Climate change - what is it?

Our planet is made inhabitable by a layer of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere which reflects sun rays back down to the earth. This is a natural temperature-regulating mechanism. The greenhouse gas layer consists of a number of greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), and Nitrous Oxide (N2O).

During the past decades, the greenhouse layer has become more dense which causes more sun rays to be reflected back down to earth.

How did the greenhouse layer become more dense?
Over the past billion years, the earth has stored vast volumes of carbon underground. Within a very short period of time, geologically speaking, humans have extracted, burned, and therefore emitted these vast quantities of carbon (in the form of greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. The increased concentration of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere has caused greater solar radiation to be trapped by the greenhouse layer and reflected back to the earth. This has notably increased the temperature on earth: we refer to this phenomenon as human-induced climate change.

Climate change caused by an increased concentration of greenhouse gas has an alarming impact on our environment. Droughts throughout the world are causing crop failures. Wildfires now burn with far greater rage. Melting ice caps and glaciers are causing sea levels to rise. Warm unseasonable winters are threatening fragile eco-systems and throwing the migratory patterns of species out of balance.

Every product or service you purchase or use has produced some form of greenhouse gas emissions: from production processes to transport; from energy usage to waste disposal.

Climate change is no longer a theory; it is an obvious fact we are confronted with every day, and the only way we can prevent it is to take action now.

The Carbon Reduction Institute

At the Carbon Reduction Institute, we assess the climate change impact caused by organisations from their daily activities, and research ways to reduce and offset this impact. We believe that human-induced climate change is the most pressing issue for human survival as we know it. Therefore our main aim is to reduce the greenhouse gas impact humans are having on climate change and to create new and inventive ways for organisations to benefit from reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Act now against climate change

Contrary to common belief, we can stop climate change and it is still relatively cheap and easy to do. Studies such as the Stern Review have shown that immediate action against climate change will cost businesses only between 0.5 to 1% of revenue. This cost will certainly increase and the damage might be irreversible if we delay action further.

We encourage and support business action against climate change. The Carbon Reduction Institute offers a unique NoCO2 business certification program which allows businesses to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral. Please visit our certification pages for further information.

Individuals and businesses can take immediate action against climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions with the Carbon Reduction Institute. We recommend three steps to reduce your impact on climate change to effectively zero:

Offsetting emissions is a process whereby an organisation or individual purchases carbon credits to neutralise its impact on climate change. Each carbon credit represents the abatement or sequestration of one tonne of greenhouse gas from our atmosphere.

You can take action against climate change today and offset your personal greenhouse gas emissions with the Carbon Reduction Institute:

Climate Change Links

CARBON NEUTRAL CERTIFICATION
The Carbon Reduction Institute offers two certification levels for businesses wanting to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and take action against climate change. Learn more about our certification programs by visiting the NoCO2 and LowCO2 certification sites.

ACT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Learn how you can effectively lower your personal greenhouse gas emissions and take action against climate change. Please visit our Help Solve Climate Change pages for more information.

OFFSET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
You can help solve climate change by offsetting your personal climate damaging greenhouse gas emissions. We offer to offset the greenhouse gas emissions from your transport, holidays and household.

Become carbon neutral - join the Carbon Reduction Institute today

Act against climate change - become carbon neutral certified.

You can help solve climate change by supporting a low carbon economy. Please visit businesses that have become carbon neutral and sell carbon neutral products or services. Encouraging a network of carbon neutral businesses with low greenhouse gas emissions will help solve climate change!

Climate change strategy

At the Carbon Reduction Institute, our mission is to create and initiate greenhouse gas reduction strategies and to drive business and individuals to do the same. As a company, we focus on reducing the impact humans are having on our atmosphere, our environment and climate change in particular.

Help us solve climate change! You can contact us today or visit our services pages to find out how you can become part of the solution.

We can do something against climate change - work with us for a sustainable future!