Climate change

This topic deals with its causes, symptoms and consequences for nature and people

Bibliography

The international association for climate change provides a wealth of reports on global climate change

http://www.ipcc.ch
The internet page of the global organisation for meteorology which deals with the topic of the climate in general and in particular with the state of the earth’s atmosphere, the oceans and the distribution of water resources

http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html
The report „Emission Gap 2012“ by the UNEP

http://www.unep.org/pdf/2012gapreport.pdf
Reports and information from the European Environmental Agency on, among others, the topic of climate change

http://www.eea.europa.eu
You can find information and illustrations about the greenhouse gas emissions of certain industrialised and developing countires

http://climateactiontracker.org
An international initiative which informs people about climate protection measures

http://www.myclimate.org
The local consequences of global warming are shown on this map

http://www.climatehotmap.org
What would the world look like if the size of the individual countries was decided by, for example, population, energy use or income? On this website you can find various versions of world maps

http://www.worldmapper.org
The Austrian climate portal provides a wealth of information and reports in both German and English

http://www.accc.at
The internet page of the film “A good day has 100 points”. You can analyze your own day, see how many points your day to day activities cost and look for alternatives

http://www.eingutertag.org
You can calculate your own personal ecological footprint here

http://carboncalculator.direct.gov.uk/index.html
An emissions calculator for flights and information about climate friendly travel

https://www.atmosfair.de/en/home
An online strategy game which places you in the roles of company leaders and faces you with climate protection decisions

http://knowledge.allianz.com/search.cfm?592/climate-game-ceo2-green-leader
This platform offers information and concrete educational materials and ideas for classes

http://germanwatch.org/en/home

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