Humans emit CO2. Is that a problem?

Humans are well-known personal emitters of CO2, breathing out around 1.5kg of the greenhouse gas every single day on average. So with the human population reaching unprecedented numbers, is it time to consider whether we are contributors to climate change in the most fundamental biological way? And if so… how much?

Asking questions you never think to ask yourself is a good way to gain attention and engagement. Most people know CO2 is a product of human respiration, but putting it into context in an engaging way—and supplementing potential bad news with information that is useful and diverting—makes for valuable conversation currency. Given a jaunty, unthreatening tone and embedded with figures and tips, this science-based story—under the banner of the cXc Originals series An Inconvenient Question—offers an accessible way into facts that otherwise would remain in the realm of specialist journalism.

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