Find solutions for climate change and how to create system change
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Welcome
I have been concerned about the impact of climate change for many years. While working as a an emergency management advisor, I decided to write a book called, Creating a Better Climate Future. The aim of the book and this website is to provide information and resources to empower and encourage people all over the world to take action on climate change. So that one day soon, there will be an overwhelming momentum for positive change.
I give examples of where I have taken action myself, had setbacks and successes. New content will be added regularly.
Best wishes,
Philip Kent-Hughes
Planning Your Emissions Reductions Journey
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
Planning Your Emissions Reductions Journey
There are many ways we can reduce our emissions and some simple planning can make it easier. This includes getting your household or other people together to create an emissions reduction objective. There is a free workbook that contains guides and planning tools to help you achieve success.
Reducing Food Emissions
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
Planning Your Emissions Reductions Journey
This includes reducing your carbon footprint by reviewing food lifestyle options and ways to reduce food waste. We can start positive conversations about food, spread the word, and look at community groups. There are also actions to influence government, food manufacturers and retailers.
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
This describes what a circular economy is and what the benefits are for everyone. We can find out more about reducing consumption, refusing unnecessary packaging, reusing, repairing and recycling. There are also options to communicate with brands and service providers.
Reducing Energy Emissions
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
Reducing Emissions from Consumption and Production
What are the different options and how to go about switching to renewable energy. There are options for reducing your emissions and your energy bill at the same time. There will be options for encouraging energy providers, stopping new coal and other actions as well.
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
There are many ways to reduce emissions from personal transport and changing the way we travel. We will be communicating to manufacturers, and operators of land, sea, and air travel.
Find your community
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
Reducing Emissions from Transportation
There are a range of local and international groups who have lots of opportunities for you to get involved. There are groups who take action through protest, habitat restoration such and reafforestation, coastal and river clean-up initiatives, community gardening, and many more.
Climate Action Calendar
How the calendar works
At different times of the year you can participate in actions which can help you reduce emissions or create positive change. As each month starts, more events will be added.
International annual event are occasions to put a spotlight on issues of concern, spread awareness, as well as mobilizing political change and resources to fix global problems. You can join in at any time and subscribe for monthly updates.
2024 September
September 7th - International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
This day highlights the importance of clean air for everyone's health and daily life. Air pollution, a major environmental concern, leads to various health issues and premature deaths globally. The theme for this year is, "Together for Clean Air," emphasizes collaboration across countries and sectors to tackle air pollution.
Individuals can participate by raising awareness about clean air's significance, planting trees, using public transport, and reducing energy use. By uniting as a community, individuals can contribute to a cleaner environment for all. Everyone, from governments to individuals, is urged to collaborate to combat air pollution and ensure a healthier future: www.breathelife2030.org/solutions/actions-for-individuals/
September 20th - World Clean-up Day
World Cleanup Day is a global social action program aimed at combating the waste crisis. It is coordinated by Let's Do It World. As most plastic is made from fossil fuels, recycling it reduces emissions. Also, it means less plastic to harm wildlife and less microplastic ending up in just about everything we eat and drink. Find out how you can participate in an event or organize one: www.worldcleanupday.org/get-involved
September 29th - International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
This day highlights the pressing issue of food wastage and its implications for the environment, economy, and global hunger. It’s estimated that over 30% of food produced is lost or wasted (United Nations 2023). This day is a call to action for both public and private sectors, urging them to innovate and prioritize actions to reduce food wastage. Individuals can be mindful of their consumption habits, reducing food wastage at home, and spreading awareness in their communities.
You can also support and engage in local initiatives that aim to redistribute excess food to those in need. By taking simple actions, such as planning meals, storing food properly, and understanding expiration dates, everyone can contribute to a more sustainable and waste-free world. There is a list of ways you car reduce your household food waste in the Food Section. Also see: www.un.org/en/observances/end-food-waste-day/
2024 OCTOBER
October 13th - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
The theme for this year highlights will be on the role of education in protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future. Increasing disasters, many of them driven and exacerbated by climate change, threaten the well-being of children and youth. According to UNICEF, approximately one billion children worldwide are at extremely high risk due to climate impacts, including climate-related disasters.
Find out more at iddrr.undrr.org/toolkit
Creating a Better Climate Future - the book
Overview
Are you ready to take meaningful action on climate change? This book explains how you can join millions of people already making a positive impact. Based on emergency management, there are practical steps to solve climate change that you can apply in your daily life.
IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL:
• Learn how to promote system change by influencing corporations to reduce their emissions now.
• Discover enjoyable ways to communicate and connect with others, while creating community and increasing momentum for change.
• Receive a FREE Climate Action Guide to help you take action and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (download).
• Learn how to achieve sustainable living.
• Find out how to replace feelings of despair with a sense of personal empowerment which restores your confidence in our shared future.
Imagine a future where you don't just witness the climate crisis—but participate in shaping a sustainable future. When we join the rising tide of people acting on the climate crisis, we will generate an unstoppable momentum that will change the direction of corporations, and even economies.
Review: Booklife by Publishers Weekly
"In the face of ever-increasing temperature and a prevailing sense of resigned helplessness, emergency advisor Kent-Hughes offers something healthier than doom scrolling: a helpful guide on ways that individuals can make a difference in fighting one of the hottest topics in global politics, climate change.
Clear, compact, and practical, Creating A Better Climate Future has been crafted as an encouraging eight-step “emergency plan,” complete with action steps, for making change, becoming “a client hero,” building momentum, and inspiring others. Arguing that “we still have time to turn things around,” Kent-Hughes makes the case that the real problem isn’t carbon emissions—it’s the “obstacles to positive change.”
His guide showcases what everyday people can do to “use the economic system to change itself,” first with some easy wins and then bigger goals that can build upon that foundation. Readers eager to feel that individual efforts contribute to a broader movement will find much that resonates.
Takeaway: Inspiration and action steps for individuals eager to push back against climate change."