"Realize that everything

connects to everything else."

-Leonardo da Vinci

Zion National Park, Utah

WHY
CLIMATECHANGERESOURCES.ORG
IS IMPORTANT NOW:

Climate change is real and is vast. It touches all of us in many ways. And, if unchecked, it will ultimately end human civilization.
We have no choice but to address it.
But we have to start by learning about it. Thinking about it.

So that we can decide what actions we will take. Spending some time on this site is a beginning.

What is CCR?

ClimateChangeResources.org (CCR) is the hub for the world of climate change. It is a portal to all worthy sources of information and action. It is designed for people who are interested but not yet deeply versed in the consequences of climate change. It is a place to sort things out: Truth (what is really happening), Consequences (the result of our actions), Mitigation (how we can fix it) and Adaptation (what to do with what we can’t fix).

CCR is structured as an accessible and comprehensive educational resource dedicated to two purposes: to provide a curated location for information on all aspects of climate change —from science to politics, from energy to migration, from what is taking place at a national and international level to your own community. You will find FAQs, Events, News, Organizations, Reports and Resources of all kinds– including Books & Films, even Shopping suggestions for more sustainable products —and recommended actions that individuals, communities (including towns, cities and states) and corporations can take. And, if you are young, there is a special section for you here.

The issues are complicated

The causes and effects of climate change are explained on CCR by scientists from many disciplines: energy science, environmental science, atmospheric science, physics, biology, and agriculture. We explore the impact of climate change on society and its potential remedies as are the obstacles –including the realities of culture and politics, commerce and the law. There are literally hundreds of organizations working to address the various aspects of climate change (with dozens of siloes – from sea level rise to endangered species, from renewables to nuclear and gas, from legislation to justice, from carbon taxation to carbon cap and trade), and there is disagreement among them on many aspects of both the problems and the solutions.

We are not a replacement for existing credible climate change sites but a guide to them

CCR is not a replacement for any valuable climate change sites already out there. We aim instead to make it easier for you to access their information through our ability to organize and curate. We want to connect you, your community, and your businesses to the ideas, sources, actions and organizations with which you can identify and with whom you can become more involved. We believe if you can get and sort the facts, understand the debates, you will find the opportunities for action.

Read the Mission Statement

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT...

People & stories going viral in People Are Talking About (PATA)

Latest – Biden names John Kerry as ‘climate czar’ in new administration…

Biden cabinet: John Kerry named climate envoy as inner circle get key posts
November 24, 2020

Biden names climate statesman John Kerry as climate envoy
November 24, 2020

With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature
November 23, 2020

Read more related stories on our People Are Talking About (PATA) page.

CLIMATE NEWS

Every week CCR News introduces (in a sentence or two):
• This Week’s Top Headlines (a curated selection, with a link to each source — whether a newspaper, video, podcast or article)
• Original Blogs and reposts from such extraordinary climate change voices as John Englander and Joel Stronberg

• CCR News will also post News feeds from 20 major news outlets — from Nasa’s Global Climate Change to The New York Times, Columbia University’s The Earth Institute to The Washington Post
• It retains an archive of news articles going back to 2015
• It keeps a growing list of critical Mainstream Media Outlets and Key Climate Change Media Outlets

You can also subscribe to our Newsletter, which, on a weekly basis, contains short summaries and links to breaking news along with suggestions for Actions to Take, Events To Participate In, Heroes To Celebrate, and FAQs.

LEARN MORE

This is a broad section where you can focus on how climate change interacts with a sector that interests you particularly. You can discover what laws are being passed and what litigation is taking place. You can read about the science and learn about dialoguing with climate deniers. You can celebrate businesses and communities who are stepping up where politics often keep governments from going. You can discover how agriculture affects climate change and how our food is affected by it, not to mention our health. This is a place where you can decide how to invest (or divest) not to mention explore what climate change is costing us, explore new technologies and be startled by the security issues climate change poses. Delve into the complex world of energy from the sources to the transmissions.

TALKING CLIMATE especially to deniers

LAWS & LITIGATION
from the house and senate to the white house and the courts

What about your HEALTH

What is happening in individual STATES

How do POLITICS affect climate change?

Understanding ENERGY from source to delivery

What’s true SCIENCE

How does FOOD & AGRICULTURE matter

ECONOMICS including investments and divestment opportunities

Can NEW TECHNOLOGIES play a role?

Where does CLIMATE JUSTICE fit in to all this?

FAITH, too, plays a role

MIGRATION bugs, animals, fish, humans are all facing relocation

What are the SECURITY ramifications?

COMMUNITIES are making a difference

TAKE ACTION

Get involved. Whether you are an individual, a community or a business, there are actions to take. Some in five minutes. Some take a little more time. Some cost nothing. Some require more of an investment. Some simple. Some complicated. Find out what to join, how to become carbon neutral (at least), what to invest in, and where to go for the latest event (in person or on the web). Reduce, reuse and recycle. Learn what you can electrify in your life (car, home, community or business) and how you can encourage the expansion of renewables into the source of that electricity. And, finally, if you are looking for more sustainable items for your kitchen, your garden, yours kids, go SHOPPING with us!

INSTALL SOLAR

RESPONSIBLY

When installing solar, make the land hospitable for bees. Pollinator friendly solar sites are a growing trend that help provide the nutrition and habitat that bees and butterflies need.
More here:
Utility Dive

VOLUNTEER
FIVE MINUTES

MAKE A PHONE CALL

Voters concerned about climate change need to be heard on election day.
More here:
Environmental Voter Project

PLANT A GARDEN

COOL THE PLANET

Commit to ten regenerative gardening principles that serve both the environment and the soil.
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Green America

SET A GOAL FOR

100% RENEWABLE POWER

REBA helps companies understand the benefits of moving to renewables.
More here:
Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance

TELL YOUR

LAWMAKERS

The worst impacts can still be avoided if we compel local and national leaders step up and lead the fight against climate change. Call on your officials to join us today.
More here:
NRDC

CANCEL

JUNK MAIL

Quitting junk mail is one way to curtail the flow of trash in and out of your home.
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The Washington Post

INVEST

IN WIND FARMS

In Colorado, the wind power generation saved 4 billion gallons of water that coal and gas plants would have used and avoided 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
More here:
COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE

BUY AN

ELECTRIC CAR

In addition to lowering your carbon footprint, electric vehicles are more affordable to run, have lower maintenance costs, and tax incentives can reduce the purchase price.
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My EV

CONVERT TO

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Get the same bill, same service, and maintain the same reliability
but the source will be clean energy.
More here:
CleanChoice Energy

CONSERVE

WATER

The average American uses 2,000 gallons per day
and only one percent of the world’s water supply is freshwater.
More here:
Water Conservation

PUT A PRICE

ON CARBON

More than 1,200 global companies are adopting carbon pricing. Microsoft instituted their fee on carbon in 2012 and has since reduced emissions by more than 9.6 million metric tons.
More here:
WASHINGTON POST

SET SCIENCE

BASED TARGETS

440 companies are taking science-based climate action and 122 companies have approved science-based targets. Make a commitment now.
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SCIENCE BASED TARGETS

YOUTH

The young are inheriting this world and, in many cases, and in many ways, they are stepping up now and throwing their energy into making changes. At home, they are composting, turning lights off, eschewing plastics, and conserving water. At school, they are creating vegetable gardens and climate clubs, lobbying for electric buses and solar panels and learning about regenerative farming. In the world, they are building their own organizations to remove plastics from the oceans, plant billions of trees, protect coral, and they are litigating for the right to a clean energy world. Meet the heroes. Check out the books, films, and activities relevant to them.

MEET SOME HEROES

GET INVOLVED

READ A BOOK

RESOURCES

This is perhaps the most intense section on our site, packed with curated lists of ORGANIZATIONS – so often our go-to source for the deeper dive, for the nuanced answer to the question, to the scientific information. And, then there are lists of books, films, podcasts, blogs, videos, television, radio, webinars and great Ted Talks in a brilliant LIBRARY section; courses providing bachelors and master degrees; a significant ARTS section with cartoons, infographics not to mention the visual arts, photography and museums focusing on climate change. Of course, there is an impressive glossary and critical reports and papers, from the United Nations critical IPPC to our own federal NCA reports, along with significant related articles.

FAQs

Recognizing that there is an enormous amount of information which needs to be absorbed in order to understand the complications of climate change and our part in it, we have organized our Frequently Asked Questions into four sections: TRUTH (what is actually happening), CONSEQUENCES (the results of what is happening), MITIGATION (what we can do to change what is happening), ADAPTATION (what we can do to adapt to those consequences we can no longer change).

TRUTH

Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye | National Geographic

Watch this video on YouTube

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Climate Change 101

By Bill Nye, 12/2/15

The Science guy looks at the causes, the consequences, and why we need to act promptly.

CONSEQUENCES

Louisiana Disappearing: Living On The Brink Of Climate Change

Watch this video on YouTube

AJ+

Louisiana drowning from rising seas

06/01/12

Every hour, Louisiana loses a football field worth of land to the Gulf of Mexico, thanks to rising sea levels and canals dredged by oil and gas companies.

MITIGATION

Fossil-Free Costa Rica: How One Country Is Pursuing Decarbonization Despite Global Inaction

Watch this video on YouTube

DEMOCRACY NOW!

Fossil Free: How Costa Rica Is Pursuing Decarbonization

Reported by Amy Goodman, 12/13/18

Costa Rica plans to go fossil-free in 2019. It will be the first country in the world to decarbonize its economy.

ADAPTATION

Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot make short film on the climate crisis

Watch this video on YouTube

GUARDIAN NEWS

Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot on the climate crisis

9/19/19

Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle the climate crisis.