Climate Reading
From texts recommended by our members to informative news and well-research reports, there is a guaranteed good read on climate for any preferred form of perusal.
Climate News, Science and Discussion
Climate, emissions and policy news
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Climate Science
Science journals are not just for students and academics, Nature Climate Change has great content with types of discussions you will not find anywhere else
Climate Science, impacts and solutions
Climate and other academics explain their work in accessible articles with great references to more reading and resources
Books about Science, Justice & Climate
Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary
An accessible and concise collection of over 100 alternatives to dominant narratives of development including ecological democracy, biocivilization, permaculture, degrowth, queer love, human rights, agroecology, rights of nature, and more. Free access to the book.
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid - The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change
A thought-provoking book by biologist, Thor Hanson, on the numerous ways Nature is responding to climate change. From the 18th century origins of Schweppes, to how ocean acidification is affecting fish navigation, and how organisms are adapting to environmental change, this is a go-to-book for stories about climate science and natural history.
Slow Death By Rubber Duck: How the Toxicity of Everyday Life Affects our Health
A great book that makes you see products as processes with their own environmental impact, some of which go on polluting even after ending up in our home. It features many transferrable lessons for environmentalists primarily focusing on the climate crisis, especially those in the legal and policy sphere.
How To Save Our Planet
This is written in the style of The Art of War by Sun Tzu; in distinct, short paragraphs, almost all are referenced to peer-reviewed literature so it's incredibly easy to read, easy to find where to read more and easy to jump around. Its accessibility and usefulness is one good part but it's positive solutions focus is also empowering. If you are concerned about our progress and not knowing what needs to be done about climate and biodiversity this is a great place to start.
Not The End Of The World
By data scientist and researcher Hannah Ritchie, this book transforms how we see the most pressing environmental problems and how we can solve them. It is radically hopeful in a time surrounded by climate anxiety and injustices, containing the latest research, practical guidance, and inspiring graphics.
Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction
A quick and accessible read about the key debates around global warming by Professor Mark Maslin. It looks at the predicted impact of climate change, the political controversies, and the proposed solutions to the issues posed by global warming. Free access to the book
The Hidden Life of Trees
This beloved book by forester and author Peter Wohlleben makes an convincing argument of the forest is a social network. It is a wonderful read that draws in scientific discoveries to share how trees are like human families and explains the life, death, and regeneration he observed in the woodland.
The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law
Government negotiator, consultant, and academic, Daniel Bodansky, is inspired by his two decades worth of experience to entail the processes influenced by international environmental law, and the behaviour of the state and non-state. Ultimately answering the question: how international environmental law works.
After Geoengineering
This is an intriguing look at parts of society working on the different natural solutions to climate and geoengineering options. Holly Buck writes a collection of short stories that try to illustrate how implementing different technologies to address a warming planet, try to put the breaks on and eventually reverse it. The author researched climate solutions and how society will interact with using them. If you want to learn more about geoengineering and natural solutions this is a very well researched way to see them from a human perspective, and not just in graphs, statistics and diagrams.
Prosperity Without Growth
Tim Jackson questions the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists: the pursuit of exponential economic growth. Building a ‘post-growth’ economy is a precise, definable and meaningful task. The economy may be transformed in ways that protect employment, facilitate social investment, reduce inequality and deliver both ecological and financial stability.
Less Is More
By shining a light on ecological breakdown and the system that's causing it, Hickel shows how we can bring our economy back into balance with the living world and build a thriving society for all. This is our chance to change course, but we must act now.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer inspires readers to appreciate reciprocal relationships with our living world. The book spans personal stories and anecdotes to biology and experiences of Native Americans in face of oppressive forces. Kimmerer demonstrates why and how Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers much for academia and conventional understanding of 'science'.
Don't Even Think About It
George Marshall started Climate Outreach, the internationally renowned climate communication charity. They research and train people to communicate on climate and he has ploughed that insight into this great read. There are so many obstacles to helping people understand the severity of the climate and biodiversity and they are a huge reason why we still suffer with a socially constructed silence in many parts of society.
You can learn to be a better communicator and to understand why many still fail to act on climate, even though it is as much in their interest as it is in yours.
Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray and offers instead an alternative roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets the needs of all within the means of the planet.
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake does an incredible job of showing just how connected humans, and all organisms are on this planet.
You'll see how dependent we are on fungi and how we may never have evolved onto land without their help. He shows the reader the interconnectedness of all life on Earth and you may even question what an organism actually is. They help trees communicate and allow us to grow food on used nappies in weeks. Are we manipulating fungi or are they manipulating us? You may finish with more questions than answers but it's in intriguing journey that gets you there
Post Growth
Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability. Weaving together philosophical reflection, economic insight and social vision, Jackson dares us to imagine a world beyond capitalism—a place where relationship and meaning take precedence over profits and power - https://timjackson.org.uk/ecological-economics/postgrowth-book/
Understand the latest United Nations IPCC Reports
Understanding the United Nations climate change reports can be intimidating: each on is produced by hundreds of academics and experts examining thousands of research papers. But they are humanity's best effort at bringing all climate research together so understanding them gives you an amazing head start on productively addressing it and helping others do the same.
The Climate Science Visualised
Other Climate Reports
