What communities can do
Community is used widely to be a group that gets together such as an association, but also includes municipalities with communal governance structures. Here more formal structures that comply with legal requirements or duties imposed by higher authorities may also give frameworks for action. For example planning can be done in a participatory way. There may be national plans, local, community, neighbourhood or regional plans or design statements or climate action plans. EventsFeb 2 World Wetlands Day, 2020: Sun Mar 28 Earth Hour! 2020, Sat, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time What individuals can do
Controversy over promoting individual action on climate changeSee: Citizen participation in climate change policy advocacy W and “Of course, individual action needs to be part of the battle, but not as a substitute for policy reform. It should be as an additional component." Michael Mann, professor of atmospheric science at Penn State University [2] CampaignsExtinction RebellionSee separate article: Extinction Rebellion Parents For FutureSupporters - Parents For Future UK FridaysForFutureGlobal Climate Strike For Future Event, Mar 15, 2019, on facebook Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
School strike for climateSchool strike for climate, also known in various regions as Fridays for the Future, Youth for climate or Youth strike 4 climate, is a growing international movement of children and students leaving their school to take part in demonstrations for climate action. The first school strike for climate was started by Greta Thunberg staging an action outside the Swedish Riksdag (parliament), holding a sign that read "Skolstrejk för klimatet" or "school strike for climate" during August 2018. W Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
Citizens' Climate LobbyCitizens' Climate Lobby (CCL) is an international grassroots environmental group that trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives in order to influence climate policy. The CCL is a registered 501(c) with approximately $300 thousand in revenue in the United States in 2015. Operating since 2007, the goal of CCL is to build political support across party lines to put a price on carbon, specifically a revenue neutral carbon fee and dividend (CF&D) at the national level. CCL is supported by notable climate scientists James Hansen, Katharine Hayhoe, and Daniel Kammen. CCL's advisory board also includes former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former US Representative Bob Inglis, actor Don Cheadle, and RESULTS founder Sam Daley-Harris. Founded in the United States, CCL has groups in Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Iceland, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, the Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Other links350.org, international environmental organization encouraging citizens to action with the belief that publicizing the increasing levels of carbon dioxide will pressure world leaders to address climate change and to reduce levels from 400 parts per million to 350 parts per million. It was founded by author Bill McKibben with the goal of building a global grassroots movement to raise awareness about anthropogenic climate change, to confront climate change denial, and to cut emissions of carbon dioxide in order to slow the rate of global warming. 350.org takes its name from the research of Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientist James E. Hansen, who posited in a 2007 paper that 350 parts-per-million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere is a safe upper limit to avoid a climate tipping point. W TckTckTck, the Global Call for Climate Action Why it mattersBecause of the time lag in the carbon system, and due to our past emissions - we are still going to experience a certain level of climate change. Even if we stopped all emissions tomorrow we would expect another 30-40 years of temperature rise, and more than a century of sea-level rise. [3] Climate emergencySee separate article... Climate emergency Climate change fairness, justice and peace"Indications of changes in the earth's future climate must be treated with the utmost seriousness, and with the precautionary principle uppermost in our minds. Extensive climate changes may alter and threaten the living conditions of much of mankind. They may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states." [4] Climate justiceRecognizing and addressing the fact that those least responsible for climate change experience its greatest impacts is seen by many as being central to climate justice. W Climate change and inequality“Unless the burden of poverty in developing nations is alleviated by significant financial support for mitigation, adaptation, and the reduction of deforestation, the ability of developing countries to pursue sustainable development is likely to diminish, to the economic and environmental detriment of all.” 22 leading climate scientists [5] Why climate change is a women’s issue"Women are more likely to die or suffer the long term consequences of the rising tide of natural disasters and resource wars unleashed by climate change, and are largely excluded from the search for solutions," [6] Error in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
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News and commentSee separate article: Climate news ResourcesApps for sustainability"I See Change", help NASA track climate change from your phone Citizens data initiative
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, organization within the United States Department of Energy that has the primary responsibility for providing the US government and research community with global warming data and analysis as it pertains to energy issues. The CDIAC, and its subsidiary the World Data Center for Atmospheric Trace Gases, focus on obtaining, evaluating and distributing data related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. W carbonn Climate Registry, database of local government climate action CDP Open Data Portal, The CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) is an organisation based in the United Kingdom which supports companies and cities to disclose the environmental impact of major corporations. It aims to make environmental reporting and risk management a business norm, and drive disclosure, insight and action towards a sustainable economy. Since 2002 over 6,000 companies have publicly disclosed environmental information through CDP. W Wikipedia: List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions, List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita ImagesError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
Climate Visuals, includes some Creative Commons images InfographicsHow many gigatons of CO2? Information is Beautiful Quotes“climate change is the moral struggle that will define this century.” Desmond Tutu [7] "If we are together, nothing is impossible" Winston Churchill MapsLand projected to be below annual flood level in 2050, coastal.climatecentral.org Mapped: Climate adaptation around the world, Nov 8, 2016 carbonbrief.org Other resources
ResearchCollective climate action and networked climate governance, citeulike.org SongsError in widget YouTube: Unable to load template 'wiki:YouTube'
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VisionsDec 5, 2018 Climate action USA: With a Green New Deal, here's what the world could look like for the next generation [8] See also
Interwiki linksWikipedia: Climate emergency declaration W, Climate crisis W, Abrupt climate change, Adaptation to global warming, Climate change and poverty, Climate change mitigation, Climate justice, Effects of global warming, Glossary of climate change, Index of climate change articles, Individual and political action on climate change, R20 Regions of Climate Action, Tipping point (climatology), Climate change and society (category), Alternatiba, Village of Alternatives External links
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