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.

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Browsing Climate Leadership Initiative Publications by Subject "Global warming"

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    Climate Change Preparedness of Oregon Municipal Water Providers in Snow-Transient Basins
    (Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2007-11-30) Climate Leadership Initiative; Bartleson, Becca; Doppelt, Bob
    In summer of 2007 the Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) at the University of Oregon surveyed municipal water providers serving populations of over 4,500 people located within snow-transient basins in Oregon about their preparedness for the potential effects of climate change. Prior to the survey, maps were produced for CLI identifying low elevation watersheds in the state where slight temperature increases were likely to turn snow into rain, thus reducing snowpack and causing earlier snowmelt.1 Municipal water supplies in these "snow-transient basins" could experience changes to their water supply regimes if storage systems were not situated in locations capable of capturing rain runoff or if snowmelt occurring earlier in the year. The goals of the CLI survey were threefold: 1) to determine which water supply systems could potentially be at risk; 2) to determine the extent to which local providers were aware of the potential risks to their systems posed by rising temperatures; and 3) to ascertain how many providers had developed climate preparation plans or policies.
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    Climate Master Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help People Curb Their Household Climate Impact
    (2009) Climate Leadership Initiative
    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 greenhouse-gas emissions must peak by 2015 and decrease by 80 percent or more by 2050 in order to avoid dramatic temperature increases and the severe economic, social, and environmental impact that would accompany such increases. According to the IPCC, making this shift requires action within the next two to three years at all levels of society.
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    Climate protection in Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County: an assessment of potential consequences, emission trends, and strategy options
    (Dept. of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 2005-04-15) Davis, Ethan; Bollig, Shaun R.; Vasepalli, Renuka; Sanghavi, Swati; Onsgaard, Greta; Melton, Bart; Luke, Nicole; Doppelt, Bob; LeVan, Shanda
    This document is the outcome of an applied research project conducted by a graduate research seminar in global warming and abrupt climate change at the University of Oregon. The report begins by explaining global warming and abrupt climate change and the elements of local climate protection action plans. It then outlines the potential ecological and socio-economic consequences of climate change for the Northwest and Lane County, Oregon. The quantity and types of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the internal operations of the City of Eugene are then analyzed. The report closes with preliminary recommendations for ways the City of Eugene could enhance its greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts and provides examples of how other communities as well as private companies are approaching this task and the benefits they are finding from these efforts.
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    Researchers Map Impacts of Sea Level Rise in Oregon: Find That “Economically Reasonable” Policies To Reduce Global Warming Emissions Are Sound Investments
    (Resource Innovations, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2006-05-31) Climate Leadership Initiative; Goodstein, Eban S., 1960-; Doppelt, Bob
    Researchers from Lewis and Clark College and the University of Oregon today released a report and maps describing the impacts of a potential catastrophic sea level rise in Oregon. The researchers found that a number of climate protection policies would be good investments to protect against the potential large scale impacts of sea level rise and other increasing risks posed by global warming.
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    SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Responses To Common Challenges To Climate Science
    (2009-01) Climate Leadership Initiative
    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 commonly heard challenges.