emissions. For
a detailed assessment of your personal greenhouse gas emissions,
see
the Greenhouse
Gas Calculator on the
EPA's website. Jot down the total number of your pounds of
emissions from the “Personal GHG” calculator.
2. Offset your emissions. Find
out how much ClimateSAVE you need
to offset your emissions.
3. Sign up for ClimateSAVE
4. Learn more. Review the
resources below to read about the science, impacts, and
adaptation to climate change.
Learn
how individuals, governments, businesses, industry and
communities can take action by reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
Resources:
EPA
Climate Change Information
DOE's
Climate Change Research Division
Union of
Concerned Scientists
Clean
Air Cool Planet
Green
House Gas Calculator
Soltrex Interactive Energy Calculator
