Sometimes you may find yourself wanting to consult or share a good source of basic climate change information – a short but not overly simplistic primer or introduction. Here are some suggestions for this situation.
(In the United States, by the way, Primer Often rhymes with swimmer in this sense; in Britain, with timer.
“氣候科學、風險與解決方案：每個人的氣候知識。” 該網站由麻省理工學院領先的氣候科學家（也是颶風專家）Kerry Emanuel 組成，非常棒，有許多很酷的圖形和解釋清晰的複雜information. It even has an audio version.
美國宇航局的“氣候變遷”主頁本身並不是入門讀物，但請查看“事實”、“緩解和適應”和“生命體徵”下的下拉菜單，以獲取帶有鏈接和圖形的良好、可讀的information.
The New York Times has consistently had some of the best reporting on climate change. The 2021 FAQ (“Got a climate question? Get answers here”) is still up to date and pretty good.
At the bottom of the UN's Climate Action homepage is a series of topic links that lead to good explanations and primers on a number of key topics. Global reach and contains tons of links.
“Report charts the growing impact of climate change on the United States while highlighting the benefits of action.” Marianne Lavelle, Katie Surma, Kiley Price, Nicholas Kusnetz, Inside Climate News. Good overview of the Fifth US National Climate Assessment (2023), with links.
The European Environment Agency's “Climate Change Impacts, Risks and Adaptation” is Europe-focused, solid and interesting. Check out the “More Information” topics at the bottom of the home page, specifically “Climate Change Impacts, Risks and Adaptation” and “Climate Change Mitigation”.
A good primer on the climate scenarios used by the IPCC: “This interactive primer explains what climate change scenarios are and how they relate to socioeconomics, energy and land use, emissions, climate change and climate impacts.”
“Where the world is (and isn’t) making progress on climate change.” Brad Plummer and Nadja Popovich, The New York Times. That's a good summary of where we're falling behind in 2023.
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