Background Material and Useful Links

What Can Be Done About Climate Change

These are sites that are either general information sites about things ordinary people can do about climate change, high-level policy reports about dealing with climate change, or actual projects in which people are tackling climate change right now.

http://climatechallenge.gov.uk/
Climate Challenge - UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) fund to help get attitudinal change on climate change. Funded the Operation: Climate Control project.

The Climate Challenge fund is now over, but you can visit an archived version of the website here

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/
The Energy Saving Trust - set up by the UK Government, the Energy Saving Trust aims to give individuals information to reduce their energy use, and help the environment.

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/default.ct
The Carbon Trust - is an independent company funded by Government aiming to help the UK move to a low carbon economy by helping business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions now and capture the commercial opportunities of low carbon technologies.

http://www.ukcip.org.uk/
UK Climate Impacts Programme - Government-funded programme that helps organisations assess how they might be affected by climate change, so they can prepare for its impact. Has lots of useful information on the impacts of climate change in the UK, and possible adaptations that can be taken.

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change - Recent report by Sir Nicholas Stern, taking a serious look at the economics of climate change, and concluding that the eventual costs of not doing anything about climate change far outweigh the costs of reducing emissions now.

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm
The European Commission Environment, Climate Change Homepage - has information about climate change statistics and policies at a European level.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/yourenv/639312/
The UK Enviroment Agency - has some useful information about climate change impacts on the environment.

http://www.london.gov.uk
The London Government Climate Change Action Plan - an excellent example of how a city can plan to become a world leader in environmental sustainability.

http://climatex.org/
Oxfordshire Climate-X-Change Project - a local project, funded by Defra's Climate Challenge Fund, providing resources to members of the public who sign up as "climate champions" to get their community acting on climate change.