Finally released, after four years, and even now only after threat of a court order — from the National Science and Technology Council, Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
Source: CHEMICAL INFORMATION SOURCES DISCUSSION LIST on behalf of Robert Michaelson
Shirl Kennedy has written in the Resource Shelf this week about resources for keeping tabs on the global food crisis.
The National Academies have released the 2008 edition of “Understanding and Responding to Climate Change,” a booklet designed to give the public a comprehensive and easy-to-read analysis of findings and recommendations from expert consensus reports on climate change.
You may download or order free copies of the climate change booklet, “Earth Observations from Space”, and or “What you need to know about energy” at http://dels.nas.edu/basc/climate-change/
“Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns Source: The Earth Institute at Columbia University
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has completed a new classified assessment that explores how climate change could threaten U.S. security in the next 20 years by causing political instability, mass movements of refugees, terrorism, or conflicts over water and other resources. Among the major outside contributors of data was the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), a member of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. While the NIC assessment itself is confidential, the CIESIN data is public, and is posted here (PDF; 4.5 MB).”
Source: DocuTicker Newsletter No. 41
The Climate for Change , By AL GORE: “How we can save the economy and the earth at the same time.”
An OpEd piece from the Nov. 9th, New York Times.
Source: [DocuTicker] Newsletter No.60