Climate change

< Local Sustainability Ideas Bank, < All Topics, < Environmental well-being "'This generation of politicians is the last generation who have it in their power to secure the future of our planet, to safeguard the health and livelihoods of millions of people and the habitats that sustain their lives. History will not forgive them if they fail to act.' Dr Catarina Cardoso, head of climate change at WWF-UK"

Action Ideas
Related topics Sustainable energy, Reduced dependence on cars, Local needs met locally, Environment quality, Sustainability indicators
 * Blue nose day
 * Wear purple for Kyoto day
 * Flat Earth Award - see US link

Why it matters
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International Links
Reference
 * Impacts of Climate Change Comprehensive site from The Climate Institute which pools information about the impacts of climate change from around the world
 * How We Can Save the Planet, Mayer Hillman, 2004, Penguin Books, ISBN 0141016922

Europe
Reference
 * Impacts of Europe's changing climate, European Enviroment Agency, EEA Report No 2/2004

UK links

 * www.thebigask.com climate change campaign by Friends of the Earth
 * Climate Care
 * The Tyndall Centre
 * Campaign against Climate Change
 * Rising Tide
 * Climate Change - Action to tackle Global Warming Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (government)

Reference
 * Time to get ready - Environment Agency report on climate change in England and Wales, a good overview

UK Local links

 * Climate change in Nottingham, Energy in Nottingham
 * Cred Community Carbon Reduction Project based in the East of England and focussing on Norfolk and Norwich.

US link

 * Flat Earth Award - recognizing the year's most prominent global warming denier.