An Eclectic and Incomplete Bibliography on Climate Change and Sustainability. Developed

An Eclectic and Incomplete Bibliography on Climate Change and Sustainability. Developed for LLAMA Webinar “Creating Sustainable Libraries and Programs” presented on 11/30/2026

By Stephen C. Maack and Arlene Hopkins December 2016

Note: check WorldCat for other editions including additional eBook availability

Climate Change Introduction

Division on Earth and Life Studies,, & National Research Council (U.S.),. (2012). Climate Change: Evidence, Impacts, and Choices: Set of 3 Booklets. Washington: National Academies Press.

Henson, R., & American Meteorological Society,. (2014). The thinking person's guide to climate change. Boston, Massachusetts: American Meteorological Society.

McKibben, B. (2012). The global warming reader: A century of writing about climate change. New York, N.Y: Penguin Books.

Michaels, P. J., & Knappenberger, P. C. (2015). Lukewarming: The new climate science that changes everything. Washington, D.C: Cato Institute.

National Research Council (U.S); Beatty, A. S.; National Research Council (U.S.), Steering Committee on Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14.; & National Research Council (U.S.), Board on Science Education. (2012). Climate change education: Formal settings, K-14 : a workshop summary. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. (2010). Advancing the science of climate change. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

National Research Council (U.S.) & National Academies Press (U.S.). (2011). America's Climate Choices. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

National Research Council (U.S.); National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on America's Climate Choices.; National Research Council (U.S.). America's Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change; National Research Council (U.S.), Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; America's Climate Choices (Project). (2010). Informing an effective response to climate change. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press. National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on America's Climate Choices.; National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change.; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.; America's Climate Choices (Project) (2010). Adapting to the impacts of climate change. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change.; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.; National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies. (2010). Limiting the magnitude of future climate change. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

Odum, M., Bardi, U., Jensen, R., & Bednarz, D. (June 03, 2015). Bounce Forward: Urban Resilience in the Era of Climate Change. Resilience, 2015-6. A Strategy Downloadable paper from Island Press and the Kresge Foundation. http://kresge.org/sites/default/files/Bounce-Forward-Urban-Resilience-in-Era-of- Climate-Change-2015.pdf

Romm, J. J. (2016). Climate change: What everyone needs to know. New York: Oxford University Press.

Climate Change Impacts: Biodiversity Loss

Kolbert, E. (2006, 2015). Field notes from a catastrophe: Man, nature, and climate change. Revised and Updated. New York: Bloomsbury Pub.

Dunne, N., & Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (2012). A native plants reader. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Pearson, R. G., & American Museum of Natural History. (2011). Driven to extinction: The impact of climate change on biodiversity. New York: Sterling.

Climate Change Impacts: Economics and Business

Arnoldus, M. and Bymolt, R. (n.d.) Demystifying Carbon Markets: A Guide to Developing Carbon Credit Projects. KIT Publishers.

Brown, L.R. et al. (2015). The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy. New York:W.W. Norton and Company. Klein, N. (2014). This changes everything: Capitalism vs. the climate. New York : Simon & Schuster. Also available as an audiobook. DVD of same name by different authors (see WorldCat.org).

Magnuson, J. (2013). The Approaching Great Transformation: Toward a Livable Post Carbon Economy. New York: Seven Stories Press.

Nordhaus, W. D. (2015). The climate casino: Risk, uncertainty, and economics for a warming world. New Haven, Con: Yale University Press. Also available as an eBook (2013 – see WorldCat.org).

Nyks, K., Scott, J. P., PF Pictures (Firm),, & Media Education Foundation,. (2013). Do the +math. Bill McKibben & the Fight Against Climate Change. Northampton, Mass.: Media Education Foundation. DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : English : Wide screen. See other formats on WorldCat.org.

Schapiro, M. (2014). Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy. White River Juncion, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Stern, N. H., & Great Britain. (2007). The economics of climate change: The Stern review. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Stern, N. H. (2009). The global deal: Climate change and the creation of a new era of progress and prosperity. New York, NY: Public Affairs.

Stern, N. H. (2015). Why are we waiting?: The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change. Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press.

Wagner, G., & Weitzman, M. L. (2015). Climate shock: The economic consequences of a hotter planet. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Also available as an eBook.

West, J. (2014). The Long Hedge: Preserving Organisational Value Through Climate Change Adaptation. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing. Also available as an eBook.

Willard, B. (2002). The sustainability advantage: Seven business case benefits of a triple bottom line. Gabriola Island, B.C: New Society Publishers. Also available as an eBook.

Willard, B. (2005). The next sustainability wave: Building boardroom buy-in. Gabriola Island, B.C: New Society Publishers. Also available as an eBook.

Willard, B., & SustainabiliTV. (2007). The business case for sustainability. New York: SustainabiliTV. DVD video.

Willard, B. (2009). The sustainability champion's guidebook: How to transform your company. Gabriola Island, B.C: New Society Publishers. Also available as an eBook. Willard, B. (2012). The New Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line. New York: New Society Publishers. Also available as an eBook.

Climate Change Impacts: Human Health

Luber, G., & Lemery, J. (2015). Global climate change and human health: From science to practice. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass. Also available as an eBook.

McMichael, A. J., World Health Organization., World Meteorological Organization., & United Nations Environment Programme. (2003). Climate change and human health: Risks and responses. Geneva: WHO. Also available as an eBook.

NATO advanced research workshop on climate change, human health and national security, Fernando, H. J. S., Klaic, Z. B., & McCulley, J. L. (2012). National security and human health implications of climate change: [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Climate Change, Human Health and National Security, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28-30 April 2011]. Dordrecht (Netherlands: Springer. Also available as an eBook.

Climate Change Impacts: Rising Sea Levels

Englander, J. (2014). High tide on main street: Rising sea level and the coming coastal crisis. Revised and updated, revision 2.1. Boca Raton, FL : The Science Bookshelf.

Communicating about Climate Change

Catholic Church, Pope, (2013 -; Francis), & Catholic Church, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. (2015). On care for our common home: Laudato si' : encyclical letter. Washington, DC : United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Series No. 7-502. Includes discussion questions. Also available as Catholic Church., & Francis, . (2015). Praise be to you =: Laudato si' : on care for our common home. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.

Darling, S. B., & Sisterson, D. L. (2014). How to change minds about our changing climate: Let science do the talking the next time someone tries to tell you ... : the climate isn't changing : global warming is actually a good thing : climate change is natural, not man-made : ... and other arguments it's time to end for good. New York : The Experiment.

Ecoamerica research-based reports on effective ways to communicate about climate change with various populations available for free download in .pdf format from http://ecoamerica.org/research/. Check with Ecoamerica about softbound copies. Hoffman, A. J. (2015). How culture shapes the climate change debate. Stanford, California: Stanford Briefs, an imprint of Stanford University Press. Also available as an eBook.

Hulme, M. (2009). Why we disagree about climate change: Understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Mann, M. E., & Toles, T. (2016). The madhouse effect: How climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy. New York: Columbia University Press. Also available as an ebook.

Stoknes, P. E. (2015). What we think about when we try not to think about global warming: Toward a new psychology of climate action. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Turnbull, M., Sterrett, C. L., & Hilleboe, A. (2013). Toward resilience: A guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Pub.

Green Buildings and Green Communities Standards

Architecture 2030: Greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon neutral standards combined with high performance design. http://architecture2030.org/2030_challenges/

ASHRAE 189.1-2014: Standard for Design of High-Performance Green Buildings. (ANSI Approved, USGBC & IES Co-sponsored). https://www.ashrae.org/resources-- publications/bookstore/standard-189-1

CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools): Rating system for design, construction, operation of buildings and campuses. http://www.chps.net/dev/Drupal/node

Ecological Footprint: Measures supply (biocapacity) and demand (human use) on nature’s systems. http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_basics_overview/ Ecological footprint calculator: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/

LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design): Rating system for design, construction, operation of buildings and neighborhoods. http://www.usgbc.org/leed? gclid=CLzY1e3v8dACFcVffgodttcJdg

LEED Building Standards. http://www.usgbc.org/leed-v4

LEED for Neighborhood Development http://www.usgbc.org/articles/getting-know-leed- neighborhood-development. LEED for Neighborhood Development standards http:// www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/LEED%20v4%20ND_04.05.16_current.pdf, and citizen’s guide https:// www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/citizens_guide_LEED-ND.pdf.

Living Building Challenge: Rigorous and broad standards toward sustainable buildings, infrastructure, landscapes, neighborhoods and communities. https://living-future.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/11/Living-Building-Challenge-3.1-Standard.pdf for context see https://living-future.org/lbc/

STAR (Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating Communities) Community Rating System http://www.starcommunities.org/rating-system /

Greening Libraries

ALA Resolution on the Importance of Sustainable Libraries. June 28, 2015. http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/governance/council/co uncil_documents/2015_annual_council_documents/cd_36_substainable_libraries_resol_fina l.pdf

Jadefrid, M., Lennartsson, J., Kleinhenz, C. and Blomberg, M. (2016) Searching for sustainability - A blended course in how to search interdisciplinary. http :// library.ifla.org/1340/1/215-jadefrid-en.pdf

Jankowska, M. A. (2014). Focus on educating for sustainability: Toolkit for academic libraries. Sacramento, CA: Litwin Books

Miller, K. (2010). Public libraries going green. Chicago: American Library Association.

Peterson, J. (March 28, 2016) “Growing Library Gardens Programs,” WebJunction https:// www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/growing-library-garden-programs.html

Sustainability Round Table – American Library Association http://www.ala.org/sustainrt/ includes a link to join the listserv

Individual Resposnes to Climate Change

Editors of the Green Guide Magazine. (2008). Illustrated Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Freed, E.C. and Daum, K. (2010). Green $ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects. Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press. Community Gardens, Urban Agriculture and Food Policy

Brown, L. R. (2012). Full planet, empty plates: The new geopolitics of food scarcity. New York : W.W. Norton & Company. Also available as an eBook.

Dubbeling, M., Veenhuizen, R. ., & Zeeuw, H. . (2010). Cities, poverty and food: Multi- stakeholder policy and planning in urban agriculture. Rugby, Warwickshire: Practical Action Pub.

Gaylie, V. (2011). Roots and research in urban school gardens. New York: Peter Lang. Also available in microfiche (see WorldCat).

Hanson, B., & Schmidt, S. (2012). Green roofs and rooftop gardens. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Hanson, D., Marty, E., Winne, M., & Hanson, M. (2011). Breaking Through Concrete: Building an Urban Farm Revival. Berkeley: University of California Press. Also available as an eBook.

Harnik, P. (2010). Urban green: Innovative parks for resurgent cities. Washington, DC: Island Press. Also available as an eBook.

Hou, J., Johnson, J., & Lawson, L. J. (2009). Greening cities, growing communities: Urban community gardens in Seattle. Washington, D.C.: Landscape Architecture Foundation in association with Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.

Kirby, E., & Peters, E. (2010). Community gardening. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Earlier editions avaialable.

Lawson, L. J. (2005). City bountiful: A century of community gardening in America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Also available as an eBook.

Rich, S. (2012). Urban farms. New York: Abrams. Also available as an eBook.

Thompson, T. (2014). Urban farming. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Also available as an eBook from Thomson, Gale.

Other Resources

Crate, S. A., & Nuttall, M., editors. (2009). Anthropology and climate change: From encounters to actions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. Also available as an eBook from New York : Routledge, 2016. Crate, S. A., & Nuttall, M., editors (2016). Anthropology and climate change: From actions to transformations. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Also available as an eBook.

International Evaluation Group, World Bank has multiple evaluations from various parts of the world available for download in .pdf format at https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/ieg- search? field_report_type_tags_1=287&search_api_fulltext=&field_topic=All&field_report_type_tags =All&type_1[0]=evaluation&type_1[1]=reports&content_type_1=evaluation- reports&field_year=&field_country=All&field_sub_category=All&field_organization_tags=Al l&sort_by=field_official_date&sort_order=DESC . Use the Topic pull-down menu to choose “climate change.” There is a three-part series available on the World Bank Group Experience with climate change efforts. Including Adapting to Climate Change: Assessing the World Bank Group Experience, Phase III (2013).

National Academies Press, climate change collection. Materials can be purchased in softcover or downloaded for free in .pdf format. https://www.nap.edu/collection/34/climate-change.

National Research Council (U.S.). (2010). Monitoring climate change impacts: Metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions for collective action. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Wilmsen, C,; Elmendorf, W.; Fisher, L.; Ross, J.; Sarathy, B.; & Wells, G. (2008). Partnerships for empowerment: Participatory research for community-based natural resource management. London: Earthscan. Also available as an eBook.

URLs for More Information and Frequent Updates

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) http://aceee.org/ includes news, a blog and an interactive map to a state policy database.

American Planning Association (APA) https://www.planning.org/search/?keyword= % 22climate+change%22

Arctic ice current status. http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenew/

Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) http://www.accoonline.org/ includes news links related to climate change and related matters. Cultivating Urban Resilience Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/271158363266444/

Cultivating Urban Resilience – Libraries Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/Cultivating-Urban-Resilience-Libraries-1109311195814934/? fref=ts

EcoAmerica (climate change communication) http://ecoamerica.org/research/)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 6th assessment cycle, https://www.ipcc.ch/. During this cycle, the Panel will produce three Special Reports, a Methodology Report on national greenhouse gas inventories and the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The Fifth assessment report, Working Group II (2008-2014) and earlier assessment reports are available at Harvard University, Papers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://hcl.harvard.edu/collections/ipcc/

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). https://www.iucn.org/. Publications, briefs and other resources are found at https://www.iucn.org/resources

The Kresge Foundation funds several programs related to climate change resilience. See links at http://kresge.org/programs/environment

Sierra Club http://www.sierraclub.org/ for news and organizational actions, see programs link for specific topics http://www.sierraclub.org/programs

Sustainable City Network http ://www.sustainablecitynetwork.com /

Sustainability Round Table – American Library Association http://www.ala.org/sustainrt/ includes a link to join the listserv

The Trust for Public Land The Trust for Public Land (US) https:// www.tpl.org/search/site/climate%20change

Under 2◦ Subnational Global Climate Leadership Memorandum of Understanding and actions at the subnational level. Includes a news link relevant to sub-national actions http://under2mou.org/

University of Idaho. And University of California, Los Angeles. (1994). Electronic green journal. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Library. https :// escholarship.org/uc/uclalib_egj