Dessler, Andrew. 2016. Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Excellent introduction to the science and policy of climate change. Very introductory; accessible to students with little science background.Google Scholar

IPCC, AR5, Synthesis Report, Introduction and Topic 1: “Observed Changes and their Causes.” A concise summary of the observational evidence for a changing climate, the impacts caused by this change and the evidence of human contributions to it. No document better represents the consensus of the scientific community on these matters.Google Scholar

Suppes, Patrick. 1969. “Models of Data.” Seminal work in the philosophy of science on the relationship between theories, models, and data.Google Scholar

Bogen, James and Woodward, James. 1988. “Saving the Phenomena.” Another seminal work very much in the spirit of “Models of Data.” The authors argue that the relevant notion of a phenomenon in science should be understood as a highly crafted piece of scientific work, not as something that is directly given by the world.Google Scholar

Lloyd, Elisabeth A. 2012. “The Role of ‘Complex’ Empiricism in the Debates about Satellite Data and Climate Models.” Excellent account of the satellites controversy and its implications for our understanding of both climate science and the nature of scientific data.Google Scholar

Realclimate.org. A blog run by climate scientists that designed to keep journalists and the interested public informed. They “aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary.” Posts by Gavin Schmidt are likely to be especially interesting to philosophers.Google Scholar

SkepticalScience.com. A website that contains good discussions of standard arguments by climate change deniers and useful summaries of current climate research.Google Scholar