Do my individual actions matter to climate change?

How (in)significant am I?

Short answer- they won’t move the needle.

The global emissions are around 50 billion tonnes.

An individual’s average emissions are 4 tonnes.

So an individual’s impact on the climate change is 0.00000000008 times the total impact.

Unfortunately, you going vegan, taking public transport, having one less child would not have an impact.

But if we think of our…