Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

What you can do

1) Reduce your carbon emissions:

Explore the National Academy of Sciences interactive carbon dioxide emissions calculator: there are many personal and national actions that could be taken to reduce CO2 emissions. See the effect of each choice you make on total emissions in the United States.

Calculate your carbon emissions and reduce your carbon footprint through offsets at 3 Degrees. You can purchase carbon emission permits on the European market to cover your carbon footprint at Carbon Retirement.

2) Review one of these "Ten Easy Things You Can Do" lists:

• About.com's global warming articles and resources
  
  
• The Union of Concerned Scientists: 10 personal solutions (or download a pdf)
  
  
• The Sierra Club's Ten (more political) things you can do
  
  
• Oregon Environmental Council's Top Ten (download the pdf here)
  
  
• EarthdayNetwork's What You Can Do Right Now article has suggestions within various categories (download the pdf here)
  
  
• Create a personal plan to generate greenhouse gas emission reductions using this tool from Environmental Defense
  
  
• Download Roberta Fernandez's book: "The Little Book of 'Convenient" Things You Can Do To Stop Global Warming"