Welcome to U3A Climate Study
Goodbye Africa, goodbye south Asia; goodbye glaciers and sea ice, coral reefs and rainforest; it was nice knowing you, not that we really cared. The governments which moved so swiftly to save the banks have bickered and filibustered while the biosphere burns.
The coal train! Who wins?
What is Being Done by governments, industry, research, NGO's and the public
What We Can Do to study, test products, create the market and influence legislation
Save the World
A Mobile Game Making the Point for children and adults 01/12/15
10 Reasons to be Optimistic 13/08/14
China Plan to Cap Emissions Brings Hope to Conference 04/06/14
This website was started by Malcolm Crocker of U3A Henley-on-Thames and Tom Holloway of U3A International UK in 2006 to study climate change - its effects and remedies and now has 18 registered contributors.
We invite you to join this online study group which will sift through the evidence and the latest technologies and actions to try to build a better picture for the general public. The site now contains over 1600 authoritative extracts and needs your help to build it and comment on the entries. Please also report your Eco Projects, like Marchwood Eco Renovation or your Toyota Prius, so that others may be able to plan their projects.
Introduction
Climate Change will affect our grandchildren and the whole of civilisation in profound ways but most of us know so little about it. Until we know more the politicians are not free to propose legislation radical enough to deal with the problem and its effects.
The subject is also highly complex as it involves physics, technology, meteorology, plant and animal sciences, fuel sciences, politics and world poverty. Scientists do not have experience in all these fields so a real team effort is needed. The answers however need to be expressed in terms all can understand.
This is not an attempt at a structured overview of the whole problem. This is already well done by Climate Code Red, Heat by George Monbiot, Put the Numbers Together, An Inconvenient Truth and many other great books. It is not prepared by renowned climate scientists but by people with a scientific interest in learning the truth by examining a wide range of assertions and testing them with your help. Articles in our skeptics section deliberately throw doubt on other parts of the work. We just want to piece together the truth in our own minds. What is the situation? What is the future likely to hold? Could it be much worse than science predicts? What steps are being taken by governments and industry? Are they adequate? How will it affect us? What can we do?
Have you seen articles which may hold the key to our future? Is a possible scenario forming in your mind? Can you comment on or criticize our current material? Please tell us about it.
How to join in
If you are a guest and you would like to take part please send an email to malcolm@3as.org.uk with the entry you want to make, and I will enter it for you. If your entry is constructive I will register you and you will be able to join in fully.
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