GOAL ONE:
The GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTIVISTS will be able to identify and understand the
key streams of Climate Change Research from the international, national, state
and local levels and use the RESEARCH brought forth from these organization in
their endeavors.
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*** The INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PANEL on climate change or the ipcc as they are known.
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the
leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established
by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide the world with a clear scientific view on
the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential
environmental and socio-economic impacts. In the same year, the UN General
Assembly endorsed the action by WMO and UNEP in jointly establishing the IPCC.
The IPCC is a scientific body under the auspices of the United
Nations (UN). It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and
socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of
climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate
related data or parameters.
Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the
work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis. Review is an essential part of the IPCC
process, to ensure an objective and complete assessment of current information.
IPCC aims to reflect a range of views and expertise. The Secretariat
coordinates all the IPCC work and liaises with Governments. It is supported by
WMO and UNEP and hosted at WMO headquarters in Geneva.
The IPCC is an intergovernmental body. It is open to all member
countries of the United Nations (UN) and WMO. Currently 195 countries are
members of the IPCC. Governments participate in the review process and the
plenary Sessions, where main decisions about the IPCC work programme are taken
and reports are accepted, adopted and approved. The IPCC Bureau Members,
including the Chair, are also elected during the plenary Sessions.
Because of its scientific and intergovernmental nature, the
IPCC embodies a unique opportunity to provide rigorous and balanced scientific
information to decision makers. By endorsing the IPCC reports, governments acknowledge
the authority of their scientific content. The work of the organization is
therefore policy-relevant and yet policy-neutral, never
policy-prescriptive." from their website:
https://www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.shtml
They have produced a wide variety of international papers:
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***The US
Global Change Research Program has
produced the 3rd National Climate Assessment
"The U.S. Global Change Research Program has released the
Third National Climate Assessment.
A 60-person Federal Advisory Committee (The "National Climate
Assessment and Development Advisory Committee" or NCADAC) oversaw the
development of the draft climate report. The NCADAC,whose members are
available here (and listed in the report), was established under the Department
of Commerce in December 2010 and is supported through the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It is a federal advisory committee
established as per the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972. The Committee
serves to oversee the activities of the National Climate Assessment. Its
members are diverse in background, expertise, geography and sector. A formal
record of the committee can be found at the NOAA NCADAC website. A list
of the committee’s decisions and actions is available on our NCADAC info page.
The NCADAC engaged more than 250 authors in the creation of the
report. The authors are acknowledged at the beginning of the chapters they
co-authored." from their website: http://www.globalchange.gov/ncadac
They have produced this immense document that is viewable on line
in various document sizes and formats.
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*** The
PRESIDENT'S Climate Action Plan
"CLIMATE CHANGE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ACTION PLAN
THE UNITED STATES IS LEADING GLOBAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE THREAT
OF CLIMATE CHANGE. WIND POWER HAS TRIPLED, AND ENERGY FROM THE SUN HAS
INCREASED TENFOLD. U.S. CARBON EMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN BY 10 PERCENT FROM 2007 TO
2013 – THE LARGEST ABSOLUTE EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. TO
BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS TAKEN A SERIES OF AMBITIOUS STEPS
TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
In June 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed
the Clean Power Plan – the first-ever carbon pollution standards for existing
power plants that will protect the health of our children and put our nation on
the path toward a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution from the power
sector by 2030. Power plants are the largest single source of carbon pollution,
accounting for about one-third of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions. The
Clean Power Plan will set standards for carbon pollution from power plants,
just as we have set limits on power plant emissions of arsenic, mercury, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and soot.
In November 2014, in a historic joint announcement with China,
President Obama laid out an ambitious but achievable target to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in the range of 26 to 28 percent
below 2005 levels by 2025, while China announced its intent to peak carbon
emissions around 2030 and to double its share of zero-carbon energy to 20
percent. The announcement was a historic step for climate change action and for
the U.S.-China relationship, as the world’s two largest economies, energy
consumers, and carbon emitters came together to demonstrate leadership on an
issue that affects the entire world."
from their website:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/climate-change
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***US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
"Our mission is to protect human health and the
environment." from their website: http://epa.gov/
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