The biggest ways to reduce climate change might surprise you

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming is a data-driven analysis of the effectiveness of various climate change interventions. Reducing food waste and switching to a mostly plant-based diet are in the top 10, as you might expect, as is refrigerant management, which you might not.

But the biggest 'obvious when you think about it' takeaway for us was the effect that educating girls has on climate change. It's well established that educating girls lowers the birthrate substantially, and of course there is very little you can do at an individual level that has a bigger carbon footprint than having a child. Educating girls and family planning together would have a bigger impact than the total gains from on and offshore wind processing.

Read an interview with the authors.

• Priscilla Hough-Davies