Local climate-change references

• Planning for Climate Change on the North Olympic Peninsula 2014-15 project
  • Final report
  • Climate Change Database for NOP
  • Progress report on implementation
• Projected impacts on streams – UW Climate Impacts Group
  • Case in point: the Calawah River
• Projected sea-level rise in Clallam County – Ian Miller, WA Sea Grant
• Wildfire impacts of climate change – Bob Lynette, OCA member
• Water supply concerns (draft) – Ann Soule, OCA member
• Olympic National Forest & Park study of climate adaptation needs
• Olympic Peninsula glacial & snowpack recession
  • Scientific paper
  • Presentation by Bill Baccus, Olympic National Park
• Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary climate change study
• Ocean acidification in the Pacific Northwest
• Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe climate planning
• Makah Tribe Climate Planning 2018
• Quileute Tribe Climate Action Planning – a wealth of references & resources
• Clallam County:
  • Clallam County Climate Action Plan adopted 2009
  • Clallam County Climate Adaptation Resolution adopted 2016
• City of Sequim Sustainability Resolution
• Jefferson County/Port Townsend Climate Action Committee
  • Jefferson/Port Townsend Climate Action Plan
• Local 20/20 Climate Action Group, part of a grassroots Port Townsend group
• Local Planning for Climate Change from the United Nations

National/Global climate-change references

• 4th National Climate Assessment, Vol. 1 – assessment of the climate science
• 4th National Climate Assessment, Vol. 2 – impacts, risks, and adaptation
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
• Summary of IPCC’s 1.5°C Special Report and the 4th National Climate Assessment
• Climate Solutions Simulator model from MIT–plot out your own climate solutions!

Regional climate-change references

• Q&A from the League of Women Voters of WA
• Washington State Climate Policy Group:  Excellent starting point for a layperson, including this summary report on Washington State’s Integrated Climate Response Strategy
• How WA State can transition to 100% renewable energy
• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group:  Compendium of science, analysis, and news about climate change, focusing on WA state, including Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Washington State: Technical Summaries for Decision Makers  and this summary of expected impacts.  State of Knowledge: Climate Change in Puget Sound is a comprehensive synthesis report summarizing relevant research on the likely effects of climate change on the lands, water, and people of the Puget Sound region.
• National Climate Assessment Regional Reports, including Chapter 21, Northwest
• Climate Change Effects & Adaptation Approaches in Marine & Coastal Ecosystems of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative Region:  Executive Summary
• Sightline Institute:  researches best practices in public policy for a sustainable Northwest.  Good analyses of proposed coal ports, etc.
• Climate Change and Our Natural Resources, Northwest Indian Fisheries commission.
• Municipal Research & Services Center of WA:  information on climate science and policy, focused for local governments.
• Seattle Times series on ocean acidification.
• EarthFix: Great environmental news source for the Puget Sound area. Check out their series on climate change & human health.
• Not-so-green hydropower: methane from the Lower Snake River Reservoirs

Climate-action organizations

• 350.org. Founded by Bill McKibben, 350 represents the number of parts per million of carbon that the atmosphere can hold without a catastrophic degree of climate change; we are already well beyond 400. OCA is affiliated with 350.org.
• Sunrise Movement: a movement of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.
• Climate Reality Project: Al Gore has tirelessly put together the pieces to explain the causes, effects, and prevention of climate change. Some OCA members have been trained by Al and can give his slide show to community groups.
• Citizens Climate Lobby is a national group advocating for a carbon fee-and-dividend. OCA has endorsed CCL, and there are chapters in Clallam and Jefferson Counties.
• Sierra Club: Leader in the fight against fossil fuels and the move toward clean energy. In the Pacific Northwest, organizes the Pull Together campaign to fight the Trans Mountain pipeline and other fossil-fuel gambits.
• RAVEN: Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs. Canadian organization that embraces the ancestral laws of Indigenous Peoples and their equitable access to the justice system within a thriving natural habitat. Leader in the struggle against the Alberta Tar Sands and associated pipelines.

Science of climate change

• The Climate Toolbox — A collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology of the contiguous United States of America
• Climate science summarized by the National Academies of Science & Royal Society
• Summary of risks from the American Academy for the Advancement of Science
• Extreme weather risks, from Union of Concerned Scientists
• NASA:  Global Climate Change, Vital Signs of the Planet
  • 11 NASA graphs show how greenhouse gases warm the planet
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report:
  •   Working Group I:  The Physical Science Basis
  •   Working Group II:   Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
  •   Working Group III:   Mitigation of Climate Change
• Skeptical Science explains what peer-reviewed science has to say
• Direct info from a group of climate scientists:  RealClimate.com
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to Climate Change, 2-page graphic by Ned Hammar of OCA
• Global warming explained in a 2-minute video (or try the 5-min. “long” version)
• Global warming explained in an 18-minute video by scientist Katharine Hayhoe
• Global weirding: Why do a couple of degrees matter? by Katharine Hayhoe
• Global warming explained in Q&A format
• Climate research 1-page summary
• Global temperatures since the last Ice Age, in one loooong cartoon strip
• What’s really warming the world?–series of graphs showing relative contributions
• Great summary about climate change by HVAC contractor Roscoe Brown
• How the fossil fuel industry manufactured doubt about climate change
• Public health impacts: podcast & article

The path to a sustainable human society

• This graph shows how quickly and radically we have to act
• The “climate clock” keeps ticking
• Deep Carbonization Pathways Project – pathways to 350 ppm
• Climate Crisis Policy Digest – a compendium of policy ideas
• Model Laws for Deep Decarbonization
• Project Drawdown – the 100 best ideas, rank-ordered
• Equitable & Just National Climate Platform 2018
• House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis report 2020
• Compendium of proposed federal bills–and a chance to vote on them!
• Climate Justice Field Manual – a lively, practical guide to saving civilization
• Post-Carbon Institute: preparing communities for the rest of the 21st Century, through articles, books, videos, online courses, and more
• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)
• Climate Resilience Tool Kit from NOAA
• Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives
• Climate Solutions:  Pointing the way to a new clean-energy economy
• Sustainable World Sourcebook and Engagement Circles Convener Guide
• Preparing people for the resilience needed to deal with climate change
• ecoAmerica: How to build public support for climate solutions
• OCA paper on sustainable jobs
• Carbon tax-and-dividend will cut carbon, add jobs
• How carbon taxes work, in five charts
• Carbon pricing and Northwest businesses
• Reduce your – and our – carbon footprint
• Climate change impacts and your home
• Teaching Resources on Climate and Energy

How to talk to one another re: sustainable progress

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High
• The Aspiring Thinker’s Guide to Critical Thinking

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“If climate is what you generally expect and weather is what you actually get, climate change is a most unpleasant surprise.”  — Elton Homan, OCA member