Responding to a report by British economist Nicholas Stern, a recent article in the Guardian outlines a 10 point plan for taking action on climate change without "bringing civilization crashing down."
Among the points the article lays out:
"3. Introduce a new set of building regulations, with three objectives. A. Imposing strict energy-efficiency requirements on all major refurbishments...B. Obliging landlords to bring their houses up to high energy-efficiency standards before they can rent them out...C. Ensuring that all new homes...are built to the German Passivhaus standard.
6. Promote the development of a new national [passenger rail] network. City-centre coach stations are shut down and moved to motorway junctions. Urban public transport networks are extended to meet them. The coaches travel on dedicated lanes and never leave the motorways.
8. Abandon the road-building and road-widening programme, and spend the money on tackling climate change."
FULL STORY: Drastic action on climate change is needed now - and here's the plan
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