A SHORT SELECTION OF THE BEST PLACES TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

The No-nonsense Guide to Climate Change by Dinyar Godrej- an excellent short introduction. The best all round summary of the issues, science, and government negotiations. From New Internationalist Publications. Buy it on the web www.newint.org Tel 01865 728 181

A shorter and more digestible overview of the issues is the Funny Weather comic book available through Rising Tide Link

Science information

Global warming: the complete briefing. John Houghton. Cambridge University Press. Pounds 16.95. The best explanation of the science by the former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Technical, but readily understood by any layperson with a good general understanding of science.

The best website for general scientific information is the Climate Research Unit of the Univerisity of East Anglia, www.cru.uea.ac.uk

Personal Impacts

In our (not-so-humble) opinion, the best place to start is the two page Rising Tide factsheet on how we all contribute to climate change, breaking down emissions from heating, transport and consumption. Link.

The best site for calculating your own greenhouse gas emissions www.carboncalculator.org
The best place to calculate the impact of jet flights www.chooseclimate.org/flying/mapcalc.htm

Solutions

Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change by Guy Dauncey and Patrick Mazza, New Society Publishers. A wide array of ideas for solutions: organised as ideas for individuals, organisations, towns, businesses, companies and governments. Many web links for finding more information. Very accessible and well designed. Some of the ideas are great, some dodgy, some downright mad, and it is aimed primarily at an American and Canadian market but no question this is the best all round guide to solutions. Order it from any book shop or call 01689 370 437

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