Climate Crisis
In Scotland, we live our lives based on the consumption of three planets worth of our resources, when we only have one. This is having a devastating impact on the world we live in and depend on.
What is the climate crisis?
Damaging carbon emissions are impacting and irreversibly changing our environment. This is our climate crisis, and we're running out of time to fix it.
Eco-emergency
Extreme weather
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Carbon emissions
Damaging carbon emissions are impacting and irreversibly changing our environment. This is our climate crisis, and we're running out of time to fix it.
Four-fifths of the carbon footprint generated by Scotland comes from the products and materials we use.
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What is the impact of the climate crisis?
In Scotland, some Scottish species could become extinct while non-native, invasive species flourish.
More extreme weather and changes to rainfall patterns.
Extreme climatic events could have an impact on the supply and cost of food and threaten supply chains.
Rising sea levels and melting ice caps.
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Carbon footprint
Take a look at your current carbon footprint to discover where your highest impacts are.
Reduce your consumption
Think about whether you really need something, borrow rather than buy or purchase second hand.
Travel sustainably
If you can, take the bus rather than the car, or train rather than plane.
What is a carbon footprint?
Governments and politicians are under pressure to tackle the climate emergency, but we all need to take action to limit our carbon footprints. But what exactly is a carbon footprint?
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