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Mark McCaffrey helped develop Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science which has been reviewed and endorsed by the US Global Change Science Program. Designed to aid teachers, policy makers, and the general public in understanding the intricacies of the climate system, the Climate Literacy principles present information about Earth's climate, the impacts of climate change, and approaches to preparedness and mitigation. More details ...
Mark is a co-founder of the Climate Literacy Network and attended the Inspiring Climate Education (ICE09) conference in Copenhagen to share insights about climate literacy efforts with colleagues from around the world. He is involved with the NASA funded Inspiring Climate Education Excellence (ICEE) project and the Climate LIteracy Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), which is an NSF National Science Digital Library Pathway.
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New Norms
Meanwhile, we’ve done little or nothing to prepare for changes that are already well underway. The U.S. Navy Task Force Climate Change is one example of an effort to tackle issues like the 1-1.5 meter sea level rise over the next century an ice free summers in the Arctic. Another is the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange, or CAKE, which is collecting case studies of efforts to prepare for climate change around the world. Continue reading
