Can lifestyle changes be an effective way of
combating climate change? This policy brief requires the group to
evaluate one lifestyle-based form of political action, for example: veganism or
localism, and the ability of small scale social change to bring about large
structural change.
Changing
transport; less transport using non-renewable sources and that that has
damaging environmental effects. And the move towards greener transport.
Executive summary
Background - Daniela
20th/21st Century
Growth of transport
use since early 1900s, how it is overused.
Increases in
pollution.
Where the fuel is
coming from; fossil fuels, and how this is changing to newer cleaner sources of
energy e.g. electricity and bicycles.
Diagnosis of problem - Dana
Environmental
problems as a result of this and the effect it is having; climate change.
Proximity of things
and how our urbanisation affects our requirements for transport.
Increase of
disposable of income, and the cost of air travel decreasing affecting how much
it is used, i.e. budget airlines.
Key policy response - Ruby
What has already
been done; road tax, congestion charges
What has been
proposed
What else we can do
Long-term reforms - James
Long-term changes in
lifestyle, sustainable solutions.
Changing attitudes
towards using transport, and changes in the focus paid to environmental
degradation.
How important are
individual changes, do we need to have legislation imposed upon us to actually
do it.
Recommendations and Conclusion
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