More on Climate Change and the Environment
In tandem with the July/August 2017 FSJ's focus on environmental diplomacy, we are sharing the following list of resources on climate change and the environment, provided by Ambassador (ret.) Lange Schermerhorn.
Books
- Carson, Rachel,
Silent Spring - Dean, Kathleen and Nelson, Michael, editors,
Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril - Friedman, Thomas,
Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution— and How It Can Renew America - Griswold, Eliza,
The 10th Parallel: Dispatches From The Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam
(highlights the ravages of desertification) - Kaplan, Robert,
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate - Klein, Naomi,
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate - Kolbert, Elizabeth,
The Sixth Extinction, An Unnatural History
(New York Times – one of best 10 books of 2014) - McMichael, Anthony J.,
Climate Change and the Health of Nations - Reiner, Marc,
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
Websites
- All China Environment Federation (ACEF)
- Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN)
- Center for Environment and Sustainable Development (CESDI)
- Climate Action Network
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- Global Footprint Network
- International Center for Environmental, Social and Policy Studies (ICESPS)
- World Resources Institute CAIT Climate Data Explorer
- Water Risk Atlas
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)