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Climate crisis: today's children face lives with tiny carbon footprints

BusinessGreen staff
BusinessGreen staff
clock 10 April 2019 •
Climate crisis: today's children face lives with tiny carbon footprints

Next generation must keep their own carbon levels at a fraction of their grandparents' in order to prevent catastrophe

Children born today will have to live their lives with drastically smaller carbon footprints than their grandparents if climate change is to be controlled. Fast, deep cuts in global emissions from energy,...

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