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South-East Asia's Peat Fires and Global Warming editor's pick popular
Biofuelwatch presents a fully referenced background piece regarding the seriousness of the destruction of Indonesia's peat forests for the global climate (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) editor's pick
(2 votes)
documents relating to arctic warming, including the important "Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment" (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction editor's pick
(2 votes)
briefing paper regarding proposals for using biochar for climate change mitigation and the serious concerns about its likely impacts on climate, soil fertility and communities (pdf)
Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It
Biofuel by Decree editor's pick
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report details how the Burmese military’s nation-wide campaign to plant eight million acres of the Jatropha tree for biodiesel production is resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor, land confiscation, loss of income and food insecurity (pdf)
Added: May. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Brief of Amici Curiae Climate Scientists editor's pick
the legal brief filed by climate scientists to the Supreme Court in support of Massachusetts vs. EPA, 05-1120 which seeks to clarify that carbon dioxide is a pollutant that can and should be regulated by the EPA (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Canadian Communities' Guidebook for Adaptation to Climate Change editor's pick
intended to help those who are looking for ways to reduce the impacts of climate change (increasing heat waves, water shortages, intense storms and sea-level rise) while decreasing GHG emissions and ensuring sustainable development for their
communities (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Carbon Neutral Myth, The - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins editor's pick
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report from Carbon Trade Watch highlights several ways in which the carbon offset approach to climate change is fundamentally flawed (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions editor's pick
provides a downloadable copy of The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, a guide for those involved in the process of forging environmental agreements
Added: Nov. 09, 2009 | Rate It
Climate Geo-engineering with 'carbon negative' bioenergy - climate saviour or climate endgame? editor's pick
a critical analysis of proposals to use biochar (agrichar) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage proposals to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and mitigating climate change that depend upon forests (pdf)
Added: Nov. 26, 2008 | Rate It
Consumer's Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers, A editor's pick
(1 vote)
a report from Clean Air, Cool Planet which discusses what makes a good retail carbon offset provider, and seeks to provide guidance to those that are considering purchasing offsets to help reduce their "carbon footprints" to achieve "carbon neutrality" (pdf)
Added: Dec. 31, 2006 | Rate It
Don't Log the Forests for the Fuel editor's pick
examines the potential environmental
and economic impacts of the cellulosic
ethanol industry in the Southern United States (pdf)
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It
Energy [R]evolution editor's pick
report that provides a practical blueprint for how to half global CO2 emissions, while allowing for an increase in energy consumption by 2050, explaining how existing energy technologies can be applied in more efficient ways
Added: Mar. 11, 2007 | Rate It
Gardner's Guide to Global Warming, The editor's pick
the National Wildlife Federation discusses the challenges and solutions (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
IPCC Working Group 2 Report, 2007 editor's pick
full report of the IPCC Working Group 2: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, part of Assessment Report 4, 2007
Added: Oct. 21, 2007 | Rate It
Key Elements of a Global Deal on Climate Change editor's pick
a report from the London School of Economics, written by Nicholas Stern, that makes definitive recommendations about the actions the world needs to take to deal with climate change
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Living Within a Carbon Budget editor's pick
a report by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, commissioned by Friends of the Earth and the Cooperative Bank, that presents new findings about the scale of emission reductions needed and about pathways to a low-carbon future (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
Moving Ahead with REDD editor's pick
online book exploring issues associated with the complex process of implementing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) (pdf)
Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It
Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment editor's pick
a collaboration between the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and a team of independent experts to develop and communicate a new assessment of climate change, impacts on climate-sensitive sectors, and solutions in the northeastern United States
Added: Jul. 13, 2007 | Rate It
Review of Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Security editor's pick
a report from Stanford University that reviews and ranks major proposed solutions to atmospheric and energy problems in light of their impacts on various aspects of society (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Sea Level Report editor's pick
a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report that finds that mid-Atlantic coastal states will experience a dramatic increase in storm surge flooding and coastal erosion because of climate change
Added: Jan. 23, 2009 | Rate It
Special Report: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptat editor's pick
from the IPCC, a Summary for Policymakers and the Full Report: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
Added: Nov. 18, 2011 | Rate It
Stuck in the Tar Sands editor's pick
a report that itemizes the ways that the Canadian government's climate change policies do not require reduced emissions from tar sand development and recommends strategies to reduce those emissions (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report editor's pick
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provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007), summarizing thousands of pages of scientific reports into a readable 26 page synopsis of the current scientific consensus regarding climate change (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity editor's pick
a synthesis and assessment report prepared by the US Department of Agriculture
Added: Jul. 03, 2008 | Rate It
The Greenpeace Case Against Coal-Fired Power Generation editor's pick
reviews the evidence and opinions of business and government leaders regarding the use of coal to generate power in the UK, including suggestions for meeting CO2 reduction goals by other means (pdf)
Added: Sep. 22, 2008 | Rate It
