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| We will add links to downloadable publications we find on the topic of communication and education related to climate change. Please come back soon to check out any new documents. |
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|  The Oil Crunch (pdf, 686 kb). A wake-up call for the UK economy, Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security, Second report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security (ITPOES).
Draft Competencies Framework (pdf, 201 kB). The Improvement and Development Agency (IdeA) has prepared this draft competencies framework (consultation closed in July 2010), which describes the core competencies that local authority staff need to support the council’s role as a community leader and to drive and co-ordinate the council’s activities on climate change.
The Independent Climate Change Emails - Review (pdf 1.4 MB), July 2010. The Review examines the honesty, rigour and openness with which the Climatic Research Unit scientists have acted. They offer no opinion on the validity of their scientific work which only comes through the normal processes of scientific debate.
Assessing an IPCC Assessment (pdf 1.9 MB), July 2010. An analysis of statements on projected regional impacts in the 2007 report. In January 2010, the media reported two errors in specific parts of the Fourth Assessment Report of 2007 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). On 28 January 2010, the Dutch Parliament asked the Dutch Minister for the Environment for an investigation into the implications of these errors. They investigated how the IPCC assessed regional impacts of climate change and formulated some recommendations to further improve the quality of the assessments.
2nd Local Government Positioning Paper on Climate Change and Energy, April 2010. There is a growing interest in climate change and sustainable energy in its realtionship to sustainable urban development and economic growth - which are both being core mandates of local governments (LGs). The main barriers of addressing climate change and drive the transition to sustainable energy tend to arise from the unavailability of finances for low-carbon technology and infrastructure.
Communications and Behaviour Change Report. Tackling some of society’s most intractable and costly problems most often requires us to change behaviours in some way. Some steps may be small, like turning off lights, and others may be large, like changing our diets. Some behaviours can have tragic short-term consequences, like driving too fast, and others longer-term damage to ourselves and other people, like smoking.
The Standing of Sustainable Development in Government, Jonathan Porritt, November 2009. a general enquiry into why a government that has shown such promise on several aspects of sustainable development has ended up with a balance sheet that has almost as much on the debit side as on the credit side.
Public Perception of Climate Change in Warwickshire - Research Dissertation, Emmeline Smart, July 2008
Research dissertation that shares the views of various groups across Warwickshire. |
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| Citizens' Panel Wave 27 - Climate Change and Energy, July 2008
Warwickshire County Council report on the findings from the Citizens' Panel survey carried out in March 2008. |
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| Sustainable Events Guide, 2007
Defra (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) guide to help you plan events as sustainably as possible. Covers issues such as transport; venue; catering; event preparation; social wellbeing. |
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| A Framework for Pro-environmental Behaviours, DEFRA, 2008 and Annexes
This report sets out a framework for Defra's (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) work on pro-environmental behaviour. It pulls together evidence on public understanding, attitudes and behaviours; identifies behaviour goals; and draws conclusions on the potential for change across a range of behaviour groups. |
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| Public Attitudes towards Climate Change and the Impact of Transport, January 2008
Department for Transport (DTR) report that covers levels of concern about the environment and climate change and levels of support for a range of policy options to reduce transport emissions. |
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| Friends of the Earth - Campaigns
Campaigns being run to encourage more people to get involved in taking action against climate change. |
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| Directgov - Climate Change
Find out all about climate change and what you can do to help tackle it. |
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| FCDL climate change taster pack
Federation for Community Development (FCDL) pack offering a 3 hour taster session on climate change communications. |
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| Institute for Public Policy Research - Climate Change
Links to various publications dealing with communicating climate change. |
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| Environmental Change Institute
Information on research, campaigns and events, all themed on climate change communciations. |
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| If you have any queries or know of any publications that should be added to the website, please contact Warwickshire County Council's Strategic Energy Manager or Climate Change Projects Officer by emailing climatechange@warwickshire.gov.uk |
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