Climate Action Resource Center
A collection of readables, watchables and doables to share at your workplace.
Things to read
In a First, Rich Countries Agree to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations- But huge questions remain about how it would work.
The UN climate summit, COP27, ended without a consensus on how wealthy countries should pay poorer nations for damages caused by climate change. Developing nations demanded more funding, but wealthier countries were reluctant to commit. The impasse could lead to increased legal action against polluting nations.
Loss and Damage: Why climate reparations are top of the agenda at COP27
The COP27 conference discusses climate reparations as one of the biggest issues facing the world today. These reparations aim to address historical inequalities and assist those most affected by climate change.
Intersections of Digital Rights and Environmental and Climate Justice
The Ford Foundation explores the intersection of digital rights and environmental and climate justice, discussing how technology can be used to address the climate crisis while avoiding perpetuating existing inequalities.
Why female leadership is crucial to tackling climate change and other crises
This article explains the importance of female leadership in tackling climate change and other crises, and highlights the need for greater gender diversity in decision-making positions.
How Health Systems Are Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
The article discusses how health systems worldwide are responding to the challenge of climate change, implementing environmentally sustainable practices and engaging in advocacy efforts to mitigate the negative health impacts of climate change.
Victory For the Oceans: World Leaders Deliver a Global Ocean Treaty
world leaders delivered a Global Ocean Treaty, a victory for the oceans. Greenpeace played a significant role in pushing for this agreement to protect the world's oceans.
Food security in a world of overshoot
The article explores the links between food security and ecological overshoot, and highlights the ongoing food security challenges.
Food Waste Recycling: 7 Steps for Easy Home Composting
"Green That Life" provides tips on reducing food waste, composting, and recycling, with the aim to minimize environmental impact and promote sustainable living at home.
Earth911 Recycling Search
North America's most extensive recycling databases.
IS CLEAN ENERGY THE ANSWER TO JOB GROWTH?
The advancement of clean energy initiatives in addition to the growing decline of fossil fuel jobs marks a tipping point in global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach the objective of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Things to watch
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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
Despite having unprecedented technological advancements, we feel overwhelmed by the rapid pace of climate change caused by greenhouse gases trapping energy and warming the planet. This results in more extreme weather, droughts, and rising sea levels. However, preventing these impacts is complicated Kurzgesagt explains why.
Our Planet | Netflix Documentary Series
David Attenborough - narrated nature documentary series "Our Planet" examines Earth's natural beauty and how climate change impacts all living creatures.
See what three degrees of global warming looks like
This film illustrates the devastating impacts of a three-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels. The effects include intense heatwaves, floods, sea level rise, crop failure, and species extinction, disproportionately impacting marginalized communities. This scenario is possible if urgent climate action is not taken
The End of Oil, Explained
Despite the significant progress brought by oil, it also caused massive inequalities. With the increasing global temperature, why is it challenging to shift away from fossil fuels and can we make the transition before it's too late?
101 Videos | National Geographic
Explore and experience some of nature's most intriguing phenomena in the 101 series, a science class unlike any other.
World's Water Crisis, Explained
The question of how to price the world's most valuable resource, water, while ensuring it remains a basic human right, has brought the global water crisis to an inflection point.
The Intersectional History of Environmentalism
This initiative sheds light on the often-ignored and erased histories of Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the environmental movement. Through the video, the organization showcases their vital contributions and encourages a reclamation of relationships with nature, while amplifying initiatives for a just and equitable future
Not On Our Soil - A Climate Justice Reality: Feature Film
In South Africa, people face severe climate and environmental injustices, but with knowledge of their rights and democracy, they have the power to engage with elected officials and advocate for a fair transition to a sustainable society. The video features stories of citizens advocating for a better world
Climate Justice is Social Justice
The fourth episode of The Breakdown discusses how racism intersects with climate change, emphasizing the social justice aspect of the climate crisis. The episode also delves into the Green New Deal's role in achieving a fair and equitable transition.
A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair
a hopeful two-part short film that tells the story of a possible future where the Green New Deal has transformed the United States into a sustainable, equitable, and just society.
Things to do
Donate to the Ocean Cleanup project
The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization working to remove plastic waste from oceans. You can donate to support their mission of a plastic-free ocean
Listen to Future Ecologies Podcast
Made for audiophiles and nature lovers alike, every episode is an invitation to see your world in a new light – set to original music & immersive soundscapes, and weaving together interviews with expert knowledge holders.
Listen to BBC Costing The Earth Podcast
Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet
Listen to BBC Earth Podcast
Each week the BBC Earth podcast brings you entertainment, humour, an abundance of amazing animal stories and unbelievable unheard sounds. Explore the world of animals with superpowers, deep dive into death, hear from heroes passionately protecting the planet and get expert insights into corners of the natural world you’ve never explored before.
Attend the EarthX Film & Music Festival
EarthX seeks to promote film and the art of storytelling in a way that entertains, informs and inspires audiences to get outside, push boundaries, and protect the environment.
Try the Ecohappiness 30 day Challenge
Spending time in and around nature is so beneficial to our family’s health and well-being. It calms us when we are feeling stressed and boosts our mood when we are feeling down. The 30-Day Ecohappiness Challenge Calendar is filled with fun and relaxing activities for your family to enjoy together without leaving your own neighborhood. All of these activities can be done from inside your home, on your balcony, or in your backyard.
Earth Day 2023 Festival + Virtual Stage
Our Earth Day 2023 Festival + Virtual Stage provides a space for the climate and environmental communities to connect with the public, meet and learn from one another, and bring new people into the movement.
Adopt a Symbolic Species with WWF
Support WWF's global efforts to protect wild animals and their habitats and choose from kits with plush and more.
Digital Cleanup Day - Virtual Event on 18th March
Unnecessary emails, files, apps, duplicates of photos and videos are all digital waste. This digital waste creates digital pollution that continues to consume energy even when we have forgotten it. Digital trash sits in the backups on servers that provide us with cloud service and continue consuming electricity.
Meat Free Monday Movement
The movement to skip meat once a week continues to grow as more and more people are finding innovative ways to make meatless dishes part of their everyday culture, customs and cuisine.
