Climate Reading
There are a variety of readings from informative news to well-research reports and books, readily available online and can be purchased at stores. There is a guaranteed good read on climate for any preferred form of perusal.
Climate News, Science and Discussion
Climate, emissions and policy news
carbonbrief.org – is an award-winning website dedicated to analysis and fact-checking of energy policy and climate change science, with a focus on the UK.
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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
A handbook by Professor Mark Maslin that inspires optimism on how we can all the planet. He covers topics from the history of the planet and species to us as individuals and our potential to make the future of our planet a better place. It is a fact bomb filled with valuable facts and figures on how our impact on the planet, but also ways we can reduce our impact.
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.
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
