Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): homepage
UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, 7−18 December 2009: homepage
►Leeds Students in Climate Change Debate (
New Civil Engineer, 26 March 2009)
World Meteorological Organization
Climate
change videos from the UK Met Office on YouTube
Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Critique of the
UNFCCC Estimates (iied, 2009)
Climate
Change Adaptation in Africa (IDRC webpage)
►World
Development Report 2010: Development and
Climate Change (World Bank,
2009)
Climate Change:
Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions (University of Copenhagen, 2009)
Human Development
Report 2007/2008: Fighting climate change: Human solidarity
in a divided world (UNDP, 2007)
Background papers
Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 (UNEP, 2009)
Gateway to the UN
System's Work on Climate Change (UN webpage with links to all UN Agencies)
United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (homepage)
Closing the Gaps: Disaster
risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in developing countries (Commission
on Climate Change and Development, 2009). Background documents.
Book: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save
Civilization (Earth Policy Institute, 2008)
– PowerPoint presentation –
Datasets – YouTube clips
Policy Guidance on Integrating Climate Change Adaptation
into Development Co-operation (OECD, 2009)
Kick the Habit: A UN
Guide to Climate Neutrality (UNEP, 2008)
UNEP Climate Change Strategy (UNEP, 2008)
Climate Action (Sustainable Development International/UNEP,
2007)
Climate Solutions − WWF’s Vision for 2050
Adapting to Climate
Change in Developing Countries (UK Parliamentary Office of Science and
Technology, 2006)
Climate Change: Getting adaptation right (ODI ‘Opinion’,
2008)
►See also: Climate Action (Sustainable Development
International website)
350.org − why 350? Answer here.
Climate change in India: Forgotten threats, forgotten opportunities (Economic & Political Weekly, 2010)
DVD: An Inconvenient
Truth − the 2006 documentary
film about global warming presented by former US Vice
President Al Gore (buy at
Amazon.co.uk).
►Managing our Future
Water Needs for Agriculture, Industry, Human Health and the Environment (World
Economic Forum, 2008)
►Climate change, risk
and infrastructure policy-making (Proceedings
of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering, 2009) – this is the inaugural address of
Jean Venables, who became the 144th president (and the first female president) of
the Institution of Civil Engineers on 4 November 2008 − video here.
►The Age of
Stupid − a 2009 movie telling the story of a man living alone in the
devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking:
why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
European Union
Climate
Change-induced Water Stress and its Impact on Natural and Managed Ecosystems (European Parliament, 2008)
Living with climate
change in Europe (EC webpage)
White Paper: Adapting to Climate
Change: Towards a European Framework for Action (European
Commission, 2009) −
background documents:
Human, Animal and Plant Health Impacts of Climate Change
Climate Change and Water, Coasts and Marine Issues
►See also: Climate change and infectious disease transmission
Climate change and water resources / water supplies
Climate change and agriculture
►Climate change and cities
Climate Change and
Human Settlements (whole issue of Habitat
International, July 2009)
Climate change
and cities (iied, 2006)
Slums, climate
change and human health in sub-Saharan Africa (Bull. WHO, 2009)
Climate change
and cities: why urban agendas are central to adaptation and mitigation (iied,
2007)
Adapting to
climate change in urban areas: the possibilities and constraints in low- and
middle-income nations (iied, 2007)
Climate change
and urban children: impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and
middle-income countries (iied, 2008)
Climate change, urban flooding and the rights of the urban
poor in Africa − Key findings from six African
cities (ActionAid, 2006)
Climate Resilience
of Infrastructure Investments (four presentations made at World Bank Water
Week, February 2009)
Bangladesh and
climate migration (Greenwire, 2009)
Sustainable Critical
Infrastructure Systems: A Framework for Meeting 21st Century Imperatives [in USA]
(National Academies Press, 2009)
Building Resilient
Cities (whole issue of UA Magazine #22,
2009)
Center for Resilient
Cities (website)
►Climate change and rural poverty
Climate change and
the poor: Adapt or die (The Economist,
2008)
Climate Change: Challenges for Social Protection in Africa
(World Bank, 2008)
Multimedia presentation: Gathering
Storm: The Humanitarian Impact of Climate Change [in Africa] (UNEP, 2008)
Livelihoods and climate change (ELDIS webpage)
Climate and Environment: Ensuring the
environment is managed in a way that helps to reduce poverty (DFID webpage)
How climate change threatens
the world’s poor (DFID, undated)
►Climate change and gender
Coping with climate change: What works for women? (Oxfam,
2008)
Maasai women adapt to a changing climate (
WEM, 2008)
Climate change is a feminist issue (
WEM, 2008)
Gender and
Climate Change (WECF, 2010)
►Climate change and children
Our climate, our
children, our responsibility: The implications of climate change for the
world’s children (UNICEF UK, 2008) − see also here.
►Climate change and humanitarian aid
Climate Change:
Coping with the Humanitarian Impact (United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs, 2008)
►Carbon markets and the Clean Development Mechanism
What you
should know about carbon markets (
Energies,
2008)
►See also:
Websites & webpages:
Climate Change Resource Guide (ELDIS)
Assessments of
Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
Climate change: news, opinion and explanation from around the BBC
Climate change (BBC
World Service webpage)
climate-l.org − a news and announcement service on climate
change policy and issues (International Institute for Sustainable Development
Reporting Services)
Climate change and public health (CDC)
Climate Change &
Energy (SciDev.Net)
Climate change (World Bank)
Climate change
adaptation (Eldis)
Climate change resilience (Rockefeller Foundation)
Climate Institute (homepage)
Climate change (iied)
Climate change (WWF)
Climate Change and Energy Programme (WWF India)
− see also Living Ganga
Programme
Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (IDRC)
Climate Strategies (webpage)
Global Climate
Change Program (USAID)
Climate change (US EPA)
Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary (SEI & iied)
Journals:
Journal of Water and Climate
International
Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
Global Environmental Change
Climate Research
Climate Policy
Climate and Development
Books:
State of the World 2009: Confronting Climate Change
(Earthscan for Worldwatch Institute, 2008)
The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review
(CUP, 2007)
University of Leeds Library
catalogue entry.
Available on-line
here.
Climate Change and
Adaptation Strategies for Human Health (Springer, 2006) − also here.
►The Rough Guide to Climate Change (Rough Guides, 2nd
edition, 2008) [at
amazon.co.uk]
