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Cool links: institutions and organisations which are addressing the causes and effects of climate change

University of Sussex
starts a new MSc degree in Development and Climate Change

Undergraduate course in Global Change
Queen Mary College, University of London, begins its new undergrad course in September 09. No longer just 'international development', now 'global change' best describes the situation.

Community-Based Adaptation Exchange
Exchange experiences, especially across the developing world, in Community-Based Adaptation to climate change. This is an Eldis site with policy resources, case studies, tools and methodologies.

OneClimate site from OneWorld
OneWorld provides online coverage of sustainable development and human rights issues. Its climate change page, called OneClimate, provides news, views, videos, and a range of interesting features and resources.

CGIAR and Climate Change
Especially useful information on adapting agriculture to climate change.

Greenpeace Climate Change
Greenpeace actively pursues renewable energy for the UK and around the world, to reduce climate change.

George Monbiot
Acerbic writing by George Monbiot on climate change and other related issues which impact the human race.

Climate Ark
A hub of information and activity on Climate Change.

Centre for Climate Change Economics & Policy
A research collaboration between ESCR, Leeds Uni, and London School of Economics. Supports the Green New Deal.

CRed
CRed for Carbon Reduction. The NGO doing more than most to reduce carbon emissions, community-by-community, starting in the UK, and going across the planet.

The Rockefeller Foundation
A US-based foundation with valuable insights into climate change from several angles: US-policy, Asian cities, and African agriculture. Supporting the work of Challenge to Change in three cities in Vietnam.

Institute for Social & Environmental Transition (ISET)
An international institute working on the climate science side of adaptation and resilience-building in the developing world. Works in partnership with Challenge to Change in Vietnam.

Food Climate Research Network
Reducing the foodchain's role in greenhouse gase emissions

Friends of the Earth
Climate change pages with links to news, issues, resources

 



The Met Office
Providing information on weather and sea conditions especially for the UK but also internationally. The Hadley Centre reports on scientific aspects of climate change, including causes and effects.

Google Earth Outreach
Detailed worldwide maps of climate change. Includes a movie of global temperature changes for the next 100 years.

The Earth Policy Institute
The EPI in the United States is all about sustainable futures. It tracks 'eco-economy indicators', and its President, Lester R Brown, has written a book entitled "Plan B", which provides an overview of the changes needed in the world economy to achieve a sustainable future. Most of the book is available on their website.

Age of Stupid
It started as a film and became an institution.  Starring Pete Postlethwaite as the man in the year 2050 looking back at the age of stupid (now) when humankind failed to stop climate change.  Challenge to Change did the Vietnamese subtitles on the DVD!

Gaia Education
Education for sustainable living, and an online Eco-University.

Wiser Earth
An online community space, connecting individuals and organisations pursuing a better way of living on all levels - planetary, community, and personal

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
A multi-media teacher education programme on sustainability issues, from UNESCO

Education for Sustainable Development Resources
An access point for bringing sustainability issues into UK-based education programmes

Identity Campaigning
Advocating not only change in government policy and change in behaviour, but also change in values and identity

UK Youth Climate Coalition
Several UK Youth organisations teaming up for greater impact

Unite for Climate
A portal for global youth action aganist climate change, listing campaigns and events.

Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
Challenge to Change supports the three city authorities in Vietnam,within this network, to develop their capacity in participatory approaches, to integrate climate change resilience into local planning.  CtC also supports Youth in the three cities to realise their own initiatives to build community-based resilience.

     
 
 
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