Do you have questions on climate change -- how to decrease your impact, what can we expect, is it for real?! 

London, Trafalgar Square, November 2006, rally, protest, climate change, environment
OneWorld has brought together experts to help answer your questions. Click Comment below before April 10 to submit your questions or share your climate tips, but don't delay... we'll be sending them on to our panel on Tuesday, April 11. We'll post their responses just in time for Earth Day.



PANELISTS

Zoë Chafe, Worldwatch Institute

Zoë Chafe is a Staff Researcher at the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute, where she currently focuses on natural disasters, tourism, and carbon markets, and coordinates Worldwatch University, the Institute's youth outreach initiative. She writes regularly for Worldwatch publications, such as State of the World and Vital Signs, and recently contributed to WorldChanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century.

Climate Tip: "Buy cleaner energy for your home and office—many cities and municipalities now offer wind power or "green" energy choices."

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Juan Hoffmaister, SustainUS

Juan Hoffmaister works for SustainUS, the US Network of Youth for Sustainable Development, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) serving as North American representative on the Tunza Youth Advisory Council. Originally from Costa Rica and now studying in the United States, Juan is devoted to improve global climate policy with a focus on water and adaptation to climate change. He is a Davis scholar at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine and is currently working towards his BA in Human Ecology. He believes in an interdisciplinary approach to solving the global environmental problems and has recently completed research on the role of international standards to reduce GHG emissions and the role of the GEF-UNDP Small Grants Program to reduce emission in the developing world. Juan has advocated youth perspectives to the many international policy forums and he is currently organizing a youth delegation to the 15th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (New York, May 2007), and the 13th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Indonesia, November 2007).

Climate Tip: "The changes our world needs will happen at the local level. Look around you and try to discover ways in which you can consume green, ways in which you can reduce your waste, and ways in which you can reduce your dependence on energy. Every little step counts, and I assure you that every step you take will make your life better."

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Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute

Janet works as the Director of Research, managing the research program, planning new projects and coordinating the efforts of the research team. She uses her interdisciplinary background to conduct research for the Eco-Economy Updates, and the Eco-Economy Indicators. She is also a contributor to The Earth Policy Reader. Janet has written on primate decline, illegal logging, land use, and population. She holds a degree in Earth Systems from Stanford University. Other interests include agriculture, biodiversity, global change, natural resource management, and urban planning. She has spent time studying the rainforest and the amphibians of the Peruvian Amazon and enjoys the great outdoors.

Climate Tip: "Of all the things we as individuals can do to help combat climate change, perhaps the most important is to get politically active. Let your local and national government officials know that you care about the future and no longer want government money going to subsidize the warming of the planet."

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James Rose, Network for New Energy Choices

James serves as the Research Director at the Network for New Energy Choices. James holds a Master's of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Biology from Earlham College. He interned at the United Nations Development Programme and contributed to the book, The Sustainable Difference, a country by country look at energy and environment projects aimed at achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. While in graduate school, James studied alternative methods of processing New York City's municipal solid waste, including waste-to-energy technologies. His research interests include public policy, distributed renewable technologies, and financial mechanisms for the procurement of renewable systems.

Climate Tip: "Replace your incandescent lightbulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFLs)."