1 / Fact: climate change confronts humankind as an existential threat.

Develop, educate and upskill around a Green New Deal.

• Vital target 1—Decarbonise: break with extractivism and execptionalism.

• Vital target 2—Capture cheap solar, hydro and wind energy.

• Vital target 3—Embark on an all-nations population stasis.

2 / Live light locally—urban and rural.

• Promote alertness around carbon footprinting.

• Phase out fossil fuels and fossil fuel entitlements.

• Avoid flying. Holiday regionally. Work from home.

• Create urban green spaces and niche tree planting.

• Walk, cycle, e-vehicle, public transport, ride-share.

3 / Innovate.

• Engage and apply pricing mechanisms.

• Promote local and circular within-region trading.

• Seek out and practice import substitution.

• Levy mine-head, port-of-entry, refinery and consumer taxes.

4 / Take-up technological advancements that reduce adverse climatic impact.

• Employ beneficial digital connectivity; use thermostats, timers, ‘smart’ devices.

5 / Practice waste minimisation and recycling.

• Avoid non-recyclable plastics and other non-recyclables.

• Collect and use roof water.

6 / Rethink food.

• Eat local and vegan, vegetarian or near vegetarian.

• Eat seasonally available food.

• Encourage ‘grow our own’ vegetable garden projects.

• Minimize ‘food miles’.

• Avoid food waste.

• Compost.

7 / Occupy less.

• Occupy smaller, shared generation, slimmed-down and co-living options.

• Accommodate compatible mixed land uses.

8 / Invest locally.

• Hire local and traditional skills and employ the local workforce.

• Use local materials and know-how.

• Take up sustainable technological improvements.

9 / Poleaxe fossil energy uptake and consumption.

• Harness solar, wind, heat exchange and hydro free-flow energy sources.

• Install double-glazing, LED lighting and ‘smart’ indoor climate controls.

• Recycle.

• Retrofit.

• Repurpose.

10 / Factor in the crucially significant future-proofing stasis of a no-growth population.

• Acknowledge and promote 2+2 as a universally sanctioned family size limit.

11 / Adopt green pricing mechanisms.

• Advance wild forest with wildlife plan.

• Conserve and extend existing woodland.

• Plant urban suburbs with shrubs and trees.

12 / Constraints actions and options.

• Stay vigilant with other choices. Pets? Stuff? Toxic chemicals? Responsible investing? Holiday selection? Packaging? Shower or bath habits? …

• Where else can we upskill?