I am slowly coming round to the realisation that the most important thing to work on might be reducing the effect of climate change, or helping others do that.<p>To work out what to work on, I need to know more about the problems. My background is software developer.<p>How do I find sources that are reliable?<p>How do I pick books to read? Are there known, agreed, books that are important?<p>Are there existing projects that I should look into contributing to?
A few days ago, I posted an Ask HN about finding good sources of climate data to analyze[1].<p>Most of the links in there are related to good data sets, but there are also a few links to sites that provide information and analysis as well. You might find it helpful to read through the thread and visit some of the links.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15132145" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15132145</a>
Excellent! I agree -- I quit my job last year to get to work on climate, even though it wasn't "my thing". We started Impossible Labs <a href="http://impossiblelabs.io" rel="nofollow">http://impossiblelabs.io</a><p>BOOKS: I like "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air". I also really liked Stewart Brand's "The Whole Earth". Both books are written from a technology/engineering perspective, which I like.<p>Check out <a href="http://carbondoomsday.com" rel="nofollow">http://carbondoomsday.com</a>, an open source project tracking and mapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
On github: <a href="http://github.com/giving-a-fuck-about-climate-change" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/giving-a-fuck-about-climate-change</a><p>And yea, second the "What are some good sources of climate data to analyze" post! <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15132145" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15132145</a>