A British person emits more CO2 in two weeks than some people in Africa do in a year, and this has led to the UK having a massive contribution to global warming. As a result, many Brits are adjusting their lifestyles to fight climate change by reducing their carbon footprint. This is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions we generate from the food we eat, the products we buy, and our methods of travel. These gases increase the planet’s temperature, creating air pollution, and cause extreme weather changes, among other hugely negative impacts. Carbon dioxide, for instance, stays in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, so it doesn’t matter how we release it — the effects are still the same.
