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Climate Change Resources
Contents:
What's New?
Climate in Peril - Lay Person’s Guide to the 2007 IPCC report, United Nations Environmental Program, 2009
- Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Common Challenges to Climate Science - Three highly respected PNW climate researchers address misinformation that has appeared in recent months challenging the reality, causes and trajectory of human-induced climate change. This document provides scientifically credible responses to some of the most commonly heard challenges. (Climate Leadership Initiative, January 2009)
What is Climate Change?
Science of global warming and climate change
Reports on Climate Change
- Setting the Record Straight: Responses to Common Challenges to Climate Science - Climate Leadership Initiative, January 2009
- Final CAT Recommendations - Leading the Way: Implementing Practical Solutions to the Climate Change Challenge - November 2008
- Leading the Way on Climate Change: The Challenge of Our Time - Feb. 2008, Dept. of Ecology and Dept. of Community, Trade and Economic Development
- Leading the Way: A Comprehensive
Approach to Reducing Greenhouse Gases in Washington State - Feb. 1, 2008, Recommendations of the Washington Climate Advisory Team
- Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Waters of Washington State (pdf) - Jan. 2008, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
and the Washington Department of Ecology
- HB 1303 Interim Report: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the State of Washington (4MB pdf) - Dec. 2007 ( 01/24/08 Errata notice)
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reference Case Projections, 1990-2020 (pdf) - Dec. 2007
- Washington State 1990 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (pdf) - Dec. 2007
- Creating a Cap and Trade Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Nov. 2007, Dept. of Ecology
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Climate in Peril - Lay Person’s Guide to the 2007 IPCC report, United Nations Environmental Program, 2009
- Fourth IPCC Assessment Report - Summary of the Synthesis Report (pdf) and Complete 3-part report, Nov. 2007
- IPCC Assessment reports
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Overview: Adaptation Planning: What U.S. States and Localities are Doing
(pdf) - Nov. 2007, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Feasibility of
Using Geologic Formations to Sequester Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - (pdf)
White paper, Aug. 2007, WA Department of Natural Resources and the
Department of Ecology
- Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Summary - (pdf) Apr. 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
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The Carbon Boom: State and National Trends in CO2 Emissions Since1990 - (pdf) Apr. 2007, Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
- The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change - Feb. 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Issues Up Close: Facing the Challenge of Climate Change - (pdf) Apr. 2007, Department of Ecology
- Impacts of Climate Change on Washington's Economy - (pdf) Nov. 2006, University of Oregon
- Is Global Warming Causing More, Larger Wildfires? - (pdf) Jul. 2006, Sciencexpress
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Scenarios of Future Climate for Pacific Northwest - (pdf) Oct. 2005, University of Washington
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Climate Impacts on Washington's Hydropower, Water Supply, Forests, Fish and Agriculture - (pdf) Oct. 2005, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
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Climate Impacts on Pacific Northwest Forests - University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
- King Co. 2005 Climate Change Conference - The Future Ain't What it Used to Be: Planning for Climate Disruption Oct. 2005, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
- Pathways to Sustainability - (pdf) Apr. 2002, Department of Ecology
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Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet - Oct. 1996, University of Washington
Charts & Graphs on Climate Change
from the Ecology Air Quality program
Weather & Climate Trends
Resources for Teachers
- Cool Schools – teacher classroom challenge, Energy Audit, Speaking Carbonese.
- Climate Classroom - What's up with Global Warming? for parents, kids and teachers,
from the National Wildlife Federation
- ReSources - for grades 5-8, the greenhouse
effect and how human contributions affect climate change, board game and activities. Includes "Global Warming - You Make the Difference" with choices we all can make
- ARM Education - Science of climate & weather by
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program for teachers and students
- Artic circle ice study blog- a middle school teacher's first hand account of her research trip to study ice in the artic circle
- Emissions calculator lesson plan
- Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
- Hippo Works?
- Think MTV on the Environment - geared toward teenagers and solution-based resources.
- Project BudBurst
- a national field campaign for citizen scientists engaging the public
in the collection of climate change data based on the timing of leafing
and flowering of trees and flowers. (University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research)
What are the possible impacts of Climate Change?
Climate Change Indicators
Impacts and Actions in Washington State (particularly the Puget Sound area)
Economic Implications
Human Health Impacts
What is being done?
Clean Energy Programs
Transportation Alternatives
Washington State & the Northwest
State Coordination Efforts
Federal Agencies
U.S. Climate Organizations
International Climate Organizations
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