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News<\/span><\/b>: Recently, the <\/span>IPCC report<\/span><\/b> for the first time included a chapter on \u201c<\/span>demand, services and social aspects of mitigation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. It implies a paradigm shift in the way we think about climate action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The chapter puts <\/span>people<\/span><\/b> and their <\/span>well-being<\/span><\/b> at the centre of climate change mitigation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So far, climate action has been focused on the <\/span>supply side,<\/span><\/b> i.e., what needs to be supplied to people. It ignored the <\/span>demand side,<\/span><\/b> i.e., what people need, demand, and aspire for. <\/span><\/p>\n The people aspire for a healthy life, food for daily nutrition, a comfortable home, and transportation system, thermal comfort, communication, and participation in decision-making processes.<\/span> Therefore, the <\/span>burden of mitigation <\/span><\/b>should be reduced on the<\/span> supply side<\/span><\/b>. And, focus should shift to the<\/span> demand side.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Comprehensive demand-side mitigation strategies<\/span><\/b> must be adopted. <\/span><\/p>\n –<\/strong> For example, individuals can go for reduction in<\/span> food waste<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>sustainable healthy dietary choices<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>adaptive heating and cooling choices for thermal comfort<\/span><\/b> etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Individuals having high <\/span>socio-economic status<\/span><\/b> contribute disproportionately to emissions. Therefore, they have the <\/span>highest potential <\/span><\/b>for <\/span>emissions reductions.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Efforts can be made to <\/span>reduce inequality<\/span><\/b> and forms of <\/span>status-related consumption<\/span><\/b>. The consumption of goods and services should be focused on the <\/span>well-being<\/span><\/b> instead of for <\/span>social prestige.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Immediate action can be undertaken in our <\/span>lifestyle<\/span><\/b>. It will enable people to lead low-carbon lifestyles.<\/span><\/p>\n –<\/strong> For example, shift in the mode of transport (walking, cycling etc.), industry, buildings, and food. Amongst all, <\/span>walking, cycling<\/span><\/b> and using <\/span>electricity-powered transport<\/span><\/b> can be the biggest contributor in climate change mitigation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Individual choice <\/span><\/b>alone can make only a modest contribution to reducing GHG emissions. <\/span>It requires <\/span>investment<\/span><\/b> in and <\/span>transformation<\/span><\/b> across every sector. In addition, policy support is also needed which <\/span>encourages people<\/span><\/b> to make <\/span>low-carbon choices<\/span><\/b> in all aspects of their lives.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Structural and cultural changes<\/span><\/b> are important for people to lead <\/span>low-carbon lifestyles<\/span><\/b>. This enables people to make the <\/span>right choic<\/span><\/b>es<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n –<\/strong> For example, individual\u2019s shift to walking and cycling require urban planning for land use, more green spaces, reallocation of street spaces for walking and physical exercise, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, the <\/span>demand for fossil fuels<\/span><\/b> has to reduce. The use of <\/span>coal<\/span><\/b> fuel must fall by 90% by 2050. The <\/span>use of gas and oil<\/span><\/b> need to decline by 25-50%. Further reductions would be required in gas and oil by 2100.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>IPCC<\/span><\/b> should continue to provide the evidence for <\/span>policymakers<\/span><\/b>, <\/span>investors<\/span><\/b>, and all other decision-makers to decide what needs to be done ahead.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source<\/span><\/b>: The post is based on an article \u201cHow individuals can save a warming planet<\/strong>\u201d published in the Indian Express<\/strong> on 6<\/strong><\/span>th<\/strong> April 22<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" News: Recently, the IPCC report for the first time included a chapter on \u201cdemand, services and social aspects of mitigation\u201d. It implies a paradigm shift in the way we think about climate action.\u00a0 The chapter puts people and their well-being at the centre of climate change mitigation.\u00a0\u00a0 What is this new understanding, as mentioned in… Continue reading How individuals can save a warming planet\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-177905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704842551},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is this new understanding, as mentioned in the IPCC report?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
What has been proposed by the report regarding lifestyle changes for climate change mitigation?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
What is the way forward?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n