After an indepth conversation with my father on the causes and possible solutions to Global Warming, and seeing The 11th Hour on TV the following day, I’m more convinced than ever by the seriousness and need for urgent action to combat this problem. Many campaign organisations who are trying to combat global warming seem to focus their efforts on either preaching to the converted, or trying to convince people to petition governments to take action. My perspective on this is that petitioning governments is unlikely to be effective, because pretty much any decision made by government designed to combat global warming is not going to be popular, and the unfortunate reality is that the number one priority of most senior politicians is staying in power.

Carbon Dioxide emissions are caused by the combined actions of a large number of individual people. Getting people to change their behaviour is key to solving the problem. Campaigning to people directly to change their behaviour could well be more effective than trying to convince government to introduce measures to change people’s behaviour.

I think many people are resigned to it being such a big problem that there’s nothing they personally can do about it. If people can be convinced that its down to them to act, and given a clear and concise list of changes they can make in their lives to help out, this may be the best chance for real change.