What can an individual do about climate change? - Iowa Public Radio
What can an individual do about climate change? | Iowa Public Radio
What can an individual do about climate change?
It’s easy to feel hopeless and overwhelmed in the face of climate change, especially when so much is out of our control. But there are actions you can take as an individual that can make a difference.
Plus — weekends on IPR are going to sound a little different, and we think you'll like it.
Guests:
- Katherine Perkins, IPR program director of news/talk
- Emily Schoerning, founder and CEO, American Resiliency
- Merry Rankin, director of sustainability at Iowa State University
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.