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History: Climate Change Assignment

Resources and information for the History Courses

Resources for the Climate Change Assignment

Featured resources for each country: Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Dominican Republic | Guatemala | Mexico | Peru | Canada
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Climate Change Resources

United Nations Climate Action
Science, Solutions, Solidarity ~ For a livable future
with Climate 101; Fast Facts; Digital Library and more
UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)

Climate Action Tracker (CAT)

CIA Library Databases for scholarly articles and more

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CIA Library Databases offers researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
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These curated databases are focused on science, technology, business, health, religion, arts, literature, humanities, social sciences, and education. The top national and regional US newspapers and newswires are available alongside academic and professional journals, consumer magazines, blogs, and reports. Each of the 12 databases may be searched together or separately.

Climate Change : What Everyone Needs to Know by Joseph Romm
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The Human Footprint : A Global Environmental History by Anthony N. Penna
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The Great Acceleration : An Environmental History of the Anthropocene Since 1945 by J. R. McNeill; Peter Engelke
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Chapter 5 Global climate change and greenhouse gas management in Introduction to Sustainability by Robert Brinkmann
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Chile

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

Colombia

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

Costa Rica

Media & Articles

Costa Rica's Commitment: On The Path To Becoming Carbon-Neutral. By Roberto Dobles Mora. UN Chronicle
Dr. Roberto Dobles Mora was Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
Costa Rica Leads the Way in Cutting Carbon Emissions. BY Doug Irving. RAND, August 30, 2021
Costa Rica: the ‘living Eden’ designing a template for a cleaner, carbon-free world. UNEP, Sept. 20, 2019
Sustainability Leader Costa Rica Makes Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Key to Decarbonization. by CCAC secretariat 4 November, 2021
Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet.. By Somini Sengupta and Alexander Villegas. New York Times, March 12, 2019
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Scholarly Articles

Canada

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

Latin America

UNEP’s Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been the global authority that sets the 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.
FAO Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme - Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization: programs for: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Dominican Republic

Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change by Cristian Lorenzo (Editor)
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International Perspectives on Climate Change: Latin America and Beyond by Walter Leal Filho (Editor); Fátima Alves (Editor); Sandra Caeiro (Editor); Ulisses M. Azeiteiro (Editor)
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Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America : Managing Vulnerability, Fostering Resilience by Walter Leal Filho (Editor); Leonardo Esteves Freitas (Editor)
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Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainability in the Americas by Francisco Dallmeier (Editor); Adam Fenech (Editor); Don Maciver (Editor); Robert Szaro (Editor)
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Reducing Poverty, Protecting Livelihoods, and Building Assets in a Changing Climate: social implications of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean by Dorte Verner
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No Rain in the Amazon : how South America's climate change affects the entire planet by Nikolas Kozloff
Call Number: Archive.org ebook

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

Dominican Republic

Government of Dominican Republic Vice Ministry of Environmental Management - Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Includes Climate Change Mitigation.Department and Deparment of Adaptation to Climate Change
Dominican Republic - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
Dominican Republic - Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
Partnership with Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn)

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

Guatemala

Media & Articles

Climate Change in Guatemala. By Dr. Edwin Castellanos. EntreMundos, 2020.
Dr. Castellanos, Co-Director, Center for Environmental Studies and Biodiversity, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, and lead author, UN IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change
Flee or starve: How climate change is impacting Guatemala. By Juju Chang. ABC News November 9, 2021
Hungry and desperate: Climate change fuels a migration crisis in Guatemala. By Denise Chow and Carlos P. Beltran. NBC News, Sept. 22, 2021
Changing climate forces desperate Guatemalans to migrate. By Gena Steffens. National Geographic, Oct. 23, 2018.

Scholarly Articles

Mexico

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Scholarly Articles

Peru

Media & Articles

Scholarly Articles

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