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National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change. Public Review Draft Available for Comment
- http://www.epa.gov/water/climatechange/
Ahead of the Storm....Preparing Toronto for Climate Change (PDF)
World Wildlife Fund: Climate Change Hitting Arctic Faster, Harder (PDF)
Delivering Climate Security: International Security Responses to a Climate Changed World. Information on this report can be found at: http://www.rusi.org/publication/whitehall/ref:I480E2C638B3BC
Climate Change Will Have a Significant Impact on Transportation Infrastructure and Operations; Research, Tools, Action Needed to Pinpoint Vulnerabilities
Summary of Report: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/ sr290summary.pdf (PDF)
Press Release: http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/
newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12179
Climate-change threat to top holiday spots
- http://news.scotsman.com/world/ Climatechange-threat-to-top-holiday.3953046.jp
Tourist hotspots need climate solutions
- http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2008/080407.html
Report: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector (PDF)
IMF World Economic Outlook, Chapter 4 "Climate Change and the Global Economy"
- http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/01/pdf/c4.pdf (PDF)
A United Nations University study reveals the disproportionate impact of climate change on the world's poorest peoples.
- http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/unu-iph040108.php
An analysis of climate models, published in the 4/4 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, indicates that their accuracy is far better than many people believe.
- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080402100001.htm
A new NRDC study indicates that average temperatures in the American West have been rising at twice the global rate.
- http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/west/west.pdf (PDF)
Greenpeace report estimates climate impacted migration to be 10 times worse than Partition.
- http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/india/blue-alert-report.pdf (PDF)
Climate Research and Reinsurance. By Richard Murnane of BBRS in Garrett Park, MD and supported by the Risk Prediction Initiative.
- http://ams.allenpress.com/archive/1520-0477/85/5/ pdf/i1520-0477-85-5-697.pdf (PDF)
A report prepared for the Canadian insurance industry by Ernst & Young concludes that the single largest strategic threat to insurance companies is climate change.
- View article (PDF)
The author of a recent climate-change report for the Council on Foreign Relations argues the case for specific investments in adaptation research. Washington Post, March 22 2008.
- http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/ ClimateChange_CSR32.pdf (PDF)
A new book describes the substantial and widespread effects of the Medieval Warm Period (ca. 800-1300 AD) in Europe.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/books/ 21book.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
E.U. report highlights potential effects of climate change on foreign and security interests of European countries.
- http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/ en/reports/99387.pdf (PDF)
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School examines the basis for insuring, mitigating and financing recovery from natural disasters in the United States, and suggests a coherent strategy for business and government.
- http://opim.wharton.upenn.edu/risk/library/ Wharton_LargeScaleRisks_FullReport_2008.pdf (PDF)
A new NRC report examines numerous ways in which climate change will pose serious threats to U.S. transportation systems and related infrastructure.
- http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr290.pdf (PDF)
A study by the Minority Rights Group International describes how minority and indigenous population groups are disproportionately affected by climate change.
- http://www.minorityrights.org/?lid=6138
A new report from Natural Resources Canada, "From Impacts to Adaptation:
Canada in a Changing Climate 2007," provides a region-by-region overview
of climate-change impacts and adaptation strategies across the country.
- http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/assess/2007/index_e.php
A national volunteer program uses student observers to track the onset of budding.
- http://www.budburst.org
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