JCOM 350: The Creative Strategist

Over the term, you'll be working on a big project about how to approach climate action systematically. How do you persuade someone to care or to inspire others? More importantly, how do you find research that explores this question?

Here's some ideas of keywords you can use to begin researching this encompassing topic:

"Green marketing"

"Green advertising" OR "environmental advertising"

"Environmental campaigns"

"Climatic changes - Moral and ethical aspects"

"Climatic changes - Philosophy"

"Environmental ethics"

"Environmental justice" AND "creative strategies"

• Energy: Climate Change
  Use this resource to get an overview of the Energy Department's data on the U.S's energy, environmental and nuclear challenges.
   

• EPA: Climate Change Research
  This page focuses on the EPA's research on climate change and how it relates to human health and the environment. The scientific information and tools can be used to effectively, equitably and sustainably tackle the climate crisis.

• Health and Human Services: Climate Change and Human Health
  The Office of Climate Change and Health Equity addresses the impact of climate change on the health of the American people. 

• NASA: Climate Change and Global Warming
  This NASA site was created to engage the world with accurate, accessible, and actionable information about our rapidly changing climate, from the global perspective of NASA.

• NOAA: Climate
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses supercomputers, state-of-the-art models, observations and outlooks to provide data, tools, and information on climate variability and change.

• State: Office of Global Change
  The Office of Global Change is responsible for implementing and managing U.S. international policy on climate change, and representing the United States in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

• USAID: Global Climate Change
  USAID plays a vital role in mitigating climate change and addressing its impacts by partnering with more than 45 countries to implement ambitious emissions reduction measures, protect critical ecosystems, transition to renewable energy, build resilience against the impacts of climate change, and promote the flow of capital toward climate-positive investments.

• U.S. Global Change Research Program
  The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a federal program mandated by Congress to coordinate federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society.

•  United Nations - Climate Action
  The United Nations Climate Action site provides climate change reports, climate action facts and detailed explainers. 

• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
  The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions—or C2ES—addresses climate change and engages with leading businesses to accelerate climate progress.