41%

The percentage of Britons who say they’re willing to pay more upfront for a low-carbon car. Most of them said the attraction lay in lower road tax and insurance premiums.
Source: Green Futures, May/June 2007 (www.greenfutures.org.uk)

1,000,000 tonnes

Roughly the amount of carbon emitted by the NHS each year. The NHS would have to cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 600,000 tonnes if it was to meet the government’s target of cutting CO2 by 60% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Source: New Economics Foundation report – ‘Taking the Temperature: Towards an NHS Response to Global Warming’, June 2007

£400m

The amount spent on energy each year by the NHS, the UK’s largest public body, employing 1.2m people.
Source: New Economics Foundation report – ‘Taking the Temperature: Towards an NHS Response to Global Warming’, June 2007

28%

The percentage of people who think carbon rationing is socially acceptable.
Source: The Green Barometer, the Energy Saving Trust’s new quarterly national index of public opinion

3

The amount of time in hours that you can power a TV using the energy saved by recycling one aluminium can.
Source: Green Futures, May/June 2007 (www.greenfutures.org.uk)

20,000

The global net forest loss everyday in hectares. That’s an area twice the size of Paris.
Source: Green Futures, May/June 2007 (www.greenfutures.org.uk)