General
- Climate 2008 / Klima 2008
Internet-based research conference on climate change. November 3-7, 2008
- Climate Change After the Elections: What We Can Do in America: A Ten-Point Plan
James Gustave Speth, Afterword from Red Sky at Morning
- Course: Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance
Training Programme on Regional Ocean Governance, International Ocean Institute, sposored by OPEC, UNDP, UNEP, 13 November-15th December 2007, Malta
- Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change
Moser, S.C. and L. Dilling, (eds., 2007).
This book is the first to take a comprehensive look at communication and social change specifically targeted to climate change.
- Environmental cognition, perception, and attitudes
Baruch Fischhoff, In P.B. Baltes & N.J. Smelser (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Vol. 7, pp. 4596-4602)
- Making climate hot: communicating the urgency and challenge of global climate change
Susanne C. Moser, Environment, Dec, 2004
- Nature’s Experts: Science, Politics and the Environment - Excerpts
Stephen Bocking
- Necessary Conditions for Improving Civic Competence: A Scientific Perspective
Arthur “Skip” Lupia
- Prologue: 1980 - pdf
From Red Sky at Morning, by James Gustave Speth. The story of the first time in the United States that the global climate change issue moved from science into the policy arena.
- Talk of the City: Engaging Urbanites on Climate Change
Susanne C. Moser, Environmental Research Letters 1, November 20, 2006, 014006
- The Democratic Dillemma: Can Citizens Learn What They Need to Know?
Arthur “Skip” Lupia and Matthew D. McCubbins, Cambridge University Press, 1998
- The Rough Guide to Climate Change
Bob Henson, 2006. The book covers a wide range of issues from the current situation and back ground science to the government sceptics and possible solutions.
- Warm Words: How Are We Telling the Climate Story and Can We Tell It Better?
Gill Ereaut & Nat Segnit, Institute for Public Policy Reseach (IPPR), August 2006,
Science
- A Synthesis of Potential Climate Change Impacts on the U.S.
Joel B. Smith, Stratus Consulting, Inc., Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change,April 2004
- American Meteorological Society Endorses Academies on Climate Change
- Blinded By Science: How ‘Balanced’ Coverage Lets the Scientific Fringe Hijack Reality
Chris Mooney, Columbia Journalism Review, December 2004
- Climate Change 2001
Robert T. Watson, Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences
Overview: Key Findings By the National Assessment Synthesis Team, US Global Change Research Program. Published in 2000.
- Climate warming as Siberia melts
Fred Pearce, New Scientist, August 11, 2005
- ClimatePrediction.net
Sign up to run distributed climate change models on your computer.
- Coping with Global Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the United States
William Easterling of Pennsylvania State University, Brian Hurd of New Mexico State University, Joel Smith of Stratus Consulting Inc., Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, June 2004
- Ecological Consequences of Recent Climate Change
John P. McCarty, Conservation Biology, April 2001
- Global Change at the National Academy of Sciences
Publications, meetings, ongoing activities and links
- Global warming is fueling nastier storms, expert says
Dan Vergano, USA Today, July 31, 2005
- Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years
Kerry Emanuel, Nature 436, 686-688 (4 August 2005)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment, 2001
Synthesis Report
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment, 2001
Working Group 1 - The Scientific Basis
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment, 2001
Working group 2 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment, 2001
Working group 3 - Mitigation
- Joint Science Academies’ Statement: Global Response to Climate Change
June 7, 2005
- July 21 Testimony: Climate Change Science and Economics
Ralph J. Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences president discusses the current state of scientific understanding on climate change based largely on findings of recent studies by the National Academies.
- Koshland Science Museum - Global Warming Facts and Our Future
- Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media
Patrick J. Michaels, The Cato Institute
- Observed Impacts of Global Climate Change in the U.S.
Camille Parmesan, The University of Texas at Austin, Hector Galbraith, University of Colorado-Boulder and Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Prepared by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, November 2004
- Protecting Science from Abuse Requires a Broader Form of Outreach
Kai M. A. Chan, Paul A. T. Higgins, Stephen Porder, PLoS Biology, July 2005
- RealClimate.org
A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary.
- Spare PC Power Aids Climate Scientists
National Geographic, January 26, 2005
- The Greenhouse Effect: Science and Policy
Stephen H. Schneider, Science, 1989
- The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Naomi Oreskes, Science, December 3, 2004
News Media
- All the News That‘s Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News
James T. Hamilton
- Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press
Maxwell T. Boykoffa and Jules M. Boykoff, Global Environmental Change 14, 2004
- Forests and the Trees: Journalism and Coverage of the Environment
Peter C. Goldmark, Jr., John A. Riggs, Editor, May 2004 - Tackling the Critical Conundrum: How Do Business, Government and Media Balance Economic Growth and a Healthy Environment?
- Mixing Politics and Science in Testing the Hypothesis That Greenhouse Warming Is Causing a Global Increase in Hurricane Intensity
J.A.Curry, P.J.Webster, and G.J.Holland, American Meteorological Society, August 2006
- The Climate of Man—I. Disappearing islands, thawing permafrost, melting polar ice.
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, April 25, 2005
- The Climate of Man—II. The curse of Akkad.
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, May 2, 2005
- The Climate of Man—III
Elizabeth Kolbert, What can be done? The New Yorker, May 9, 2005
Religion & Ethics
- Earth’s Climate Embraces Us All: A Plea from Religion and Science for Action on Global Climate Change
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
- Evangelical leaders join global warming initiative
Laurie Goodstein, NY Times, Feb 8, 2006
- Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, June, 15, 2001
- Impacts of a Warming Arctic, the synthesis report of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), Susan Joy Hassol, 2004
- Rebuilding a Mainstream Consensus for Environmentalism.”
Mark Van Putten, BioScience, Volume 55, Number 6, June 2005,
- Religion in America: Making the tent bigger
Dan Gilgoff, USNews.com, 6/21/05
- The Emerging Alliance of World Religions and Ecology
Mary Evelyn Tucker and John A. Grim, Dædalus, Fall 2001
- The Ethical Dimensions of Global Environmental Issues
Donald A. Brown, Dædalus, Fall 2001
Education
- Americans’ Low “Energy IQ:” A Risk to Our Energy Future
Roper, National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, 2002
- Environmental Literacy Blueprint
Charles W. Anderson, Ajay Sharma, John Lockhart, Aliah Carolan, Felicia Moore, Tim Parshall, and Jim Gallagher, Michigan State University, May 2004
- Excellence in EE: Guidelines for Learning (K-12)
North American Association for Environmental Education, 1999
- Is Accurate Understanding of Global Warming Necessary to Promote Willingness to Sacrifice?
Richard J. Bord, Ann Fisher and Robert E. O’Connor, in Risk: Health, Safety and the Environment, 1993
- Museums Take Different Views on Climate Change
Nelll Boyce, All Things Considered, NPR, April 16, 2006
- Observed Impacts of Global Climate Change in the U.S.
Parmesan, C and Galbraith, H., Pew Center on Climate Change, 2004
- Scientific Savvy? In U.S., Not Much
Cornelia Dean, The New York Times, August 30, 2005
- The Rules of the Game: Principles of Climate Communications
Futerra, 2005
- Understanding Environmental Literacy in America: And Making it a Reality
2004, National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Business & Finance
- Bipartisan groups of lawmakers to press Senate on emissions: Tighter limits sought for greenhouse gases
Rick Klein, Boston Globe, June 14, 2005
- Business Responses to Climate Change: Identifying Emergent Strategies
Ans Kolk and Jonatan Pinske, California Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 3
- CEO Briefing: Climate Risk to Global Economy
UNEP Finance Initiatives, 2002
- Climate change strategy: The business logic behind voluntary greenhouse gas reductions
Andrew J. Hoffman, California Management Review, Vo. 47, No. 3
- Climate Change: Adapt or Bust
Lloyds of London, 360 Risk Project, June 2006
- Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, November 2001
- Critiques of the NCEP Climate Proposal - and the Facts in Response
National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP)
- Energize Now Consortium
Energize America's scientific, technical, and entrepreneurial sense of national purpose so as to mitigate and manage the impact of climate change, while advancing U.S. energy independence via increased efficiencies and clean, renewable energy sources.
- Framing Climate Change Risk in Portfolio Management
Fred Wellington and Amanda Sauer, World Resources Institute, June 2005
- Gary Hueston, President BP Australasia
Speech to Western Australia Business Leaders Breakfast, August 2005
- General Electric Company: Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Markets - Powerpoint
Mark Stoler, WRI Sustainable Enterprise Summit, March 17, 2004
- Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan
Excerpt from a 1998 draft of a plan to “undercut the conventional wisdom” about climate science, prepared by representatives of Exxon, Southern Company, American Petroleum Institute, Americans for Tax Reform, and others, April 3, 1998
- GOP Warms Up to Emissions Cuts - Some Environmentalists Say Proposals Do Not Go Far Enough
Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, June 12, 2005
- Grant Thorne, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Coal Australia
Speech to CoalTrans Conference, September 2005
- Investor Progress On Climate Risk: Results Achieved Since The 2003 Institutional Investor Summit on Climate Risk
Investor Network on Climate Risk, May 10, 2005
- Leading By Example: Profitable Corporate Strategies and Successful Public Policies for Regreenhouse Gas Emissions
Michael Northrop, Widener Law Journal, 2004
- Less Is More: 14 Pioneers In Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Climate Group
- More Profit With Less Carbon
Amory B. Lovins, Scientific American, September 2005
- Preston Chiaro, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Energy
Speech to RFF, February 2005
- Preston Chiaro, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Energy - Slides
Slides for speech to RFF, February 2005
- Ski Group Takes No Chances on Climate Change
Financial Times, July 16, 2005 (subscription), also available on Climate Ark
- State and Trends of the Carbon Market - 2005
Franck Lecocq, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, Karan Capoor, Carbon & Environmental Finance, Africa Region, Environment and Sustainable Development, World Bank,May, 2005
- Wayne Leonard, CEO, Entergy
Speech to Southern Governors’ Conference, August 2002
- Will Voluntary Programs be Enough to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions? An Analysis of the Bush Administration’s Global Climate change Initiative
David Gardiner & Lisa Jacobson, Environment, Volume 44, No. 8, October 2002
- Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security: Executive Summary
Amory B. Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Nathan J. Glasgow
Politics
- A Climate Policy Framework: Balancing Policy and Politics
Proceedings from the joint Aspen Institute/Pew Center Conference, March 2004
- “The impact of the fall 1997 debate about global warming on American public opinion,”
Jon A. Krosnick, Allyson L. Holbrook and Penny S. Visser, The Public Understanding of Science
- Brookings Briefing - Climate Change Policy: Next Steps
Remarks by Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA), February 09, 2005
- Chapter 1 “Introduction” from Punctuated Equilibrium and the Dynamics of U.S. Environmental Policy
Robert Repetto, Editor
- Frank Luntz “Straight Talk”: The Environment: A Cleaner, Safer, Healthier
- Government Policy and Citizen Passion: A Study of Issue Publics in Contemporary America”
Jon A. Krosnick, Political Behavior, Vol 12, No. 1, 1990
Environmentalists & Civil Society
Entertainment & Advertising
- Answers to Key Questions Raised by M. Crichton in State of Fear
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Global Warming Video (Google)
Various film clips (commercials, speeches, parodies, public service announcements, etc.)
- Narrative Impact: Social and Cognitive Foundations
Melanie C. Green (Editor), Joeffrey J. Strange (Editor), Jeffrey J. Strange (Editor), Timothy C. Brock (Editor)
- Narrative Worlds, Real Impact: How Stories Affect Beliefs
Melanie C. Green, University of Pennsylvania, Presented at IGEL 2002, Pecs, Hungary
- Promoting Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing
Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Journal of Social Issues, Fall 2000
- State of Fear — Excerpt
Michael Crichton
- State of Fear — Excerpt: Author’s Message
Michael Crichton
- Strange Days on Planet Earth
Mark Shelley, Executive Producer, National Geographic/Seastudios Foundation, 2005
- The Day After Tomorrow - Movie Trailor
Roland Emmerich, 20th Century Fox
- The Day After Tomorrow: Could it Really Happen?
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Language, Framing & Meaning
- Earth Charter
NGOs at the UN World Council in Rio 1991 went on to write this; while governments & businesses wrote Kyoto.
