Climate Crisis Educational Resources

(This is an ever-evolving list and things will be added over time)

The best available science we have to date that is accepted by the most countries and scientists can be found at https://www.ipcc.ch/

More specifically, the IPCC special report on 1.5 degrees of warming above pre-industrial levels summary for policy makers can be found at https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/spm/

On a national (NI/UK) level, here are some resources on how we are doing in terms of the climate crisis:

NI Flood map https://dfi-ni.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=fd6c0a01b07840269a50a2f596b3daf6

Climate Change in NI according to Government website https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/climate-change#toc-1

Air and water quality in NI https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/air-and-water-quality

NI Carbon intensity indicators Northern Ireland carbon intensity indicators | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (daera-ni.gov.uk)

MET Office on Northern Ireland Climate northern-ireland_-climate—met-office.pdf

Information on climate activism:

YouthStrike4Climate/UKSCN https://ukscn.org/

Fridays for Future https://fridaysforfuture.org/

YCANI (Youth Climate Association Northern Ireland) https://ycani.org/

FFF Digital https://fridaysforfuture.org/digital/

Polluters Out https://pollutersout.org/

Extinction Rebellion https://extinctionrebellion.uk/

Greenpeace UK https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/

SYCS (Scottish Youth Climate Strike) https://climatestrike.scot/

YACAP https://yacap.org/strike/

CAN (Climate Action Network) Home | CAN International (climatenetwork.org)

RSPB The RSPB Wildlife Charity: Nature Reserves & Wildlife Conservation

Ulster Wildlife Homepage | Ulster Wildlife

Some examples of various political models in response to this science can be found here:

Green New Deal EU https://www.gndforeurope.com/#:~:text=The%20Green%20New%20Deal%20for%20Europe%20will%20redress,do%20not%20outsource%20extraction%20to%20the%20global%20South.

Green New Deal UK https://www.greennewdealuk.org/#:~:text=The%20Green%20New%20Deal%20UK%20movement%20is%20made,and%20fairer%20society%2C%20by%20totally%20transforming%20our%20economy.

Green New Deal US https://www.gp.org/green_new_deal

Paris Agreement https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

Kyoto Protocol https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol

UK 25 Year Environment Plan: 25 Year Environment Plan – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Links of general interest:

SOS Amazonia campaign https://www.sosamazonia.fund/en#:~:text=SDG%20SOS%20Amaz%C3%B4nia.%20The%20Sustainable%20Development%20Goals%20are,all%20aspects%20of%20society%20and%20this%20consequently%20

BBC interview with Greta Thunberg https://open.spotify.com/show/4sq1qxoOO2XloWKFftfzpe

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