Coping with Climate Anxiety
'Climate change is an existential threat, and for many, amid the constant cycle of negative news, this leads to a loss of hope, and increasing despair.' (Australian Red Cross) >
Coping and Adapting to Climate Change
'Psychologists and other social scientists have contributed to a crucial body of work on how people are coping and psychologically adapting to climate change.' (The Australian Psychological Society, Melbourne) >
Animal Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Levels
Phasing out animal agriculture could potentially stabilize greenhouse gas levels for decades, according to new model. 'The worldwide phase out of animal agriculture, combined with a global switch to a plant-based diet, would effectively halt the increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases for 30 years and give humanity more time to end its reliance on fossil fuels, according to a new study by scientists from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.' (Science X Network, phys.org) >
Suburban Futures
'How can the suburbs be transformed to increase resilience in challenging times?' (Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne) >
ECOLOGICAL INEQUALITY
World Inequality Report 2022 ... Growing Inequality has been exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, which may limit governments financing climate change mitigation. 'The currently low wealth of governments has important implications for state capacities to tackle inequality in the future, as well as the key challenges of the 21st century such as climate change.' - page 15, bottom of left column.Specifically see Chapter 6, Global Carbon Inequality, pp.114-135 (World Inequality Lab, Paris School of Economics, Paris) >
Urban Resilience Experiences
Insights into Community Urban Resilience Experiences ... 50 deg. normal? (Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney) >
Impacts of Climate Change on Humanity
People are effected by the deteriorating climate on many fronts: medically, psychologically, financially, etc. ... Traceable evidence of the impacts of climate change on humanity. This tabulated data site reveals the scale of human damage. (GoCarbonNeutral) >
Sustainability Leadership
University of Cambridge accredited part-time Master's-level postgraduate programmes - • Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership; • Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business; • Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business – organisational/value chains; (University of Cambridge accredited part-time Master's-level postgraduate programmes) >
A Guide to Urban Resilience
A guide to urban resilience for local governments. 'How can we plan more resilient cities? New research by MSSI outlines a usable definition and framework.' (Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne) >
Climate from Space
'The European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme aims to provide stable, long-term, satellite-based Essential Climate Variable (ECV) data products to the scientific community and general public.' (European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative) >