Climate change is the greatest challenge faced by humanity: drastic reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is vital if we want to avoid a disaster that will impact many parts of our planet.

Governments and industries did not respond in time, and now each of us must take action individually. Our planet cannot absorb more than 3 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year for each of us if we truly care about keeping temperature and rainfall changes within tolerable limits.

The Western lifestyle, however, from cars and air travel to distant destinations, to household appliances and food arriving on our plates, makes us responsible for over 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year - four times the amount that our planet could sustainably handle.

Individual action is necessary if we want to avoid climate chaos. The book "How to Live... so the Planet Can Survive" shows how easy it is to take on our responsibilities. It serves as a comprehensive and self-sufficient guide that allows us to calculate our carbon dioxide emissions and reduce them to 3 tons per year.