But where as we can wrap up warmer, cool our living rooms, or jump on a bus, train or plane to escape the worst of some climatic impacts, many many species are not so mobile, not so inventive, and cannot so easily adapt to the changes brought on by our massive emissions of greenhouse gases.

Species that have no-where to run are gradually being pushed towards extinction.

But you can help to switch off global warming in many different ways...

But is it made from the skin, fur, bone, shell, beak or hooves of an endangered species?

If it is, and if you buy it, you're just going to encourage whoever killed it, crafted it or made it, to do it all over again.

Plus, most likely you're going to break an international law when you go through customs, and that's always a situation to avoid.

By avoiding certain wildlife products and carefully watching what you buy (always ask!), you can prevent bringing many species closer to the edge of extinction.

At the same time you'll also be encouraging local suppliers to stock only legal and sustainable products.

So what should you look out for? You can check out our holiday guide here.

But the golden rule is this: if you doubt it, don't buy it.

With some simple actions in your daily life you can contribute to global forest protection.

Buy wood and wood products that come from a sustainable legal source One of the main causes of this destruction is illegal logging, which is fed by the high demand for timber and timber products that end up in our shops and your homes. Some analysts estimate international trade of illegally logged products at around US$5 billion per year

By questioning where your garden furniture or wooden flooring comes from - you can in fact halt the chainsaws and support those suppliers who are doing it right! 

Look out for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label and if you don't see it, then ask, and make sure you are only buying good wood!

Reduce your paper consumption and use recycled paper Using 100% recycled paper saves 24 trees per tonne of paper

Check out some tips on how to be paper efficient!

It's a fact that the diversity of marine life is being systematically eroded by overfishing.

We are bulldozing, scooping, sieving and raking our oceans for all their worth...

And leaving nothing but a wasteland behind.

Nowadays 75% of the world’s fisheries are fully or over exploited.

Our insatiable demand for, and unscrupulous extraction of fish constitutes the single biggest threat to the overall health of the marine environment and its ability to support life on Earth.

But there are ways and means to keep our oceans alive.

At restaurant or at home, all you have to do is choose fish which are sustainable, avoiding endangered like Bluefin Tuna or Northsea cod and prefer seafood labelled with the blue MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) logo.

Take a stand against unsustainable fishing and check out these seafood guides...

And here are yet more things you can do as a consumer to help reduce your impacts on this one and only planet of ours...