Nature & Environment – Green responsibility

Nature & Environment

Introduction

International climate negotiations are high politics. Decisions in this field are extremely important. However, they are not worth much without what one could call the everyday environmental politics, the small, but equally important choices all of us make on a daily basis: when we shop for groceries, when we commute to and from work, when we wash our clothes, and when we work on our home and our garden.

Our daily actions contribute to Denmark having one of the world's highest emissions of Co², with annual emissions of more than 13 tonnes of Co² per capita. many of the things we do daily and when we design our homes have significance for the environment, and if we show consideration, we can all help make a difference.

Taking the bike for short errands instead of the car can save the environment from almost 1kg of Co². replacing a 60-watt light bulb with an energy-saving light bulb will reduce our annual Co² emissions by 14kg from only one hour's use per day. the difference between the estate-type, multi-purpose vehicle (mPv) or sports utility vehicle (Suv) with the poorest petrol consumption and the vehicle with the best consumption is an emission of almost 1 tonne Co² annually, for 20,000 km. in other words, we can make a real difference when we choose car, also on our personal finances by saving on petrol expenses.

The world's environmental ministers take important decisions and set ambitious goals. However, if the political decisions are not followed up by people in their everyday comings and goings, the goals will become very hard and expensive to fulfil. this applies not only to the fight against climate change, but also to the fight for clean air, clean water and diverse nature.