Research Guides: Climate Change: Taking Action

West Valley College Library Books

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How to think about climate change : insights from economics for the perplexed but open-minded citizen

A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion

Global Sustainable Cities : city governments and our environmental future

One Green Thing : Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet.

Different Shades of Green:African literature, environmental justice, and political ecology

Managing the Climate Crisis : Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire

Climate Stewardship:Taking Collective Action to Protect California.

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Pricing the priceless : a history of environmental economics

Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment

Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger

Shoulder to Shoulder:Working Together for a Sustainable Future

The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A guide to the Debate

Teaching Climate Change : Fostering Understanding, Resilience, and a Commitment to Justice

Climate Change and Mitigation

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Who Should Fix Climate Change? (Abstract) "Governments, companies, or individuals?"
Planet Earth: Seven Ways to Help Save the World
Climate Change Activism
Moyers & Company: Saving the Earth from Ourselves
One Carbon Footprint at a Time

Web Articles

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Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change (Intro) "The Working Group III report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges, and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation efforts, assessing the impact of national climate pledges in relation to long-term emissions goals."
Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis (Intro) "The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science."
UNICEF - The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis (2021) (Intro) "The climate crisis is a child rights crisis presents the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI), which uses data to generate new global evidence on how many children are currently exposed to climate and environmental hazards, shocks and stresses. A composite index, the CCRI brings together geographical data by analyzing 1.) exposure to climate and environmental hazards, shocks and stresses; and 2.) child vulnerability. The CCRI helps to understand and measure the likelihood of climate and environmental shocks or stresses leading to the erosion of development progress, the deepening of deprivation and/or humanitarian situations affecting children or vulnerable households and groups."
Climate Activism: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors – November 2019