Climate Change Initiative

November 2015 was the hottest month ever recorded for the planet according to NASA.  Climate Central, December 14, 2015. The Globe’s Hottest Year Just Keeps Getting Hotter

Feeling a bit overwhelmed at all of the information about climate change?  This article provides straightforward answers to some of the most common climate change questions.  New York Times, November 28, 2015 Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change

Editorial on intersections between globalization and climate change negotiations.  The Guardian, December 13, 2015   The Guardian view on COP 21 climate talks: saving the planet in a fracturing world

News article about the impact that small island states had on the negotiations at COP21. Washington Post, December 12, 2015   How tiny islands drove huge ambition at the Paris climate talks

Interesting article from The New Yorker detailing impacts of flooding and climate change in Miami.  The Bahamas will experience some of the same impacts as sea levels continue to rise.   The Siege of Miami

Online mapping tool that allows you to view changes to land area around the world due to different levels of sea level rise.  Although the tool does not take into account all of the factors of sea level rise, it…

Newspaper article detailing concerns with the need to take climate change into account when constructing buildings in the Bahamas.  The Nassau Guardian, Nov. 24, 2015 Climate Change and Poor Construction

Newspaper article on closure of COP21 and what the outcomes of the Paris Agreement mean for SIDS such as The Bahamas.   Historic climate change negotiations in Paris close

NY Times has compiled a gallery of images and stories that illustrate impacts that climate change is having now.  One of the key messages from the IPCC Assessment Report 5 was that climate change is already happening.  This gallery from…

This post is part of a series provided by CCI members that are part of The Bahamas delegation at COP 21. The Bahamas delegation took part in the COP 21 pre-meetings from November 24-28, 2015 at UNESCO in Paris.  The…