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Module 1: Additional Materials

To get a good overview of the topic of climate risk, we’d recommend these two somewhat dated but still very relevant reports. If you click through to them you’ll also see that we’ve extracted ideas and graphics you can take a look at.

Note that when you access these reports you can jump to their “parent thought” which is likely to be a much larger collection of potentially relevant materials.

To further explore the question of “Is It Our Fault?” you may find these news and opinion pieces worth perusing. Clicking on the links will take you to that thought in the Climate Web, from which you can activate the external link and open the story in your browser.

Again, when you access these stories you can jump to their “parent thought” which is likely to be a much larger collection of potentially relevant news and opinion stories.

There is a massive literature based around the idea that “every little bit helps.” As discussed in the course it’s a more complicated topic than it might appear to be, but we’ve included a few resources here that you might want to explore. We haven’t focused on the most recent such materials, in part because the same messages get delivered year after year.

Last, just a couple of materials relating to the topic of “recycling and climate change” in case you want to dig a bit deeper.

Module 2: Additional Materials

To get a good overview of the topic of climate risk, we’d recommend (the first two for the second time) these two somewhat dated but still very relevant reports. If you click through to them you’ll also see that we’ve extracted ideas and graphics you can take a look at.

Note that when you access these reports you can jump to their “parent thought” which is likely to be a much larger collection of potentially relevant materials.

You can dig much deeper into the Fingerprint of Climate Change both in the more simply structured Open Access Climate Web, and in the Premium Access Climate Web.

When it comes to the question of “What’s Coming?” you can explore a lot of content even in the Open Access Climate Web:

Although the topic of “how bad can it get?” is quite hard to pin down, a few very relevant sources to help you easily dig a bit deeper are:

Other links we thought might be of particular interest:

Module 3 Supplementary Materials

We’ve covered enormous topics in this Module, and you could literally spend weeks exploring them in the Climate Web. Rather than pointing you to specific reports or news stories, I’m going to point you to some of the spots and Insights Pages you can use to start digging deeper into these broad topics, and from there there is no limit to how far you can dig.

For starters, The MANY Ways to Prevent Climate Chaos thought in the Open Access Climate Web opens up a lot of content.

For the more specific topics:

Policies and Measures
Technology Innovation
Economic Metrics
Legal Change

Module 4 Supplementary Activities

We’ve again covered big topics in this Module that normally don’t get enough attention, and you could literally spend weeks exploring them in the Climate Web.

For starters, our Climate Change Psychology Ebook in the Climate Web is a great introduction to one of the biggest variables in explaining why we are where we are, namely the psychology of climate change.

A trickier topic is that of thinking of climate change as a wicked problem, or even as a super-wicked problem as some people do. One way to start exploring the question is through the topic of “systems thinking,” and our Systems Thinking Ebook is available for that. In addition, check out:

Module 5 Supplementary Materials

I mentioned the Deep Adaptation movement, and here are a few ways you can dig more deeply into it.

The topic of adapting to climate change is a large one, and one that is largely outside the scope of this course. But you might want to take a look at:

The question of “Should We Give Up?” really has two subparts: 1) Is there any reason to think we can improve the situation, and 2) regardless of the answer to #1, what does climate ethics require of us?

With regard to the first question, a few resources:

With regard to the second question regarding ethics, a topic we discuss far too little, a few resources:

Module 6 Supplementary Materials

If you haven’t looked at it yet, I would recommend that you start your digging for this Module via our Systems Thinking Ebook right here in the Climate Web.

This Module is also quite relevant to a topic we’ve covered before, “Is It Our Fault?,” and it’s worth pointing you to a few relevant resources:

But there is also a substantial literature specific to the questions covered in this Module, “Do Individual Actions Matter?” To begin digging deeper into the question, here are some suggestions via Climate Web Insights Pages:

As well as other sources:

Here’s a link to the How to Save a Planet podcast you’ve seen me refer to a couple of times:

Module 8 Supplementary Materials

The challenge of what to call the problem:

Mobilizing employees:

Organizations to consider getting involved with:

Cranky Unkle - Critical Thinking App

Module 9 Supplementary Materials

This is the book I mentioned:

To explore some of the conversations surrounding the topic:

Consider getting involved with:

To dig into the relationship of gerrymandering to climate change, and the importance of fixing our voting systems:

And some videos:

Module 10 Supplementary Materials

How your spending contributes to climate change

How you can dedicate your money to tackling climate change:

Module 11 Supplementary Materials

As discussed in the videos, the topic of activism is a tricky one. To explore some of the different conversations underway in this space:

Here are some of the websites you might be interested in exploring: