Climate Team Docs

UUCC Climate Change:  Impact Analysis At the November kick-off of UUCC’s Climate Action initiative, over 70 participants  brainstormed 49 ideas (plus more afterwards) of potential actions and advocacy. In order to help the congregation prioritize those 50+ potential projects, the Analytics sub-team did some initial analyses to determine which of the ideas might have…

CARBON OFFSETS Executive Summary CO2 emissions is one of the largest drivers of Climate Change..  The emissions from Americans are nearly TEN TIMES the global target required to slow or stop climate change1.  To avoid catastrophic climate change, it is imperative that we take actions as individuals and as a congregation to reduce our CO2 emissions and carbon footprint,…

Carbon Footprint Calculator Models The average American’s is 18T (18 metric tons of CO2 equivalent gases).  The world average is currently 4T.  The Paris Agreement target is 2T.  If we decreased our emissions by 80%, we would only reach the current world “average”. With all the talk about the need to reduce our carbon footprints, and initiatives from the UUCC Climate Team…