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what one person can do, ranked · tonnes of co2e a year, world average
car-free 2.4 · solar on the roof 2.4 · insulate or heat pump 2 · one fewer long flight 1.6 · a real green tariff 1.5 · no meat 0.8 · no beef 0.5 · half the meat 0.4 · no food waste 0.3 · no dairy 0.3 · no new clothes 0.25 · recycle everything 0.2 · thermostat down 0.1 · hang the washing 0.07 · eat local 0.05 · compost 0.05 · led bulbs 0.05 · cold wash 0.03 · keep the phone 0.03 · hair, showers, towels, bottles, taps 0.02 and under.
method per-person, per-year estimate from the cited study (Wynes & Nicholas 2017; Poore & Nemecek 2018; the sources on each screen), world-average where the study allows; the million-people column is straight multiplication. 'for scale' divides by 0.8 t CO2e, the meat-free yardstick.
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how this number is built
- method
- per-person, per-year estimate from the cited study (Wynes & Nicholas 2017; Poore & Nemecek 2018; the sources on each screen), world-average where the study allows; the million-people column is straight multiplication. 'for scale' divides by 0.8 t CO2e, the meat-free yardstick.
- range
- roughly ±50%: households, grids and countries differ widely
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- a world-average person. your number depends on where you live and how you already live; the country layer will narrow it. the ranking between actions is far more robust than any single figure.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-143 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0