<aside> ⚡ More and more of us are taking action on climate change, but we need new tools to create deep, systemic change. Decarbon empowers you to take effective action with a free and open-source carbon budgeting app. It's a simple resource to help you get organized and know how you fit into the bigger picture of this global challenge.
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The longer pitch...
We're on track to raise global temperatures 2.7°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. Practically our entire way of modern life is powered by burning fossil fuels that emit heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2). Earth is already 1.1°C warmer than it was in the late 1800s.
There's a 20 gigaton CO2e gap between current pledges and what's necessary to limit climate change. This necessitates collective action. Source: Climate Action Tracker
The consequences of just these few degrees warming are devastating, particularly for people in poorer countries: intense droughts, severe fires, rising sea levels, catastrophic storms and declining biodiversity.
The 2015 UN Paris Climate Accords targeted limiting global warming to 1.5°C to avoid the worst effects. This requires us to halve our greenhouse gas emissions by 2030... and we aren't anywhere close to achieving this.
<aside> 💡 Learn more: What Is Climate Change? by the United Nations
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Every year more and more of us support policy changes and personal action on climate. We're switching to plant-based diets, biking more, living zero waste, going solar, and so much more. But we need a framework for understanding how our individual changes like this can add up to effective change. We need a standardized and efficient way to track greenhouse gas emissions at every level.
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Jessica Perlstein
We want to speak the same language on climate because we know it will help us band together and achieve greater change. We have access to powerful technology that can enable these insights and we want to take ownership of the environmental impact that we're responsible for.
Decarbon's mission is to bring humanity into harmony with nature via consumer empowerment.
Harmony = eliminating our harmful impact on the planet
Empowerment = creating resources that enable effective action
For now, Decarbon is a simple app that empowers you to adopt sustainable habits via carbon budgeting. It's a free, straightforward way to track, reduce, and offset your carbon impact.
<aside> 💡 Learn more: So what is carbon budgeting?
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