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Climate change concept association tool

A tool for curriculum developers and other communicators to explore the diverse range of concepts associated with climate change and the links between them

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Glossary of topics

Climate zone shift Climate/ radiative forcing Clouds Co-benefits CO2/ carbon dioxide emissions Cognitive biases Communication Community Compound events Conference of the Parties (COP) Confidence/ uncertainty Conflict Consumerism Cooperation/ collaboration Coral bleaching Cryosphere

Capacity building Carbon budget Carbon capture storage (CCS) Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide removal/ sequestration Carbon footprint Carbon market Carbon neutral Carbon offsetting Carbon sinks Carbon trading Cascading effects Causes CH4/ methane emissions Changing futures Circular economy Climate Climate change Climate change committee (CCC) Climate crisis/ emergency Climate eco anxiety/ fear Climate engineering/ geoengineering Climate justice Climate literacy Climate sensitivity Climate stories Climate stripes/ visualisation

Click on a topic (left) or roll over a coloured dot (right) to explore links between this concept and others

Dots closest to the centre represent the climate changes’s most connected concept

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1.5 Degree target2 Degree target Abatement Abrupt change Access to shelter Action Activism and advocacy Adaptation Afforestation Agriculture Air quality Aircraft Albedo Anthropocene Anthropogenic Aquifer Arctic/ Antarctic Atmosphere Attribution Barriers to action Batteries Behavioural change Bias Biodiversity Biofuels Biogeochemical cycles Biosphere Buildings

1.5 Degree target

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1.5 Degree target2 Degree target Abatement Abrupt change Access to shelter Action Activism and advocacy Adaptation Afforestation Agriculture Air quality Aircraft Albedo Anthropocene Anthropogenic Aquifer Arctic/ Antarctic Atmosphere Attribution Barriers to action Batteries Behavioural change Bias Biodiversity Biofuels Biogeochemical cycles Biosphere Buildings

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Sustainability

Societal change

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Society

Action

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About this tool

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Climate zone shift Climate/ radiative forcing Clouds Co-benefits CO2/ carbon dioxide emissions Cognitive biases Communication Community Compound events Conference of the Parties (COP) Confidence/ uncertainty Conflict Consumerism Cooperation/ collaboration Coral bleaching Cryosphere

Capacity building Carbon budget Carbon capture storage (CCS) Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide removal/ sequestration Carbon footprint Carbon market Carbon neutral Carbon offsetting Carbon sinks Carbon trading Cascading effects Causes CH4/ methane emissions Changing futures Circular economy Climate Climate change Climate change committee (CCC) Climate crisis/ emergency Climate eco anxiety/ fear Climate engineering/ geoengineering Climate justice Climate literacy Climate sensitivity Climate stories Climate stripes/ visualisation

Anthropogenic

Climate justice

Capacity building

Science

Climate change

Feedback loops

Land usechange

Natural variability

Greenhouse gas concentrations

Liability

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About this tool

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Climate zone shift Climate/ radiative forcing Clouds Co-benefits CO2/ carbon dioxide emissions Cognitive biases Communication Community Compound events Conference of the Parties (COP) Confidence/ uncertainty Conflict Consumerism Cooperation/ collaboration Coral bleaching Cryosphere

Capacity building Carbon budget Carbon capture storage (CCS) Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide removal/ sequestration Carbon footprint Carbon market Carbon neutral Carbon offsetting Carbon sinks Carbon trading Cascading effects Causes CH4/ methane emissions Changing futures Circular economy Climate Climate change Climate change committee (CCC) Climate crisis/ emergency Climate eco anxiety/ fear Climate engineering/ geoengineering Climate justice Climate literacy Climate sensitivity Climate stories Climate stripes/ visualisation

Anthropogenic

Climate justice

Causes

Science

Climate change

Feedback loops

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Natural variability

Greenhouse gas concentrations

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Extreme event attribution Extreme weather

Data assimilationData storage Decarbonisation Deforestation Depressions Desertification Detection Diet Disaster risk management Domestic policy Drought Earth system Economic incentives Economy/ economic Ecosystem based adaptation Ecosystem services Ecosystems Education Electric vehicles Electrification Emissions gap Energy Energy performance certificate Enhanced greenhouse effect Equity Evidence Exposure Extinction Extinction rebellion (XR)

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Societal change

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Society

Data assimilation

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Health Heatwaves/ extreme heat Hindcasts/ projections Hope Hydroelectric power

Fairness/ inequality Famine Feedback loops Finance Fire weather Fisheries Flash flooding Flood defences Flooding/ flood risk Food security Forests Fossil fuels Friends of the Earth Fuel security Geothermal energy Global atmospheric circulation Global energy budget/ balance Global stocktake Global warming potential Green careers Green climate fund Green/ carbon colonialism Greenhouse effect Greenhouse gas concentrations Greenpeace Greenwashing Greta Thunberg

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Fairness inequality

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Migration (people) Misconceptions Mitigation Mitigation pathways Modelling Monsoons Mortality

Ice cores Ice sheets Impact assessment Impacts Indifference Indigenous knowledge Individuals Industrial revolution Industry Inertia Infrastructure Instruments Interdisciplinary cooperation International policy IPCC Irreversible Just stop oil Just transition Keeling curve Kelp Kyoto protocol Land ice/ glaciers Land use change Leadership Liability Loss and damage Media Mental health Met office Metrics/measures

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Ice cores

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National adaptation plans Nationally determined contributions (NDCS) Natural greenhouse effect Natural variability Nature based solutions Negotiations Net zero NO2 emissions Normative feedback Nuclear power Observations Ocean acidification Ocean circulation Ocean currents Ocean fertilisation Ocean warming Oceans Other greenhouse gas emissions Outreach/ engagement Overshoot

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Sustainability

Societal change

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Society

National adaptation plans

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Resource use Responsibility Reversible Rewilding Risk River catchment development

Paris agreement Party Peat Per capita emissions Permafrost Pests and invasive species Phenology Policy Politics Pollen Polluter pays Pollution Poverty Precipitation Priorities/ balance Proxy records Radar Radiative transfer RCPS Recycling Regional climate change Regulation Relevance/ here and now Renewable/ non fossil fuel energy Reparations Representation Research Resilience/ vulnerability Resource loss

Conference of the Parties (COP)

Paris agreement

Nationally determined contributions (NDCS)

Global stocktake

National adaptation plans

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Sustainable development goals (SDGS) Systems thinking Technology/ innovation Teleconnections Temperature/ global warming Tidal/ wave power Tipping points Transport Travel and tourism Tree rings Trends Tropical cyclones

Satellites Scenarios Scepticism Schools strike for climate Science Sea ice Sea level rise Sector resilience Sediments and fossils SIDS (small island developing states) Sir David Attenborough Smart grid technology Social norms Social science Societal change Society Soil health Solar energy Solutions Species migration SSPS Stem Storage Storm surges Storms Stranded assets SUDS (sustainable urban drainage systems) Sustainability

Satellites

Instruments

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Understanding Uneven impacts UNFCCC/ governance Urban green infrastructure Urban heat Urbanisation Vector borne diseases Water cycle Water security Water vapour (H2O) concentrations Weather Weather buoys Weather stations Well-being Wildfires Wildlife impact Wind Wind power WMO Written records WWF

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