How big of a role does personal environmental behavior actually play in preventing climate change from getting worse?
Our individual behaviours and lifestyle are responsible for up to 35% of all CO2 emissions. According to some studies, if we change our lifestyles to more sustainable ones (consuming less meat or lowering our thermostats), we will reduce the need for carbon capture technology significantly. If everyone would reduce their meat consumption to just 2 or 3 times a week, it would reduce the demand for meat by a huge amount and thus affect the industry itself.
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How big of a role does personal #environmentalbehavior actually play in preventing #climatechange from getting worse? Here's what #environmentalpsychology research has to say: