LibGuides: Climate Emergency: Climate Science, Policy, and News

The five truths about climate change: “It's real. It's us. Experts agree. It's bad. There's hope.”

~ Ed Maibach, George Mason University Centre for Climate Change Communication

Climate science, policy and news

The following links provide science-based, accessible information on climate change, risks, mitigation and adaptation.

Climate Change
From non-profit Our World in Data, a partnership with Oxford University and Global Change Data Lab
Climate Data Learning Zone
Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners. Access climate data by location, variables, and more
Climate Science, Risk, and Solutions
From MIT
NASA: Vital Signs of the Planet
Evidence, scientific consense, solutions and more from NASA, including videos and animations
NOAA Maps and Data
Data tools and global climate dashboard from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

The following links include an account of Canada's climate policy actions as well as mitigation and adaptation reports from the IPCC.

Climate Action Tracker
Independent scientific project that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement targets.
IPCC Working Group II: Impacts, Adapation, and Vulnerabilities
Reports from this IPCC Working Group focus on assessing impacts of climate change
IPCC Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change
Reports of this IPCC working group focus on methods for reducing and eilminating GHGs

A few links to local municipal climate policies.

BC Climate Action Toolkit
Partnership between the Province, the Municipalities, and the Fraser Basin Council
Climate 2050 Metro Vancouver
Climate 2050 Strategic Framework for 21 municipalities, 1 electoral area, and 1 Treaty First Nation
Surrey's Climate Action Plan
Draft approval early 2022
Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan
Launched in 2020

These sources focus on local and Canadian climate news and are freely available.

The following select podcasts are available on numerous platforms. Click the logo to find out where.

Yale Climate Connections is a non-partisan multimedia service providing daily programming on climate

TIL Climate Podcast from MIT Climate Portal

Race Against Climate Change podcast from Canada's National Observer