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People cause ten times more damage to nature at Christmas
An analysis by ClimatePartner commissioned by The Guardian found that Christmas celebrations lead to a multiple increase in greenhouse gas emissions due to increased travel and consumption of more food and alcohol.
When people travel, buy gifts, use energy, decorate their homes, and consume food and drink, their activities produce 23 times more greenhouse gas emissions than on a typical day.
“We are being deliberately sold an idea of Christmas that is based on material consumption. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements and media messages that tell us that if we are not spending money, then we are not celebrating Christmas properly. <...>Christmas is a holiday of love, and if we love people, if we care about a child born today, then the greatest gift we can give them is a habitable planet,” said Melanie Nazareth of Christian. Climate Action.
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The study found that the greatest harm comes from the gifts people give at Christmas, accounting for 93% of all emissions. Researchers named electronic devices as the worst types of gifts in terms of carbon emissions, accounting for almost half of the emissions associated with gift giving.
“Rich corporations and their billionaire owners have again pumped up the Christmas hype to get ordinary people to spend more than they and the planet can afford, turning Christmas into a season of environmental excess,” said Asad Rehman, director of War on Want.
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The second most carbon-intensive Christmas activity was travel. The analysis found that almost three-quarters of respondents had some kind of travel planned for Christmas, with 46% planning to travel by car or campervan an average of 70 kilometers from home. Less than 5% planned to travel by plane.
Decorations, including the Christmas tree, came in third and accounted for about 2.4% of average human emissions during the holidays. At the same time, artificial trees resulted in almost three times more carbon emissions.
Regarding the emissions associated with the Christmas feast, the researchers noted that the biggest carbon impact comes not from the food, but from the beer and wine that is usually washed down with it.
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