What is Being Done to Stop Climate Change?

we should stop eating beans because the more we fart the more destructive gasses are released into the environment.

I just read that upto 51% of emissions come from animal agriculture. Not eating animal products for breakfast and lunch has a smaller CO2 footprint than the average full-time vegetarian diet. This might be easier for some than contemplating a sudden change to vegan. The government should promote oatmilk perhaps by subsidising it for those on low income. Dairy farmers should be supported to change to arable and prevented from selling dried milk to China.

We are told that as a result of global warming, it is predicted that the polar regions will melt giving us lots of water. To combat global warming we will be planting millions of trees. What if we took this extra water of part of it, passed it through desalination plants and piped the water to arid, or desert parts of the world for irrigation and plant these areas with the trees. If man can use large pipes to pump oil from one country to another, then surely man can use the same large pipes for water. I appreciate that this will cost an enormous amount of money, but how much is the Earth worth?The machinery could be powered by solar panels and wind turbines, and in the fullness of time the trees could be harvested. If the UN could take this project on board and take it to say parts of Africa, India, Australia etc then parts of the problem would be solved.Plus, look at the employment prospects.

WHY WONT PEOPLE DO ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, all these stupid millionaires and billionaires living their life all fancy not thinking about anyone else and what they might be going through and all these politics talking about FLIPPIN BREXIT, all these racist people plotting their next terrorist attack, (HINT HINT MUSILMS ARE BEING PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS BY CHINESE PEOPLE X() , and wars starting again why wont anyone just take a look at what is going on behind this .Why wont people see the fact that there might not be another generation all these teenagers in this generation may not be able to have children because we will be swiped away. JUST LISTEN TO US WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION AND WE NEED TO BE HEARD (im 13 btw)

We are two 13-year-old girls who once wished and dreamed of having a bright future and living our life to the fullest and now with the not so recent discovery of global warming that dream has been taken from us, our lives stripped from our souls with approximately only being able to live until we are 25 years old only 12 years left. We will never have children of our own since it would be murder to have a child that would just live a short life of pain and misery. The saddest fact about this whole situation is that people still DO NOT BELIEVE GLOBAL WARMING EXISTS! and that nothing is being done about it. and that the older generation is only concerned about what will happen on this earth until they die and not for future generations. so we are all basically screwed unless some real change happens in this world with a global movement, not just one country we all need to come together and put some effort into it because we only get ONE EARTH. please make conscious choices about the things you do as well such as becoming vegetarian supporting organisations such as deforestation groups and even using less wasteful products with less packaging. Othe things you could do is change your power source from coal and gas to solar / wind.

i am only 13, i might not be able to have a future. I recently watched Our Planet and the fact that the Walruses were dying as a result of falling off of cliff’s where water and ice should be! If this doesnt open our eyes i dont know what will. If i had kids how long will they have to live? What does it look like for them, will they ever have a family? Probably not. Everyone is thinking about now and the next 20 years but what about way in the future. We need to change the way we use engery and we need to cut back. If we dont do something now this planet is going to kill us.

Every vehicle that approaches any UK roundabout often need to STOP and wait at the first set of traffic lights which is absolutely necessary to allow other vehicles from other directions to also go around the roundabout while taking turns. That means once you are actually onto the roundabout after leaving the first set of lights, you are then hit with either another one, two or sometimes three sets of traffic lights stopping you from going around it any further until they change to green or unless you are quick enough before the lights change for you to stop. I totally disagree with the design of these traffic lights on every roundabout in the UK, and I believe that once you have stopped at the first set of lights at the commencement of the roundabout and then accelerate to move further on around the roundabout, we should not have to put up with those extra inside set of traffic lights which means that every single vehicle on any roundabout would leave the very first set of lights and drive all the way around the rest of the roundabout in one single journey 'without' stopping. In other words, you stop at the very first lights at any roundabout and once they change to green, you head straight onto your next turn off from the roundabout in one single journey without the need to stop. At present, a car has to stop at the beginning of the roundabout which is absolutely necessary to allow other vehicles from other directions to also go around the roundabout while taking turns as earlier mentioned and therefore, once the lights change to green he/she accelerates. Up to now, that means that the car driver had to slow down to start with at the traffic lights while approaching the roundabout, then had to accelerate but then has to stop and accelerate again on the 2nd set of traffic lights. The driver has to stop and accelerate again if there happens to be a further set of lights ahead. If just 'one' car or some other type of vehicle has to approach and go around a roundabout while stopping at 2 -3 sets of traffic lights in just one day of the week, isn't that a lot of lot of exhaust fumes polluting the atmosphere from all the vehicles at once? Every few minutes on every UK roundabout where there are more than one set of traffic lights to give-way and accelerate again, the fumes from all these vehicles will be doing nothing more than polluting our air. However, after stopping and leaving at the very first set of traffic lights at the roundabout and continuing on all the way around 'without stopping at all' and then leaving the roundabout onto the road you actually require, would be much less pollution every day of the whole year. It would also mean many drivers are saving on fuel costs as they are not having to slow down and stop before accelerating again. I have

what do countries and goverments do to stop climate change?

@Samuel Sklar - if you are very passionate, studying environmentalism and finding a job that helps you convey the message may help. It's a tough call to do it single-handedly, but you could help by joining a team. There are many niche jobs and every little helps.

I have a lot of anxiety about global warming. And i'm afraid that trump isn't doing anything to help it. So, what can I do to help reduce the amount of Global Warming. What advice do you have for me, because I really really don't want the earth to be destroyed and the point of no return. I want people to realize that this is a real issue. What do I do to convince people that this is a big issue that needs to be solved?

Climate change doesn't exist you properly think the earth is round to it is clearly a cube get your facts right I am clearly smarter. I AM A GOD

what has been done in the past and what is being done now to stop climate change aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

what is done by individuals to reduce global warming????

The thing is right, climate change in straya is useless cos its always hot as hell down here anyway but you northern hemisphere citizens should probably something aye

AS A STUDENT WHAT CAN I DO TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

I understand that the worldwide nations, the UN and scientists are saying global warming is real and is going to keep getting worse, but why are we just sitting back, extending pipelines, and extracting oil when we KNOW its bad.The nations aren't doing ANYTHING to combat global warming, they're just saying that we need to.It's like saying you're going to go to a party and just snake them and not go.I hope that some people like myself are attempting to do something about this.There is no STOPPING global warming, because it is scientifically proven that the Earth naturally warms and cools, which is why ice ages happen, but we are rapidly increasing the speed of global warming and if we do not try to do anything to slow this process down, the temperature of the Earth will continue to increase.This will increase precipitation and cause more frequent and much more stronger rainfall activities.I hope someone takes this seriously, as we all should care about the Earth.BTW it doesn't matter your age.I'm 15 and trying to make a difference in the world.

@yeet what do you think the problem is with oil and coal? when you extract it and burn it, it produces CO2.CO2 is literally the biggest reason why climate change is happening.

Global warming does exist. Look at the changes in the climate, the climate is becoming much more warm. Even our harmattans aren't as cold as they used to be

I think rising temperatures are fake because of co2 but what I think is oil and coal is still bad due to oil spills and mining which cause fish and reefs to die. And deforestation is bad because trees regulate the climate and water and give medicine and oxygen and they are habitats. And the oceans dying due to over fishing and oil spills and mining is the problem and not rising temperatures.So we should focus on replanting trees. making it illegal to fish in most parts and making it illegal to mine for coal and oil. Also solar panels and green energy is good to.

@Cthulhu - Some polar bear numbers are stable, some seem to be increasing, and others are decreasing. There is not as much hunting of them anymore and there is also a big gap in data. Just because they are surviving it doesn't mean there isn't global warming, other factors have to be considered too. Jaime.

People are so stupid. Global warming doesn't exist. Look at the ice caps and polar bear numbers. The government spends 1.5 trillion dollars a year on fixing an imaginary problem. This is the biggest scam in history.

So the big problem is not that we don't know how to stop the climate changes, but that we don't do anything about it. Are people to blind to see, how their ways of living is causing the damages? Or is it just because we don't care what is going to happen to the Earth in 100 years from now? It doesn't matter how much we think about it, but it matters what we do about it. Thank you for your time.

Ive seen so many articles saying that we're doomed and we have no chance at slowing down global warming but I don't Believe that's true, there are things we can do to help slow down global warming. I've been freaking out about this for a long time now and I think it's time we did something about it!! Don't put it off until next year!! We need to do something now. Even if it's just a small community, that community will grow and make something beautiful happen!!

Ok so what I don't get is how so many world leaders have such big plans as how to deal with our environmental issues why is nothing being done. If I as a 13 year old can see how wrong all this is surely these people can see as well. Honestly I think if they are making big plans they shouldn't announce them if they don't plan on seeing them through.

What talks and meeting have the government made to stop this because they don't relise that if it keeps on going we will die .They are focusing to much on running the world then saving the world.

@Help earth - some people as individuals are greedy and will continue to do the things they do without concern for others and those more giving will help try to do as much as they can to save the planet. The question is who will win out over us as collective.

Why are people so stupid. Whole countries are sitting here watching earth die because of us but no one will stop it. If things keep going like this we might as well put a gun to our heads and pull the trigger

Global warming is a big problem in the world and needs to be fixed ASAP because if we don't do some thing soon we won't realise until it is to late

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Many thanks for your interesting comments. Renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal and building cleaner energy system are being put in place. However, it is agreed none of this is being done quickly of efficiently enough to currently make a significant difference, nor reverse the process.

i have one question? why is nobody doing nothing about our climate we need to take action.because the arctic ice shelf is melting and i've been studying the climate for about 3 weeks, and things arent looking to shabby for the world, if the world wants to stay how it is please cut the Co2 emissions, its easy or make something like white panels that deflect UV rays from the sun. or turn power off for one day out of 2 weeks perhaps. like i walk outside and i feel the humidity and the hot its global and polluting the air needs to stop. its like a suffocating feeling on ur skin and its all to blame because of global warming.