Sustainability Science Notes and Sources

Paul’s Preparation Bibliography

Basshuysen, Philippe van & Brandstedt, Eric (2018). Comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions.’ Environmental Research Letters, 13(4) doi:10.1088/1748-9326

IPCC 5th Assessment. https://www.ipcc.ch/

IPCC. Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C approved by governments: https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/

Khagram, Sanjeev, Kimberly A. Nicholas, Dena Macmynowski Bever, Justin Warren, Elizabeth H. Richards, Kirsten Oleson, Justin Kitzes, et al. 2010. “Thinking about Knowing: Conceptual Foundations for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research.” Environmental Conservation 37 (4). Cambridge University Press: 388–97. doi:10.1017/S0376892910000809.

Nicholas, Kimberly. Global change in local places: Climate change and the future of the wine industry in Sonoma and Napa, California. Stanford University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009. Credited and searchable as Cahill, Kimberly Nicholas.

Nicholas, Kimberly. A Taste of the Future: Wine in a Changing Climate: https://youtu.be/83IBqKkMNlo

Nicholas, Kimberly. China, UK, and US at centre of global ”land grabbing” trade: https://youtu.be/XsgvBafVxM0

Nicholas, Kimberly. Grand Opening of the Sustainability Week: https://youtu.be/QkZ7Tr22Rzw

Nicholas, Kimberly. How we solved climate change : A retrospective from 2050: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXv1_2cqV8

Nicholas, Kimberly. We Can Fix It World Cafe: http://www.kimnicholas.com/we-can-fix-it-world-cafe.html

The Global Carbon Project. https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/index.htm

Wynes, S., & Nicholas, K. A. (2018). Reply to Second comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: Education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions'. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6). doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aac9cf

Wynes, Seth, Kimberly A Nicholas, Jiaying Zhao, and Simon D Donner. 2018. “Measuring what works: Quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use.” Environmental Research Letters 13 (11): https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae5d7

Plus Wikipedia for terms I didn’t understand.

Kim’s Suggested Reading List

Kim directed me to this reading list of books on climate change: https://www.thereadinglists.com/best-books-on-climate-change/

Sustainability Science with Dr. Kimberly Nicholas

On this episode of Halfway Expert I talk to sustainability scientist Kim Nicholas. We talk about what sustainability science is, solution-oriented scholarship, wine, how to fix the world, and more!

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