Engage with civil society efforts to advance the fundamental human rights of high-quality, universal education and bodily autonomy (including high-quality reproductive health care and voluntary family planning) in your community.

Encourage policymakers and leaders to prioritize funding communities that have been historically excluded from accessing high-quality education.

Learn more about how girls’ education and family planning are essential components of climate adaptation and resilience.

Education can decrease vulnerability to climate-related events such as extreme heat, flooding, and resource scarcity and increase climate adaptation and resilience.

Family planning is associated with improved sexual and reproductive health and reduced risk of HIV Infection.

Family planning and education contribute to reduced morbidity and mortality for women, infants, and children.

If you garden, consider using biochar to enrich your soil.

Learn about the climate benefits of biochar and share what you learn with a friend or colleague.

Producing biochar reduces organic waste.

If you live near a coast, write a letter to the editor on the role mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes play in protecting your community. 

Volunteer with, or contribute to, an organization that works to protect coastal ecosystems.

Coastal wetland protection mitigates the impacts of extreme climate events such as hurricanes, floods, and sea-level rise.

In many countries, particularly  small island developing states, mangroves and other coastal ecosystems support subsistence fisheries that are critical for food security.

Consider using bamboo products in your next home improvement project.

Share the somewhat surprising climate benefit of bamboo with others by writing a letter to a magazine editor or adding a comment to an online article.

By sequestering carbon this solution can improve air and water quality, reduce risks of extreme climate events, and enhance mental health.

Improved air and water quality contribute to reduced respiratory and gastrointestinal illness.

Start a tree-planting campaign in your community. 

Support legislation that provides incentives for applying conservation practices to degraded land.

Trees support pollinators that in turn support pollinator-dependent agriculture, providing food for local people.

Trees help retain nitrogen in watersheds, benefiting downstream rivers and lakes.

Tree plantations on degraded land can help enhance biodiversity.

If you own degraded, abandoned farmland, work with agriculture specialists to help restore its fertility and productivity.

Encourage your government to provide incentives for restoring degraded land to healthy production or habitat.

Through sequestration of carbon this solution has the added benefits of improving air and water quality, reducing risks of extreme climate events, and improving mental health.

Ecosystems can be restored to preserve biodiversity, which improves planetary health.

Addressing food security through restoring productive land can benefit nutrition and reduce obesity.

Increasing productive land is associated with increasing income and work, which can improve equity and reduce poverty.

When deciding whether to buy biofuels, consider the pros and cons for the climate and environment more broadly.

Encourage your elected officials to support legislation that enhances the capacity of farmers to contribute to solving climate change.