California Climate Action Team Report
Cal-EPA
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| Comprehensive presentation of global warming in California, including local impacts and potential strategies to reach the State's 2020 goal. 100 pages. 12-page Executive Summary.
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Possible Scenarios of Climate Change in CA
California Climate Change Center |
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| Detailed explanation of possible California impacts in California by a series of top climate scientists. 48 pages. 1-page summary. |
Our Changing Climate
California Climate Change Center |
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| Excellent, 16-page summary of most likely climate impacts in California with pictures and graphs. 16 pages.
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Changing the Social Climate
Redefining Progress |
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| How global warming affects economic justice, the future of the progressive movement, and whether your child walks to school. A conversation between Michel Gelobter (Redefining Progress) and Catherine Lerza (Tides Foundation). 36 pages.
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Sustainable Silicon Valley CO2 Report 2007
Sustainable Silicon Valley |
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| Excellent summaries of actions by 40+ corporate and public agency "pledging partners" in Silicon Valley to reduce CO2. 44 pages. |
Oakland Apollo Challenge
Reclaim the Future/Ella Baker Center |
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| Excellent outline of new Oakland Apollo Challenge to turn blue collar city into green-collar powerhouse that is a model for the nation. |
The Climate of Man
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker |
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| The best place to start with climate change. Kolbert's 3-part series in the New Yorker from last May/June is informative, moving and very readable. The link here is to Part I. Google to find II and III on-line. Support the New Yorker at www.newyorker.com |
Stabilization Wedges
S. Pacala, R. Socolow, Science Magazine |
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| A tremendous piece of work to show that it's very possible to significantly reduce our GHG emissions with current technologies. Cuts through the current "You can make a difference" vs. "It's all over, don't bother" debate. 16 pages. |
The Long Marmot Goodbye
Chip Ward on tomdispatch.com (Project of the Nation Institute) |
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| A wonderful essay on the very real impacts of climate change ALREADY occurring in the U.S. 7 pages. |
African-Americans and Climate Change: An Unequal Burden
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation |
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| Comprehensive report on how climate change will have a greater impact on African-Americans than the U.S. population as a whole (while contributing fewer GHGs per capita). 144 pages. 9-page Executive Summary. |
Projects—Climate Change in the Bay Area—Top 10 Reports and Articles
