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# Civic-Makers Climate Change Resources

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## See Also

* The onboarding guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dRDbQycZAzKqHg_hKTljWCd3bmA0PS11m18ZUa1OCrc/edit?usp=sharing
* An article introducing our first climate change project: https://blog.codeforaustralia.org/civic-makers-first-climate-change-project-is-happening-and-we-want-your-help-bca5fac82cb2
* Civic-makers meetup events: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/civic-makers
* The civic-makers slack group: http://codeforaustralia.herokuapp.com/
* The Trello board: https://trello.com/b/ZXaIkclp/civic-makers-2020
* The Miro board timeline: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_le6jXwk=/
* The GitHub repository for developers:
    * The frontend and server at https://github.com/CodeforAustralia/civic-makers-climate-change-visualization
    * The data processing and content at https://github.com/mcyph/civic-makers-climate-change-content 

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## Current Feature Topics

The following (at the time of edit) are the features we are working on. While it's great to add any resources that look useful, it's best to prioritize information related to these topics:

> **https://hackmd.io/@aiU86z55R4a_YvfFB4-zzw/rk4ggNzqv/edit**

## Data Processing

These are attempts to organize external data to make it useful for charts and timelines on our site.

Weather station data script:
> https://gist.github.com/mcyph/465152f665ee87a407bbbfe90d1df6cb

TheyVoteForYou policy categorizations:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KbLo9vVAax7fvNIjHh1A9E4GedsNPNiwYCoCBhLlKrk/edit?usp=sharing

TheyVoteForYou policy categorizations script:
> https://gist.github.com/mcyph/492d013cdf00eba1085bee861ff43703

Political Donations:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Evn7avS-2aUzYaeaHe-vIEIJ7eK0_3XAR9ngVB0y6O8/edit?usp=sharing

Coordinates of bushfire events:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TQBsnvImTHfDoLngQJSP8BdW1iq2dFUm-AclVPCIPlI/edit?usp=sharing

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## Politics
### Articles
* https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/
* https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/australia/sources/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Australia
    > Particularly the "Federal Government action" and "State" sections
* https://www.acf.org.au/donations_data_reveals_scale_of_coal_and_gas_industry_efforts_to_influence_australian_politics
* https://engage.vic.gov.au/regional-climate-change-adaptation-strategy-greater-melbourne
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/the-transparency-project (A lot of content here!)
* https://www.righttoknow.org.au/search/mining/all
* https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2019/03/10/top-10-tax-santos/
* https://www.marketforces.org.au/info/compare-bank-table/

### Articles (Donations)
* https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2020/2/3/political-donations-data-highlights-need-for-reform-to-ensure-fair-elections
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/03/liberal-party-donationsproperty-tycoon-company-isaac-wakil
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/11/more-than-100m-donated-to-political-parties-from-hidden-sources-in-election-year
* https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/17/australian-electoral-commission-not-punishing-political-donors-that-break-the-rules-damning-audit-finds
* https://theconversation.com/how-big-money-influenced-the-2019-federal-election-and-what-we-can-do-to-fix-the-system-131141
* https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/02/04/media-missing-political-donations/
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-07/political-donations-how-money-is-changing-australian-politics/11679350
* https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/mining-firms-worked-kill-off-climate-action-australia-ex-pm-kevin-rudd
* http://democracyforsale.net/dodgy-deals/fossil-fuel-giants/

### Articles (Effective Lobbying / Action)
* Petitions effectiveness (mentions climate): https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/petitions-are-back-in-vogue-how-do-they-work-and-are-they-effective-20191002-p52x1k.html


### Research
* Exploring adoption of ePetitions in Victoria: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/publications/research-papers/download/36-research-papers/13765-e-petition-research-paper-august2016

### Open Data
* Voting Records of MPs: https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/help/data
* Parliament Proceedings: https://www.openaustralia.org.au/
* Political Donations Data: https://transparency.aec.gov.au/Download
* The Interests Register Data: https://burntheregister.com/
* https://www2.asx.com.au/markets/trade-our-cash-market/directory (for information on companies listed on the ASX by sector)
* Company Taxes Data: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/corporate-transparency/resource/69b1061c-3769-48bd-b5a1-05e725543f6c
* Fossil Fuels Donations Data: http://democracyforsale.net/the-industries/fossil-fuel/
* Qld Gov ePetition register: https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/current-epetitions
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## International Emissions
### Articles
* About CO2 equivalent measurements: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/27/co2e-global-warming-potential
* Conversion of resources to CO2 equivalents (US): https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references

### Research

### Open Data
* Carbon Brief: https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world
* Climate Watch Data: https://www.climatewatchdata.org/ and https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/AUS
* Climate Action Tracker: https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/australia/
* Convenant of mayors: https://www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/our-cities/
* Time_series: https://di.unfccc.int/time_series
* WRI: https://www.wri.org/resources/data-visualizations/green-climate-fund-contributions-calculator	
* NDC Registry [UNFCCC]: https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/ndcstaging/Pages/Home.aspx
    > This portal hosts all Nationally Determined Contributions that have been submitted to the UNFCCC
* NAP Central [UNFCCC]: http://https/www4.unfccc.int/sites/napc/Pages/Home.aspx/
    > This portal hosts all submitted National Adaptation Plans as well as other guiding documents and reports on NAPs.
* NDC Knowledge Portal [NDC Partnership]: https://ndcpartnership.org/climate-watch/ndcs and https://klimalog.die-gdi.de/ndc/#NDCExplorer/
    > NDC Explorer Analyses and compares countries’ NDCs.
* Various kinds of data: https://unfccc.int/process/transparency-and-reporting/greenhouse-gas-data/greenhouse-gas-data-external-sources

## Australian Emissions
### Articles
* Info on how climate change affects Aus: https://www.aegn.org.au/grantmakers/the-issues/climate-change/how-will-climate-change-affect-australia/
* ABC/RMIT Fact Check (Environment): https://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck/environment/ 
* The earlier fact check articles at also may have materials https://theconversation.com/au/topics/factcheck-qanda-6550
* https://climatejustice.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Australias-Carbon-Majors-Report-2019.pdf
* Calculator: http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/Forms-and-resources/Calculators

### Research
* Info on Australia’s exported emissions: https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2020-07/apo-nid306756.pdf
* Resources exports:
https://publications.industry.gov.au/publications/resourcesandenergyquarterlymarch2020/index.html 
    > This was used to calculate the exported emissions above.

### Open Data
* Climate Change Data (BOM): http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/#tabs=Tracker&tracker=timeseries
* Climate Change Data (CSIRO): https://www.climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au/en/climate-projections/explore-data/about-data/
* National Emissions: (in particular the excel source sheets): https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/national-greenhouse-gas-inventory-quarterly-updates 
* Emissions by state/territory: https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/state-and-territory-greenhouse-gas-inventories
* Emissions By Sector: https://www.industry.gov.au/data-and-publications/national-inventory-by-economic-sector 
* AGEIS: https://ageis.climatechange.gov.au/

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## International Temperatures/Wind/Rainfall
### Articles
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/bom-and-csiro-state-of-the-climate-2020/12871690

### Research

### Open Data
* https://data.giss.nasa.gov/ 
* Rainfall data: https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data 

## Australian Temperatures
### Articles
* http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/#tabs=Tracker&tracker=timeseries
* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-06/how-climate-change-has-impacted-your-life/11766018?nw=0

### Research

### Open Data
* http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/acorn-sat/#tabs=Data-and-networks
* http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/hqsites/about-hq-site-data.shtml
    > ALSO FOR RAIN/WIND

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## Extreme Weather Events:
### Articles
* Australian Institute for Disaster Management collections https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/collections/ 
* 2019-2020 Australian Bushfires: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9ebbe1b54dc847f2a7dd01917c9f3071
* 100 Years of NSW Bushfires: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b7c3dd632a174d239bf72fa20226ca96
* GENERAL CLIMATE: http://www.bom.gov.au/state-of-the-climate/State-of-the-Climate-2018.pdf

### Research
* Bushfires: https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/

### Open Data:
* https://hotspots.dea.ga.gov.au/files
* Bushfires: https://data.gov.au/data/dataset?tags=bushfire
* Bushfires (Victoria): https://www.ffm.vic.gov.au/history-and-incidents/past-bushfires/past-bushfire-maps 
* Bushfires (Queensland): https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/management/mapping/statewide-monitoring/firescar/firescar-maps
* Bushfires (NSW): https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/fire-history-wildfires-and-prescribed-burns-1e8b6
* Bushfires (WA): https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/dbca-fire-history
* Bushfires (SA): https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/fire-history
* Bushfires (Tas): https://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/app/content/data/geo-meta-data-record?detailRecordUID=b94d4388-995d-416a-9844-a39de2798bed
* http://data.arr-software.org/
* https://www.planet.com/disasterdata/datasets/
* https://data.csiro.au/dap/landingpage?execution=e1s2&_eventId=viewDescription

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## Invasive Species+Climate
### Articles
* https://invasives.org.au/our-work/climate-change/climate-change-invasive-species/
* https://soe.environment.gov.au/theme/land/topic/2016/climate-change-induced-pressures

### Research

### Open Data

## Coral Bleaching
### Articles
* https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/climate-change/coral-bleaching/bleaching-events.html
* https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/research/monitoring/reef/latest-surveys.html
* http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/our-work/threats-to-the-reef/climate-change
* https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/reefeating-crownofthorns-starfish-spurred-on-by-rising-sea-temperatures-20150212-13cz6o.html
* https://www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/2020/11/26/2270262/la-nina-ramps-up-great-barrier-reef-risks

### Research
* https://www.nature.com/articles/srep38402
* https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00283/full
* https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09238-2
* https://www.pnas.org/content/109/44/17995
* p55: https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/1146292/SOTT-Report-2020-Web-FINAL.pdf

### Open Data
* https://www.coralcoe.org.au/publications/digital-data
* http://data.aims.gov.au/aimsrtds/coralbleaching.xhtml
* For endangered coral indices: https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/summary-statistics
* https://www.aims.gov.au/docs/data/data.html
* https://maps.eatlas.org.au/
* http://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/0268abc0-d836-11dc-b424-00008a07204e
* https://apps.aims.gov.au/metadata/view/a17249ab-5316-4396-bb27-29f2d568f727
* https://eatlas.org.au/gbr/ltmp-data
* https://researchdata.edu.au/aims-long-term-barrier-reef/678017/?refer_q=rows=15/sort=score%20desc/class=collection/p=1/q=%22AIMS%20Long-term%20Monitoring%20Program%22/
* http://apps.aims.gov.au/reef-monitoring/
* https://open-aims.github.io/data-platform/

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## Needs Further Categorization

* GeoData Browsers (many different kinds of data):
    * Australia: https://www.nationalmap.gov.au/
    * Victoria, Australia: 
    * Biodiversity/vegetation: https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/biodiversity/naturekit 

> TODO: Also add sea rise-related data!

