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Carbon Mitigation Intiative Princeton Environmental Institute. Includes background document on "Stabilization Wedges," "Wedge Calculations: The Strategies in Detail" and "Teachers' Guide to the Stabilization Wedge Game- a team-based exercise in which players build a portfolio of stabilization strategies and assess their impacts and costs." Climate Change U.S Environmental Protection Agency, offering "comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society -- communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments." Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change, published by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Pew Center on the States. Document can be downloaded at site. "In an effort to inform the climate change dialogue, The Pew Center on Global Climate Change and the Pew Center on the States have developed a series of brief reports entitled Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change. These reports are meant to provide a reliable and understandable introduction to climate change. They cover climate science and impacts, technological solutions, business solutions, international action, recent action in the U.S. states, and action taken by local governments. The overview serves as a summary and introduction to the series." Climate change around the world BBC News (April 6, 2007) Summary of impact in regions, and on water, ecosystems, food, coasts, industry, and health. Climate change: Q & A BBC News (January 30, 2006) "The BBC News website looks at key questions behind climate change and global warming." Guide to climate change BBC News highlights the following: "Climate Forecast" with a video on the worse and best case for global scenarios; "Greenhouse effect," with an animated guide on how the greenhouse effect works; "Carbon cycle;" "Feedback effects;' and 'Gulf Stream." Energy Hog Aimed "at children, but also includes resources for parents and teachers, the Web site's main attractions are the Energy Hog Training Camp and its five training games, where children can train to become Energy Hog Busters and learn fun and simple ways to use energy more efficiently." Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert, published by Bloomsbury, 2006. New York Times Book Review Inconvenient Truth Movie available on DVD. Free companion educational guide (grades 9-12) available for download. Other Useful Sites: Links Selection of Figures From Various IPCC Reports NASA Climate Change Resource Reel |
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