REFERENCES AND RESEARCH

"COP26 Is Not The Disaster You Think It Is"

1. Cost of COP26 and Climate Funding

Reference 1 – Final Report on Net Zero Strategy by HM Treasury

Reference 2 – Article by Concern Worldwide regarding the $100bn/year pledge

Reference 3 – Press Release by the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Reference 4 – Legal Briefing by Travers Smith regarding the 2021 Net Zero Strategy

Reference 5 – Transcript of Prince Charles’ speech at COP26

2. Use of 'Climate Change' rather than 'Global Warming'

Reference 1 – Article by Energy and Capital detailing the change in terms

Reference 2 – NASA report on climate change vs global warming

Reference 3 – NASA article discussing change of terms

3. Fossil fuels contribution to Human evolution

Reference 1 – Essay by National Vanguard regarding energy and Human evolution

Reference 2 – Research essay by Bartleby Research about the effect of CO2 on Human evolution

4. Role of Methane in climate change

Reference 1 – IEA (International Energy Agency) 2021 report on the effect of Methane relating to climate change

Reference 2 – Conserve Energy Future analysis of Methane’s effects, uses and sources

Reference 3 – ESSD (Earth System Science Data) Article – Global Methane Budget

Reference 4 – One Green Planet article comparing Methane to CO2

Reference 5 – CLEAR (Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research) article regarding cattle-caused methane

5. Horse meat vs Bovine meat

Reference 1 – Comparison of beef and horse meat by Foodstruct

Reference 2 – Article by The Guardian comparing sustainability of Horse meat vs beef

Reference 3 – Study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information comparing nutritional characteristics of beef and pork to Horse meat

Reference 4 – Article by Consume Less Life about lab-grown meat alternatives

Reference 5 – Study by Oxford Academic about horse meat production in Spain

"How to Survive Climate Change - Part 1"

1. Natural Causes of Climate Change

Reference 1 – Quanta Magazine article detailing natural causes of climate change

Reference 2 – BGS (British Geological Survey) article about causes of climate change

Reference 3 –  Publication regarding causes and evidence of climate change (2020) by The Royal Society. 

Reference 4 – Fifth assessment report by IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) investigating science basis for climate change

Reference 5 –  Assessment of climate change causes by the EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Reference 6 – Harvard research paper regarding Gaia Hypothesis

Reference 7 – Science Direct overview on Gaia Hypothesis

Reference 8 – Overview by Science Direct on the Glacial-Interglacial Cycle (Milankovitch Cycles)

Reference 9 – Journal of Climatology study on Milankovitch cycles, solar activity and CO2

Reference 10 – NASA review of Milankovitch Cycles

Reference 11 – Research article posted by AGU Publications on the MECO 

Reference 12 – Research paper released by PubMed investigating methane reserves under Antarctic sheet

Reference 13 – News article published by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) detailing GHG emissions caused by livestock

2. Previous mass extinctions

Reference 1 – ThoughtCo article on Earth’s 5 mass extinctions

Reference 2 – World Atlas timeline of 5 mass extinctions

3. Earth's climate change cycles

Reference 3 – Article written by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) about Earth’s natural climate cycles

Reference 4 – Article written by The Human Origin Project about Earth’s cyclical ice ages 

See previous links about Milankovitch Cycles 

4. Melting of Antarctic/Arctic Ice

Reference 1 – Examination of Arctic ice caps melting published by Scientific American

Reference 2 – Article discussing the melting of polar ice caps, published by Discover Magazine

5. Antarctica without ice

Reference 1 – Article by National Geographic displaying what the world would look like without ice 

Reference 2 – Article by National Geographic discussing land mass underneath the Antarctic sheet 

Reference 3 – Live Science article discussing what Antarctica looked like before the Ice Age

Reference 4 – Guardian interview with Prof. Jane Francis regarding pre-Ice Age Antarctica 

"How To Survive Climate Change - Part 2"

1. 2006 & 2007 River Avon floods in Stratford-upon-Avon

Reference 1 – BBC News report on the River Avon flood in 2007.

Reference 2 – Environment Agency report regarding historic flooding in Warwickshire (Page 3)

Reference 3 – Baca statement regarding the building of flood-resilient housing after the 2007 and 2008 floodings 

2. Sea level rise predictions

Reference 1 – NASA article discussing current sea-level rise projections for year 2,100

Reference 2 – Climate.gov article discussing sea level rise and future predictions 

3. Forest fire prevention

Reference 1 – One Tree Planted easy precautions for reducing forest fires

Reference 2 – Rayonier article explaining forest management’s role in preventing forest fires

Reference 3 – Waldwissen article discussing forest fires in Germany