What you can do - Carbon Dioxide

Find out how your actions impact the global environment and discover a number of simple ways in which you can make a real difference.

Things you can do today

Use public transport or bike or walk for short journeys.
Ensure that your car is properly maintained and remove any roof racks to reduce emissions.
Buy local produce to reduce transport costs, CO₂ emissions, and food miles, and hence the harmful effects on the climate. Further benefits include less vitamin depletion due to reduced transportation time and increased local business.
Adopt a car share scheme with a friend or colleague for your journeys to and from work. This cuts pollution and saves you money.
Switch to green electricity. Most energy suppliers offer competitively priced domestic tariffs, which use green or renewable energy to help tackle climate change and can reduce your household CO₂ emissions by at least a third.
Walk to the market or shop to buy groceries to reduce the CO₂ production caused by transporting your food.