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Climate Leadership Initiative Publications
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The Global Warming and Society program is focused on developing public education and communication strategies as well as promoting the Climate Change Resource Center, an initiative aimed at providing GHG quantifications for local governments and communities, municipal and regional assessments of socio-economic consequences of global warming and abrupt climate change, mitigation and adaptation policy analysis and program development and water and watershed management policy.
Recent Submissions
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(2010-05)Global climate change poses a significant and emerging threat to public health.1 Drought, heat waves, flooding, storm damage and disease are all exacerbated by climate change. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of ...
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(2010-05)Climate change poses a significant and emerging threat to public health.1 Drought, heat waves, flooding, and disease are all exacerbated by climate change. Across the globe, hundreds of thousands of deaths annually have ...
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(2009-04)This report describes the findings of a survey of Oregon public health workers with the objective of determining their current knowledge of, level of preparation for, and the resources and training they believe are needed ...
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(2010-02)This report is intended to provide an ecological overview of the Subbasin and localized projections of the consequences of climate change in the Mid Willamette Subbasin. It is provided to support climate preparedness ...
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(2009-12)This report is intended to provide an ecological overview of the Subbasin and localized projections of the consequences of climate change in the Lower Willamette Subbasin. It is provided to support climate preparedness ...
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(2010-03)The Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California is rich in history, culture, and natural resources. This report explores how the local communities and natural resources of the Klamath Basin are expected to ...
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(2010-01)The Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California is rich in history, culture, and natural resources. This report explores how the local communities and natural resources of the Klamath Basin are expected to ...
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(2009-02-17)Extensive research shows that Washington and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will ...
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An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Oregon of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change (2009-02-17)Extensive research shows that Oregon and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will continue ...
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(2009-02-17)Extensive research shows that New Mexico and other western states already have experienced noticeable changes in climate and predicts that more change will occur in the future.1 Much of this change is having and will ...
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(2009)This handbook is intended for participants in the Climate Master training program. It is designed to provide a basic level of knowledge for each of the topic areas covered. At the end of each section you will find local ...
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(2009-03)In the fall of 2008, the University of Oregon’s Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) and the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy (NCCSP), in partnership with the Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil-System (MAPSS) ...
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(2009)Global warming is the most pressing issue facing the world today. The latest report from the largest group of scientists ever to study an issue, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that ...
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(2010)Addressing global warming calls for changes in beliefs, assumptions and thinking about the environment, economy and our well-being. If you close your eyes and think about global warming, it is hard to picture. We can’t see ...
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(2009-01)A good deal of misinformation has appeared in recent months challenging the reality, causes and trajectory of human-induced climate change. This document provides scientifically credible responses to some of the most ...
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(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2008)This handbook is intended for participants in the Climate Master training program. It is designed to provide a basic level of knowledge for each of the topic areas covered. At the end of each section you will find local ...
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(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2009-01)Behavioral changes are certain to be an important component in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and combating climate change. However, relatively little research has been done to clarify what is known about the ...
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(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2008-02-04)This framework is the result of our research as well as meetings with and feedback from experts and stakeholders in four defined sectors that are projected to be affected in various ways and degrees by climate change in ...
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(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2008-05-07)In a 2007 pilot in Eugene, Oregon, the University of Oregon’s Climate Leadership Initiative trained 50 community members who conducted 600 hours of volunteer outreach reaching 1250 people through a program we developed ...
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(Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2008)The Climate Leadership Initiative developed a highly successful model for educating citizens about climate change and engaging them in activities in their household and community to help resolve the issue. That model, ...