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"A new study from North Carolina State University finds that educating children about climate change increases their parents' concerns about climate change. "There's a robust body of work showing that kids can influence their parents' behavior and positions on environmental and social issues, but this is the first experimental study demonstrating that climate education for children promotes parental concern about climate change," says Danielle Lawson, lead author of a paper on the work and a Ph.D. student at NC State."

Climate Commons is a map-based interactive platform that contains layers of news and information on climate change in the US. It is designed to provide academics, policymakers, journalists, and the general public with the latest data and stories on the causes and impacts of, and responses to climate change across the country. The map combines the most recently available data on climate change indicators, such as temperature, precipitation, and emissions, with the latest, geo-tagged stories on climate change in the United States.

Some great tools here for teachers who are teaching about Climate Change and politics

This is a great set of video and other resources from London's science museum about climate change and its mitigation. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Brett Weinstein, Ph.D. and the Natural Selection and Evolution of Climate Change TEDxThe Evergreen State College

A good child-friendly site from the US EPA about Climate Change. Learn about why it's happening and what they can do to help. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

River-wrecking dams are the wrong choice for a warming world. International Rivers works on three key areas where climate change, dams and rivers intersect. For an in-depth look at each of these areas, click on the links below or visit our Publications page.

A climate game where players must make key decisions for the world's environment. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

We are living in interesting, frightening and rapidly changing times. Where rapid changes and transformations through technology, politics, globalisation and the climate, conspire against normality. These times demand a fresh approach to education, one that provides learners with the thinking dispositions they need to turn challenges into opportunities.  "All that was 'normal' has now evaporated; we have entered postnormal times, the in-between period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have not yet emerged, and nothing really makes sense." But what thinking might guide us through this time of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity?

Impacts and adaptations of climate change across the major regions of the US. Also broken down across 10 sectors-agriculture, coasts, ecosystems, energy, human ,health, etc. 

spatial inequality, climate change, poverty

spatial inequality, climate change

"How do we know it's not a natural cycle?" 

Understanding penguin response to climate and ecosystem change

Stories and resources for younger children about climate change.