Me, myself and I

My teenage son tells me Climate Change is ALL down to greedy corporations (yes, he's a Leftie... I might have had something to do with that). But researching a story on individual's impact, I uncovered some insights that put some of the ball in 'our' court.
Approximate figures in tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted by the following activities (source): 

• A typical long-haul flight per person: 3 tonnes
• 10,000 miles driving in a typical family petrol car: 5 tonnes
• New clothes, accessories per person per year: 1 tonne
• Recreation, leisure, entertainment per person per year: 2 tonnes
• Heating a typical UK home for a year: 1.5 tonnes
• Lighting, household appliances, per person per year: 1.5 tonnes
• Eating beef once per day for a year: 2.5 tonnes​

​8 billion people and counting (number as of 6th Jan, 23)

Current World Population
8,009,548,408+

If 10% of the population decided to:
Carbon Offset holidays, travel, recreation
Recycle, re-use, by more 2nd hand
Turned off 'stuff' when not in use (win-win given the £££ of energy)/ Implemented small household changes.

Ate less meat... switch meat to organic (I know, kerching!)/always buy responsibly sourced/ buy direct from farmers / buy LOCAL where possible.

I'm struggling to see why individuals in the wealthiest nations can't make even small changes.
From the wealthiest countries, take the stable, 'wealth-distributed' nations,
USA 4.25 % (global population)
Germany 1.07 %
UK 0.87 %
France 0.84 %
Combine Europe, the Northern Americas, Australia for starters, that's easily 10% of us with the means to readily make changes

---

United Kingdom Population
67,886,011

Here in the UK, there's no excuse to not recycle.
I'm in danger of moralising but it struck me that small changes by us - taking batteries to be recycled... taking 'do not recycle at home' plastic to supermarkets... choosing fewer Amazon deliveries...- DO have huge, environmental ripples. Which is empowering!