Listed below is a sample of useful resources, which address some of the social and psychological issues of global warming, its effects, its mitigation and our adaptation.

BOOKS and PAPERS –

  1. Tiwaiwaka (Fantail) by Robert McGowan (Pa Ropata). This booklet lays out very succinctly the Maori world view and is highly recommended reading in these times of change. The guiding principles represent a different set of priorities to how the world operates today. The number one priority is not profit, but caring for the whenua. That’s the only way to ensure long term sustainability. You can learn more from the Tiwaiwaka website and purchase a copy of the booklet if interested.
  2. 3 Degrees More - The Impending Hot Season and How Nature Can Help Us Prevent It. A Report from Schellnhuber, Rahmstorf, Allmendinger, etc. Edited by Klaus Wiegandt. This is an Open Access book you can download for free.
  3. Under the Weather - James Renwick.
  4. Deep Water. The world in the ocean - James Bradley.
  5. Climate Change and the Coast: Building Resilient Communities by Bruce Glavovic and others. Bruce is a Professor with the Massey University, School of People, Environment and Planning. You can also download or request a large range of topical papers from the Researchgate website. He has published solely and with others on many climate related matters.
  6. Climate Wars – Gwynne Dyer. Gwynne has made available a digital copy of his book for downloading.  
  7. Storms of My Grandchildren – The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity by James Hansen. You can request a pdf copy from James on the Researchgate website.
  8. This Changes Everything – Naomi Klein.
  9. Time of Useful Consciousness – Ralph Chapman from V.U.W. Ralph has also provided a useful commentary on his book.
  10. Why are we waiting: The Logic, Urgency & Promise of Tackling Climate Change – Lord Nicholas Stern. You can also watch a video of his lecture on "Innovation, Climate and Development" delivered to the Carbon Trust in 2016.
  11. Climate Change, What Everyone Needs to Know – John Abraham.
  12. The Sixth Extinction – Elizabeth Colbert.
  13. The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy – Paul Gilding.
  14. Living in a Warmer World: How a Changing Climate Will Affect Our Lives – Jim Salinger.
  15. Atmosphere of Hope: Searching for Solutions to the Climate Crisis – Tim Flannery.
  16. Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet. – Tim Jackson. This book was originally published in 2009. Tim substantially revised and rewrote the book in 2024. You can learn more from his website. 
  17. From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want by Rob Hopkins, the co-founder of Transition Network and of Transition Town Totnes, and author of several books including The Transition Handbook and most recently, From What Is to What If. He also published The Ministry of Imagination Manifesto in 2024 which is available for free from his website.     
  18. The End of Nature – Bill McKibben.
  19. Growth Shock - Tragedy and Hope at the Limits of a Finite World. – Robert Fanney.
  20. The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability by Paul Hawken. This book deals with how governments can use taxation as a way of forcing business activity into climate supportive action.
  21. Drawdown edited by Paul Hawken - The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. Learn more on the Project Drawdown website.
  22. The Alarmist. 50 Years Measuring Climate Change - Dave Lowe. Check out this RNZ interview with Dave.
  23. Rethinking Climate Change - Disruptions, Implications and Choices. - The RethinkX group have published this report in which they look at - How Humanity Can Choose to Reduce Emissions 90% by 2035 through the Disruption of Energy, Transportation, and Food with Existing Technologies.
  24. Environment and economics: A marriage of (in)convenience?, Speech by Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton to the EDS conference on June 12th, 2024 in CHCH. As we have grown to expect from Simon this is a thoughtful challenge to us all when considering our future economic direction.

WEBSITES –
  1. The Climate Genn site has an excellent range of video clips including interviews with climate scientists.
  2. Debunking Climate Change myths from the Skeptical Science website. This is an excellent site with up to date info for rebutting those persistent climate myths.
  3. Multiple interesting articles on climate reality from the Climate Change Psychology website -
  4. A Tipping Point is a critical threshold at which a tiny change can dramatically alter the state of development of a system tipping past a point of no return. Learn more on the Tipping Points website.  
  5. James Hansen blogs, lectures etc. All of the regular informed communications from James are available on his website.
  6. The Deep South Science Challenge, hosted by NIWA, is a research collaboration between Crown Research Institutes, universities and other research providers in NZ. This is an excellent NZ resource for informed adaptation planning.
  7. Animated history of CO2. This is a little out of date but is a very good history of atmospheric CO2 from 800,000 years ago until 2014. 
  8. Arctic Methane Emergency Group. 
  9. Paul Beckwith - Climate System scientist.

MOVIES and WEBINARS –
  1. Wise Response NewZealand Seminar on Biophysical Limits To Growth - This webinar addresses the following question - Economic growth has become culturally, politically and institutionally engrained at a global scale. Is that sustainable?
  2. Interview with Paul Hawken about the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.
  3. If you're interested in a deep dive into the topic of "A Vision for Betterment - From naive to authentic progress" with Nate Hagens and Daniel Schmachtenberger then this video will give you plenty to think about. 
  4. Climate change: simultaneous views from above and below. A talk by Professor Peter Gluckman. Peter addresses the issue of polarisation in climate matters and how we might best avoid it.

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