Because the aviation industry produces 3.5%\u20135% of global warming to date,<\/strong> a cleaner and greener aviation industry will help Ocean Conservation. Please note that this figure includes all green house gases and indirect warming effects. Well-known organizations, such as Our World in Data, the European Commission, Bruegel, and Statista, widely support this estimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a figure that gives an idea of the different sectors and their impact on green house gas (GHG) production and indirect warming effects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These estimates reflect a compliation of the current, known data from reputable sources (US EPA, United Nations, WHO, SGR\/CEOBS, and major science and policy reviews). I used Perplexity AI<\/em> to compile the data analysis, then I created the resulting pie chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can note with interest that the first four categories comprise 80% of GHG emissions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s important to address the root causes of climate change by reducing or preventing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, because climate change represents the most impactful human activity threatening the oceans today. Other activities also impact the oceans, but I\u2019ll address them in a later post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Though there\u2019s no magic “one-size-fits-all” action to improve ocean conservation, certain activities and sectors provide more leverage<\/strong> than others. Resources (money, energy, time, attention\u2026) need to be allocated preferentially to the areas most susceptible to provide results. 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