How to fix the climate, in one simple flowchart

Will eating fewer hamburgers help? How about dumping iron into the ocean? Here's your one-stop shop for the answers.

After we published our How to win a climate argument flowchart, we thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if all the climate solutions were boiled down into a simple, step-by-step flowchart?” As President Obama gets down to business in his second term, we look at what’s next for his administration as well as where your own individual choices fit into the big picture. Choose your own climate solution adventure (and click to embiggen):

James West / Climate Desk

This story was produced as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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