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Climate Change Resources

Contents:

• What's New?

• What is Climate Change?
• Science of global warming and climate change
• Reports on Climate Change
• Charts & Graphs on Climate Change
• Weather & Climate Trends
• Resources for Teachers
• What are the possible impacts of Climate Change?
• Impacts and Actions in Washington State (particularly the Puget Sound area)
• Economic Implications
• Human Health Impacts
• What is being done?
• Clean Energy Programs
• Carbon Calculators
• Transportation Alternatives
• Washington State & the Northwest
• Federal Agencies
• U.S. Climate Organizations
• International Climate Organizations

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What's New?

• Governors' Declaration on Climate Change - 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change, Yale University, April 18,2008
• Leading the Way on Climate Change: The Challenge of Our Time - Feb. 2008, Dept. of Ecology and Dept. of Community, Trade and Economic Development
• Climate Change Challenge Focus Sheets - Jan. 2008, Dept. of Ecology
  • Leading the Way on Climate Change (pdf)
  • The Climate Advisory Team (pdf)
  • Preparing for Impacts (pdf)
  • Citizen Engagement (pdf)
  • The Western Climate Initiative (pdf)
  • Cap and Trade (pdf)
  • Cap and Trade Terminology (pdf)
  • Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions (pdf)
  • Emission Standards (pdf)
  • Climate Change and Jobs (pdf)
• 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

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What is Climate Change?

Science of global warming and climate change

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - technical papers
• Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
  Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (pdf)
• Washington's Greenhouse Gas Emissions - (pdf) Dec. 2006, WA Department of Community Trade and Economic Development
• History of Climate Change Science - Jun. 2006, American Institute of Physics
• Arctic Climate Research - Jan. 2005, National Science Foundation (Note: This is an external page and may require a plug-in to view.)
• USA National Phenology Network - the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate.
• Project Vulcan - quantifying North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, funded by NASA/DOE under the North American Carbon Program (NACP)

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Reports on Climate Change

• Creating a Cap and Trade Program to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (pdf) - Nov. 2007, Dept. of Ecology
• Fourth IPCC Assessment Report - Summary of the Synthesis Report (pdf) and Complete 3-part report, Nov. 2007
• Overview: Adaptation Planning: What U.S. States and Localities are Doing (pdf) - Nov. 2007, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• IPCC Assessment reports
• 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)
• 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
• Scenarios of Future Climate for Pacific Northwest - (pdf) Oct. 2005, University of Washington
• Climate Impacts on Washington's Hydropower, Water Supply, Forests, Fish and Agriculture - (pdf) Oct. 2005, University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
• 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
  • Regional Climate Change Primer
  • Agriculture (pdf)
  • Fish & Shellfish (pdf)
  • Forestry (pdf)
  • Hydropower (pdf)
• Pathways to Sustainability - (pdf) Apr. 2002, Department of Ecology
• Reports to the Nation on Our Changing Planet - Oct. 1996, University of Washington

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Charts & Graphs on Climate Change

from the Ecology Air Quality program

• Global Temperatures Changes 1880-1990 (pdf)
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Use by Source 1990-2000 (pdf)
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Energy Sector 1960-2000 (pdf)
• Vehicle Miles Driven Compared to Population Growth 1984-2003 (pdf)

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Weather & Climate Trends

• Washington State Climatologist
• Weather & Climate Data - University of Washington
• Western Regional Climate Center
• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Climate Program Office
  • National Climatic Data Center
  • Climate Maps of the United States
  • Climate Change and Our Planet - for Kids

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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 plans
• 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)

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What are the possible impacts of Climate Change?

Impacts and Actions in Washington State (particularly the Puget Sound area)

• Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments - (pdf) Sept. 2007, The Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington and King County in association with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
• Ice and Climate Projects - U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center
• Roadmap for Climate Protection: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Puget Sound
• Puget Sound Clean Air Agency - Climate Protection program
• Climate Impacts Group - University of Washington
• Uncertain Future: Climate Change and its Effects on Puget Sound Oct. 2005, Puget Sound Action Team
• Facts about Washington's retreating glaciers and declining snow pack - (pdf) April 2007, Department of Ecology

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Economic Implications

• Climate Change information (Office of the Insurance Commissioner)
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change – progress, policy and solutions
• Impacts of Climate Change on Washington's Economy - (pdf) Nov. 2006, Department of Ecology

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Human Health Impacts

• Driven to Extremes: Health Effects of Climate Change - (pdf) Apr. 2007, Environmental Health Perspectives
• Global climate change and health: recent findings and future steps - (pdf) Feb. 2005, Canadian Medical Association
• Climate Change and Health & Well-being in Canada - (pdf) Jul. 2002, Climate Change and Health Office, Canada
• Environment and health: Global climate change and health - Sept. 2000, Canadian Medical Association

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What is being done?

Clean Energy Programs

• Washington Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency - database
• WSU Renewable Energy Program - technical assistance
• WSU Engineering Energy Efficiency Program - technical assistance
• Energy Foundation
• Tellus Institute
• U.S. Energy Information Administration

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Transportation Alternatives

• Electrify Transportation in Washington Briefing Book (pdf) Jan. 2007
• Impacts Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles on Electric Utilities and Regional U.S. Power Grids - (pdf) 2007, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Public Transportation (WSDOT)
  • Transit listing - by region
  • Carpools and vanpools

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Washington State & the Northwest

• Governor Chris Gregoire
  • Governor's Executive Order and Washington Climate Change Challenge (pdf)
  • Western Regional Climate Action Initiative - (pdf) The agreement forming the regional climate action collaboration
• Department of Ecology Programs
  • What YOU can do about Climate Change - easy actions you can take to reduce your use of fossil fuels
  • Small Business Assistance Links
  • Agricultural Burn Permit Home
  • Outdoor Burning Information
  • Air Quality Data
• WA Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED)
• WA State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG)
• WSU Energy Program
• Puget Sound Action Team - Climate Change and its Effects on Puget Sound
• King County
• Seattle Climate Action Plan
• Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)
• Western Public Utility Commissions' Joint Action Framework on Climate Change (pdf)
• Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
• The Climate Registry - introduction presentation (ppt)

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Federal Agencies

• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)

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U.S. Climate Organizations

• Climate Communities
• Climate Solutions - Northwest region
• Mayors for Climate Protection - now ICLEI-local
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change

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International Climate Organizations

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change