Presentation in November 2009 to the Documents Association of New Jersey (DANJ) on government climate change information resources.

1. Climate Change An Inconvenient Gov Docs Challenge (November 6, 2009 for DANJ)

2. My Contact Info Mary Kearns-Kaplan, MLS New Jersey State Library Manager, branch library, the Information Resource Center, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Email: [email_address] Phone: 609-984-2249; Fax: 609-292-3298 URL: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/irc

4. Whatever your opinion is on Climate Change, it’s All Hot, Hot, Hot to Me!

6. One Definition of Climate Change “ A significant and persistent change in the mean state of the climate or its variability. Climate change occurs in response to changes in some aspect of Earth’s environment: these include regular changes in Earth’s orbit about the sun, re-arrangement of continents through plate tectonic motions, or anthropogenic modification of the atmosphere.” Source: “Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science,” U.S. Global Change Research Program:

32. Copenhagen Here We Come!

33. Velkommen!

45. All Roads Lead Back to NJ

58. Some Inspiration “ What after all has maintained the human race on this old globe, despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not the faith in new possibilities and the courage to advocate them? “ Jane Addams (1860-1935) Social Worker 1931 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

59. Questions?