International Politics of Climate Change

Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-112 | Moodle

Faculty: Eleonora Mattiacci (Section 01)

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  • Environment Complete
    A full-text database covering environmental studies, ecology, energy, urban planning, and affiliated areas of study.
  • Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale)
    Covers environmental issues and policies, including diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.
  • Sustainabilty (JSTOR)
    A collection of academic journals, e-books and research reports on environmental stresses and their impact on society. Research spans the Biological Sciences, Business & Economics, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Law, Public Health, Urban Studies, and many other disciplines.
  • GreenFILE
    Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
  • EconLit with Full Text (1969 to present)
    From the American Economic Association -- the foremost source of references to economic literature.
  • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
    A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. The link points to policy briefs and special reports about climate change.
  • Access World News- Environment Studies (date coverage varies)
    Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources.
  • Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
    Search the most recent global news, including major US dailies, with archives that stretch back into the 1980s from over 2,700 news sources that include newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more in full-text format.
  • The Guardian- Environment
    Latest environmental news, opinion and analysis from the Guardian.
  • New York Times- Environment Section
    News about Environment, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
  • NPR- Environment Section
    "Breaking news on the environment, climate change, pollution, and endangered species. Also featuring Climate Connections, a special series on climate change".
  • The Paris Agreement
    Official text of the Paris Agreement, from the UN website.
  • 350
    "350.org was founded in 2008 by a group of university friends in the United States along with author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, with the goal of building a global climate movement. 350 was named after 350 parts per million -- the safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere".
  • UN Environment
    "The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment".
  • World Meterological Organization
    "As a specialized agency of the United Nations, WMO is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources".
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation".
  • Union of Concerned Scientists
    "The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems".
  • Environment 360
    Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues.
  • On Earth
    News from the Natural Resources Defense Council.
  • Grist
    "A nonprofit news org for people who want a planet that doesn't burn and a future that doesn't suck".
  • Earth Right Now: Climate Blog
    A global climate change blog from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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