EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS     

 

Climate Change

Articles:

Books and DVDs

Web Sites:

  • The Alliance for Climate Protection—Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore’s nonprofit, non-partisan education group aimed at halting global warming.
    www.wecansolveit.org

  • The Canary Project—"The Canary Project produces visual media, events, and artwork that builds public understanding of human-induced climate change and energize commitment to solutions."
     www.canary-project.org

  • Climate Connections from NPR and National Geographic—Stories, tips, signs, solutions, profiles and more, related to the stopping of global warming.
    www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9657621

  • Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change
         www.epa.gov/climatechange.html

  • From the Environmental Protection Agency's site: Climate Economics www.epa.gov/climatechange/economics/index.html

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Inventories, and Projections
    www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/index.html

  • Health and Environmental Effects
     www.epa.gov/climatechange/effects/index.html

  • Personal Emissions Calculator
         www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

  • U.S. Climate Policy and Actions
         www.epa.gov/climatechange/policy/index.html

  • What You Can Do
         www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/index.html

  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—The "policy-relevant but policy neutral" ..."scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)."
     www.ipcc.ch

  • Kyoto Protocol—Learn more about the international agreement that sets binding limits on greenhouse emissions to 37 nations and the European Community.
    http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php

  • MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change—Interdisciplinary organization comprised of faculty, staff, and student researchers who "conduct research, independent policy analysis, and public communication on issues of global environmental change."
         http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www

  • NOAA —National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s web site on climate related issues.
         www.noaa.gov/climate.html

  • Pew Center on Global Climate Change—"...business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue." The site offers information important to the international, U.S. federal, state and regional, and business communities. Topics include global warming basics, science and its impacts, technology solutions, and economics.
     www.pewclimate.org

  • United Nations Environment Program—Mandated "to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action." Includes resources for governments, scientists, civil society, businesses, children and youth.
    www.unep.org

  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
     http://unfccc.int/2860.php

  • What’s Up With the Weather?—Nova and Frontline Examine the Truth About Global Warming "NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to investigate the science and politics of one of the most controversial issues of the 21st century: the truth about global warming." As part of its effort to explore "the truth" about global warming, the program site also includes a synopsis, teacher’s guide, graphs, and transcripts.
         www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming

  • World Meteorological Organization—The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization's site includes climate as a theme.
    www.wmo.int/pages/themes/climate/index_en.html