The book--The Climate Solutions Consensus: What We Know and What To Do About It--presents the consensus of the more than 1,300 scientists, educators, students, environmentalists, policymakers, business leaders and other citizens who attended NCSE's 8th National Conference on Climate Change: Science and Solutions in January 2008.

• Explore the accompanying online materials on the Encyclopedia of Earth. Resources include additional text, online figures and images, bibliography and related web sites with links, climate action items and instructor resources.

• Visit the Climate Change: Science and Solutions conference website for recommendations for action, climate education resources and video presentations by leading scientists and policymakers, including John Holdren, President Obama's Science Advisor, Mohan Munasinghe, IPCC Vice Chair, James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy Corporation, Sarah James, Alaskan Gwitch’in Steering Committee and Goldman Environmental Prize-winner, Bill McKibben, 350.org, Abigail Kimbell, former Chief, US Forest Service, Congressman Jay Inslee (Washington), and scientists, Stephen Schneider, Bob Corell, and Tom Lovejoy.

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