Climate Crisis Science, News, Policy & Education Sites & Online Literature -Main List

This page last updated on: 15/12/20 

Page Contents

• Back to Climate Crisis Science, News & Policy -Hottest Links!
• Back to WHWG Compendium Contents
• Covid-19 and Climate
• Page Guide
• Key Climate Data
• Climate Psychology & Ecology-based Mental Health links here because the truth is hard to deal with.
• Climate- & Eco- Activism links here.
• Free workbook Fire! Fire! Fire! on how to communicate the climate crisis to different groups and types of people, and (if you want) how to communicate the need for civil disobedience as a response to the crisis.

Covid-19 and Climate

COVID-19 is not guaranteed to slow or reverse the climate crisis, but it does provide us with a chance. See this first peer-reviewed scientific paper on the subject.

Quote from the abstract (summary) of the paper:

‘Daily global CO₂ emissions decreased by –17% (–11 to –25% for ±1σ) by early April 2020 compared with the mean 2019 levels, just under half from changes in surface transport. At their peak, emissions in individual countries decreased by –26% on average. The impact on 2020 annual emissions depends on the duration of the confinement, with a low estimate of –4% (–2 to –7%) if prepandemic conditions return by mid-June, and a high estimate of –7% (–3 to –13%) if some restrictions remain worldwide until the end of 2020. Government actions and economic incentives postcrisis will likely influence the global CO₂ emissions path for decades.’

Page Guide

Watch out for the flash of pink in the compendium page codes below. The pink codes indicate websites that are updated daily. Indigo codes, underlined, indicate websites that have been updated within the past three days (since the date written at the top of this page). As you are a hot and heroic activist I know you sometimes need to cut through to the most up-to-date relevant information as quickly as possible!

Literature titled in blue indicates a mental health risk. Make sure you don’t keep this traumatic information to yourself. It needs processing, including by sharing with others. For more on mental health and the climate and ecological crisis, visit this directory page.

Key climate data sites are listed at the top, then follows the full list of climate crisis science, news and policy sites & online literature, in alphabetical order, including hottest links, young adults’ links, key climate data and !Denial Busters!

!Denial Busters! sites are then listed underneath the main list, and papers & reports underneath again.

Remember that organisations / bodies which subscribe to the flawed ‘Paris Narrative’ (see this page) are marked !Paris! in the lists. These organisations / websites etc still have educational value, if viewed discerningly.

KEY CLIMATE DATA

• WHWGCC1: Africa Flood and Drought Monitor https://platform.princetonclimate.com/PCA_Platform/ -Princeton Climate Analytics (free account creation required)
• WHWGCC2: Antarctica and Greenland ice loss since 2002 https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ice-sheets/
• WHWGCC7: Berkeley Earth http://berkeleyearth.org/ -Climate science and strategic analysis !Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC11: Carbon Clock bloomberg.com/graphics/carbon-clock/ -Bloomberg
• WHWGCC18: Climate Change Initiative http://cci.esa.int/ !Paris!
• WHWGCC21: Climate Data Guide https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/ -inform, compare, discover
• WHWGCC27: Climate Reanalyzer https://climatereanalyzer.org/
• WHWGCC31: Climate Signals https://www.climatesignals.org/ –Explore how climate change affects your world by searching events, impacts, and related climate signals. -hottest link! 
• WHWGCC32: Climatic Research Unit Data https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/#datdow
• WHWGCC33: Copernicus https://climate.copernicus.eu/ !Paris!
• WHWGCC34: Coral Reef Watch -NOAA https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php -coral reef watch satellite monitoring and modeled outlooks
• WHWGCC35: C02.Earth https://www.co2.earth/ -Are we stabilizing yet? -hottest link!
• WHWGCC44: Extreme Weather of the World http://coolwx.com/extreme/ -this web page displays world cities having the most unique weather during the past three hours
• WHWGCC45: Flood Maps http://flood.firetree.net/
• WHWGCC47: Global Absolute Sea Surface Temperature shortened link
• WHWGCC48: Global and Regional Air Temperature images.remss.com/msu/msu_time_series.html
• WHWGCC50: Global Cryosphere Watch http://globalcryospherewatch.org/ –World Meteorological Organisation
• WHWGCC51: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System https://www.gdacs.org/default.aspx -GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters
• WHWGCC52: Global Forest Watch -Fires http://fires.globalforestwatch.org/home/ -View fire statistics for any country –hottest link!
• WHWGCC53: Global Health Map healthmap.org/en/ -10 alerts for all diseases in the past week
• WHWGCC54: Global Snow Lab https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/index.php
• WHWGCC63: JRA-55 Analysis https://jra.kishou.go.jp/JRA-55/index_en.html 
• WHWGCC64: Methane Levels https://www.methanelevels.org/
• WHWGCC65: M. Herrera –Extreme temperatures around the world http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm -the most reliable and updated collection of extreme temperatures on the web! -hottest link!
• WHWGCC66: NASA Global Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov/ -Vital signs of the planet
• WHWGCC68: National Snow and Ice Data Center https://nsidc.org/ -Advancing knowledge of Earth’s frozen regions -hottest link!
• WHWGCC76: (Colorado University) Sea Level Research Group http://sealevel.colorado.edu/
• Uncoded: Severe Weather Europe https://www.severe-weather.eu/
• WHWGCC83: Trillionth Tonne http://trillionthtonne.org/ -Explaining the need to limit cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide-hottest link!

FULL LIST OF CLIMATE CRISIS SCIENCE, NEWS, POLICY & EDUCATION SITES & ONLINE LITERATURE, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (UPDATED REGULARLY)

only the most useful and relevant sites are included, unlike in Google search results!

• Uncoded: ‘A changing climate: exploring the implications of climate change for UK defence and security’: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-changing-climate-exploring-the-implications-of-climate-change-for-uk-defence-and-security?fbclid=IwAR0HXc2AQaDH0RRNuBnzoDW5ytUv94yb9BXdj-Gkg8FJQbrdbhv4ky2Ld1k
• WHWGCC1: Africa Flood and Drought Monitor https://platform.princetonclimate.com/PCA_Platform/ -Princeton Climate Analytics (free account creation required)-key climate data
• Uncoded: Alliance for Climate Education (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/user/climateed -young adults’ link
• WHWGCC2: Antarctica and Greenland ice loss since 2002 https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/ice-sheets/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC3: AGW Observer https://agwobserver.wordpress.com/ -Observations of anthropogenic global warming !Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC4: Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre acecrc.org.au !Paris!
• WHWGCC5: Antarctic Glaciers http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/ -Explaining the science of Antarctic glaciology -young adults’ link
• WHWGCC6: Arctic News http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/
• WHWGCC7: Berkeley Earth http://berkeleyearth.org/ -Climate science and strategic analysis !Denial Busters! -key climate data
• WHWGCC8: Blue Carbon Portal http://bluecarbonportal.org/ -Maintained by the blue carbon community !Paris!
• WHWGCC9: Carbon Brief https://www.carbonbrief.org/ -Clear on climate -hottest link!
• WHWGCC10: Carbon Capture Report http://www.carboncapturereport.org/
• WHWGCC11: Carbon Clock bloomberg.com/graphics/carbon-clock/ -Bloomberg -key climate data
• WHWGCC12: Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre https://www.caribbeanclimate.bz/ -Empowering people to act on climate change !Paris!
• Uncoded: Climate Accountability Institute https://climateaccountability.org/
• WHWGCC13: Climate Action Tracker https://climateactiontracker.org/ !Paris! (but very useful!)
• WHWGCC14: Climate Adaptation Science Centers usgs.gov/land-resources/climate-adaptation-science-centers
• WHWGCC15: Climate and Development Knowledge Network https://cdkn.org/
• WHWGCC16: Climate Central https://www.climatecentral.org/ -Researching and reporting the science and impacts of climate change
• WHWGCC17: Climate Change AI https://www.climatechange.ai/ A wild card, included for perspective. Good to be aware of.
• WHWGCC18: Climate Change Initiative http://cci.esa.int/ !Paris! -key climate data
• WHWGCC19: ClimateChange.Net http://climatechange.net/ -Understanding and solving the climate change problem
• Uncoded: Climate Change Performance Index 2020 shortened link (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC20: Climate Change Science https://climatechangescience.ornl.gov/ –Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• WHWGCC21: Climate Data Guide https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/ -inform, compare, discover -key climate data
• WHWGCC22: Climate Denial Crock of the Week https://climatecrocks.com/ –with Peter Sinclair -hottest link! !Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC23: Climate Desk https://www.climatedesk.org/#bypass-sw
• Uncoded: Climate Emergency Institute https://www.climateemergencyinstitute.com/
• WHWGCC24: Climate Feedback https://climatefeedback.org/ -Accurate information is the foundation of a functioning democracy
• WHWGCC25: Climate.Gov (USA) https://www.climate.gov/ -science and information for a climate-smart nation(!)
• WHWGCC26: Climate Law Blog http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/ –Sabin centre for climate change law
• WHWGCC27: Climate Reanalyzer https://climatereanalyzer.org/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC28: Climate Science (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/climate_science/ young adults’ link
• WHWGCC29: Climate Science and Policy Watch http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/ -Promoting integrity in the use of climate science in government!Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC30: ClimateSight https://climatesight.org/ -Climate science from the inside -young adults’ link
• WHWGCC31: Climate Signals https://www.climatesignals.org/ -Explore how climate change affects your world by searching events, impacts, and related climate signals. -hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC32: Climatic Research Unit Data https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/#datdow -key climate data
• WHWGCC33: Copernicus https://climate.copernicus.eu/ -key climate data !Paris!
• WHWGCC34: Coral Reef Watch -NOAA https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/index.php -coral reef watch satellite monitoring and modeled outlooks -key climate data
• WHWGCC35: C02.Earth https://www.co2.earth/ -Are we stabilizing yet?-hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC36: Database of Environmental Change https://www.open-intelligence.co.uk
• WHWGCC37: DeSmog desmogblog.com –Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science-hottest link! !Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC38: Doomsday Clock https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/ -hottest link!
• WHWGCC39: Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub (Australia) http://nespclimate.com.au/home/ !Paris!
• Uncoded: Ember https://ember-climate.org/ -Coal to clean energy policy
• Uncoded: Emissions Gap Report 2019 -UNEP shortened link (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC40: Environment and Climate Change Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html !Paris!
• WHWGCC41: Envisionation https://envisionation.co.uk/index.php–Communicating climate
• WHWGCC42: Every Day Climate Change (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/everydayclimatechange/ young adults’ link
• WHWGCC43: Existential climate-related security risk https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/148cb0_a1406e0143ac4c469196d3003bc1e687.pdf -hottest link! (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC44: Extreme Weather of the World http://coolwx.com/extreme/ -this web page displays world cities having the most unique weather during the past three hours -key climate data
• WHWGCC45: Flood Maps (interactive) http://flood.firetree.net/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC46: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN -Climate Change http://www.fao.org/climate-change/en/ !Paris!
• Uncoded: Gender-based violence and environmental linkages (IUCN -2020) shortened link (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC47: Global Absolute Sea Surface Temperature shortened link -key climate data
• WHWGCC48: Global and Regional Air Temperature images.remss.com/msu/msu_time_series.html -key climate data
• Uncoded: Global Carbon Project https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm
• WHWGCC49: Global Climate Change Alliance Plus http://www.gcca.eu/about-gcca -Helping vulnerable countries on the front line of climate change !Paris!
• WHWGCC50: Global Cryosphere Watch http://globalcryospherewatch.org/ –World Meteorological Organisation -key climate data
• WHWGCC51: Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System https://www.gdacs.org/default.aspx -GDACS is a cooperation framework between the United Nations, the European Commission and disaster managers worldwide to improve alerts, information exchange and coordination in the first phase after major sudden-onset disasters –key climate data
• Uncoded: Global Energy Monitor https://globalenergymonitor.org/
• WHWGCC52: Global Forest Watch -Fires http://fires.globalforestwatch.org/home/ -View fire statistics for any country –hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC53: Global Health Map healthmap.org/en/ -10 alerts for all diseases in the past week-key climate data
• Uncoded: Global Risks Report 2020 (World Economic Forum) shortened link (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC54: Global Snow Lab https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/index.php -key climate data
• Uncoded: Green New Deal: ‘H.Res.109 – Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.’ sponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109/text
• WHWGCC55: Grist https://grist.org/ -A beacon in the smog -young adults’ link
• WHWGCC56: Historical Climatology https://www.historicalclimatology.com/
• Uncoded: How thawing permafrost could fuel climate warming https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE/PERMAFROST/oakveelglvr/?fbclid=IwAR15g2bW4u4YSstCBA6Xs8DYQqReKQp1E0XiU-OGcO5x0LUHo-rk4MujTRw
• WHWGCC57: Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/ -A Pulitzer Prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization dedicated to covering climate change, energy and the environment.
• WHWGCC58: International Arctic Forum (Russia) https://forumarctica.ru/en/news/finnish-president-if-we-lose-the-arctic-we-lose-the-world/
• WHWGCC59: International Polar Foundation http://www.polarfoundation.org/ !Paris!
• WHWGCC60: International Research Institute for Climate and Society https://iri.columbia.edu/ -Earth Institute, Columbia University
• WHWGCC61: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) https://www.ipcc.ch/ !Paris!
• WHWGCC62: Job One For Humanity shortened link young adults’ link -included because there should be a version of this written specifically for teens and young adults!
• WHWGCC63: JRA-55 Analysis https://jra.kishou.go.jp/JRA-55/index_en.html -key climate data
• WHWGCC64: Methane Levels https://www.methanelevels.org/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC65: M. Herrera –Extreme temperatures around the world http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm -the most reliable and updated collection of extreme temperatures on the web! -hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC66: NASA -Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC67: NASA Climate Kids https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ -young adult link
• WHWGCC68: National Snow and Ice Data Center https://nsidc.org/ -hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC69: National Centers for Environmental Information (USA) https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
• WHWGCC70: Nuclear Power Stations -Global Map https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-the-worlds-nuclear-power-plants
• WHWGCC71: Paul Beckwith, Climate System Scientist https://paulbeckwith.net/ -Abrupt climate change from Arctic to Antarctic: facts, opinions, and analysis -hottest link!
• WHWGCC72: Paul Gilding https://paulgilding.com/ -Independent writer and advisor on sustainability
• WHWGCC73: Planetwatch https://planetwatch.earth/ -A human story of planet Earth in the Anthropocene
• WHWGCC74: Polar Research https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/index –Published by the Norwegian Polar Institute
• WHWGCC75: Real Climate http://www.realclimate.org/ -Climate science from climate scientists
• WHWGCC76: Sea Level Research Group (Colorado University) http://sealevel.colorado.edu/ -key climate data
• Uncoded: Secretariat of the UNFCCC https://www.unbonn.org/UNFCCC
• Uncoded: Severe Weather Europe https://www.severe-weather.eu/ -key climate data
• WHWGCC77: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research https://www.scar.org/
• WHWGCC78: Skeptical Science https://skepticalscience.com/ -Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism -hottest link! !Denial Busters!
• WHWGCC79: Statistical Review of World Energy 2018 (BP) https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html (papers and reports)
• Uncoded: Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 (BP) shortened link (papers and reports)
• Uncoded: The Center For Behavior and Climate (Just Have A Think) https://climatechange.behaviordevelopmentsolutions.com/just-have-a-think-jhat
• WHWGCC80: The Daily Climate https://www.dailyclimate.org/ -young adults’ link
• WHWGCC81: The Discovery of Global Warming https://history.aip.org/climate/index.htm -A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change.
• WHWGCC82: The Great White Con http://greatwhitecon.info/ -Putting the Arctic sea ice record straight -hottest link!
• WHWGCC83: Trillionth Tonne http://trillionthtonne.org/ –Explaining the need to limit cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide -hottest link! -key climate data
• WHWGCC84: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change https://unfccc.int/ !Paris!
• WHWGCC85: Union of Concerned Scientists https://www.ucsusa.org/climate
• WHWGCC86: Urban Climate Map https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/
• WHWGCC87: Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight -2019 Annual Report http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20200122-if-natcat2020.pdf (papers and reports)
• WHWGCC88: World Bank -Climate Change https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange
• WHWGCC89: World Health Organisation -Climate Change https://www.who.int/health-topics/climate-change#tab=tab_1 !Paris!
• WHWGCC90: Yale Climate Connections https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ –Listen. Watch. Read. Act.
• WHWGCC91: Young People’s Trust for the Environment https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/climate-change/climate-change young adults’ link

!DENIAL BUSTERS!

• WHWGCC3: AGW Observer https://agwobserver.wordpress.com/ -Observations of anthropogenic global warming
• WHWGCC7: Berkeley Earth http://berkeleyearth.org/ -Climate science and strategic analysis -key climate data
• WHWGCC22: Climate Denial Crock of the Week https://climatecrocks.com/ –with Peter Sinclair -hottest link!
• WHWGCC29: Climate Science and Policy Watch http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/ -Promoting integrity in the use of climate science in government
• WHWGCC37: DeSmog desmogblog.com -Clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science -hottest link!
• WHWGCC78: Skeptical Science https://skepticalscience.com/ -Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism -hottest link!

PAPERS & REPORTS

• Uncoded: Climate Change Performance Index 2020 shortened link
• Uncoded: Emissions Gap Report 2019 -UNEP shortened link
• WHWGCC43: Existential climate-related security risk https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/148cb0_a1406e0143ac4c469196d3003bc1e687.pdf -hottest link!
• Uncoded: Gender-based violence and environmental linkages (IUCN -2020) shortened link
• Uncoded: Global Risks Report 2020 (World Economic Forum) shortened link -hottest link!
• WHWGCC79: Statistical Review of World Energy 2018 (BP) https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html
• Uncoded: Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 (BP) shortened link
• WHWGCC87: Weather, Climate and Catastrophe Insight -2019 Annual Report http://thoughtleadership.aon.com/Documents/20200122-if-natcat2020.pdf

Omniago has some more reports.