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Note that leads don't always contain sources, and may repeat information in the target article. The excerpt function is not recommended to be included in articles that have been rated as FA (featured article) or GA (good article), because people watchlisting these articles will not get notified when
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the lead section or any section of choosing on another article -- thus if that section is updated in the original article, it will be automatically updated in the article that it used in. Please only excerpt sections or leads, not individual paragraphs. For some examples, see the tracking category:
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Check if the country already has a separate article on "Greenhouse gas emissions by XX". If so, then link to that article or use the excerpt function. Leave an overview on mitigation policies here and point the reader to the other article for more details. See
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something is changed in the article from where the excerpt is taken. Those people tend to feel responsible for keeping the quality of FA and GA articles high and therefore might be opposed to using excerpts for that reason.
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Do include the Knowledge "short description" line at the top of the article page. The short description of a Knowledge article is a concise explanation of the scope of the page (see
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Many of the articles related to Climate Change are interconnected subtopics that are often highlighted in multiple parts of Knowledge. Consider using the template
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A proposed outline for articles on climate change in specific geographies, including countries or sub-national states is shown below (for example articles in
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Consider creating a sub-article on "Greenhouse gas emissions by XX" if you are finding that this section is getting too big for this overview article. See
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Include here legislation, local ordinances, policies, international participation/Regional networks, alliances / groups, participation in treaty bodies
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You may include private sector efforts, for example information on Green jobs, sustainable energy industry, technical innovation/Research, investment
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You may included here health impacts from Heat waves, different disease transmission, air pollution/smog (if the latter is related to climate change)
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Information on how climate change affects disadvantaged groups (e.g. women, elderly, youth, migrants, people with disabilities) could be added here.
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This should be about 4 paragraphs long and be a good summary of the entire article, using information from each of the following Headings. See also
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This section might be relevant for developing countries if there are receiving funds for climate change adaptation projects for example.
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It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Knowledge contributors. This page is not an encyclopedia article, nor is it one of
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You may include public responses such as: citizen action, NGO initiatives, Protests /grassroots, public opinion surveys, lawsuits
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You might include here impacts on type of housing in cities and rural environments, required changes to type of housing
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Add information on observed and predicted temperatures; Extreme weather events such as bushfires, heat waves, droughts
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This "Outline for articles" proposed below follows the IPCC suggestion of treating causes, impacts, then mitigation.
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You might also choose to treat "mitigation and adaptation" together in one section instead of two separate sections.
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articles, to the actual articles about the locations, to highlighting climate change in other parts of their lives.
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Not needed or keep it brief if this information is included in the sub-article "Greenhouse gas emissions by XX"
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Not needed or keep it brief if this information is included in the sub-article "Greenhouse gas emissions by XX"
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We recommend talking about climate change in the general structure of climate change knowledge outlined by the
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If there are large tables that have not yet been moved to a sub-article, they could go here. See example of
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for more details). This can be done in source editor by adding this template (for the example of Kenya):
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tactics (tactics which reach the broadest number of people, and help them identify ways to participate in
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If you are looking for tactics for contributing to Knowledge that both follow Knowledge's commitment to
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this command while using source editor: {{excerpt|Ocean acidification|paragraphs=1-3|file=no}}
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This page is a style guide for content related to Climate Change, developed by the editors of
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Make sure to include National climate change assessments or plans as references if they exist
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Might include here other land use changes; might also add further categories or "other".
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You might include here how climate change might have impacted migration of people
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the social and policy actions that are being taken or can be taken to implement
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the social and policy actions that are being taken or can be taken to implement
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to reduce the redundancy of updating information in these multiple locations.
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Focusing on connecting climate change with people's lives and local contexts
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Let's say you want to transcribe the first three paragraphs of the lead of
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Communications experts have developed a number of guidelines for effective
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A presentation about the pros and cons of using excerpts was given by
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Include "Energy in..." and "Environment in..." articles if they exist
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Mitigation and adaptation (alternative option to keep it together)
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For further explanations on how to use excerpts, see here:
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to know which countries already have those sub-articles.
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Climate change by state, region or territory (optional)
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Category:Climate change in the United States by state
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our recommended task for editing about climate change
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Knowledge:WikiProject Climate change
Knowledge:WikiProject Climate change/style guide
Main
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Style guide
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Talk
essay
Knowledge's policies or guidelines
thoroughly vetted by the community
Knowledge:WikiProject Climate change
WikiProject talk page
IPCC
causes of climate change
impacts or effects of climate change
climate mitigation
climate adaptation
climate communication
climate action
check out this article for further reading
Category:Climate change by country and region
impacts on humans of climate change
both cognitive and social barriers
climate mitigation
climate adaptation
Verifiability
Neutral Point of View
our recommended task for editing about climate change

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