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This page provides general information about the major themes related to the project.

For technical terms, find here a glossary of climate change acronyms.

 

Biomimicry

Here you can find more information about biomimicry:

Biomineralization

  • General book about biomineralization: 'Biomineralization' by Stephen Mann, Oxford Chemistry Masters, 2001.
     

Climate change and CO2 sequestration

This section presents links to articles and reports to provide an overview of the current evidence of climate change and the existing solutions for CO2 sequestration.

  • Everything you need to know about climate change! The Guardian's one-stop guide to the facts of global warming, from the science and politics to economics and technology, drawn from the ultimate climate change FAQ.
     
  • To read more about biosequestration in general, click here.
     
  • In this video, Janez Potočnik, EU-commissioner for the Environment explains the importance of protecting the environment.
     
  • 'Cracking the climate change', a short film about the European scientists going global in their goal to measure and understand climate change, presents evidence of the global change with cases from all across the world. Futuris magazine - coproduction Euronews-DGRTD, 2009.
     
  • The Royal Society has produced a guide which summarizes the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers. 30 September 2010
     
  • The Fourth  IPCC assessment report: Climate Change, presents an update of knowledge on the scientific, technical and socioeconomic aspects of climate change. 2007
     
  • In the Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN) of the IPCC, six renewable energy sources are assessed as a way to mitigate climate change. This assessment includes scientific, technological, environmental and social aspects. 2011
     
  • 'For life, for the future' is a publication on biosphere reserves and climate change that presents good practice case studies from the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, published by the German Commission for UNESCO, 26th February 2011.
     
  • 'New IPCC report reveals: Renewable energy is indispensable to avoiding climate change' Just 2.5% of viable renewable energy sources could provide up to 80% of world energy demand by 2050 with currently available technologies, according to SRREN from the IPCC. 9th May 2011, Greenpeace International.
     
  • 'Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment' from The European Environment Agency: an analysis of the impacts of climate change in Europe. 2008
     
  • 'Feeling the heat' is a document produced under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This guide provides an introduction to climate change and shows how the international community is responding.
     
  • More information about the Carbon Capture and Geological Storage can be found on the website of the DG for Climate Action from the European Commission.
     

Geo-engineering

This section provides more information about geo-engineering. The US National Academy of Sciences has defined geo-engineering as "options that would involve large-scale engineering of our environment in order to combat or counteract the effects of changes in atmospheric chemistry."