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United Nations Climate Change Conference - Montreal 2005 - (dead link)
"In all, the Conference adopted more than 40 decisions at what the acting head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat described as 'one of the most productive UN Climate Change Conferences ever'".

BBC News : Climate Change
A good overview - includes: Key Stories, Hague Conference, Analysis, Case Studies

Global Warming
- Environmental Protection Agency

Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001.
"The committee was made up of 11 of the nation's top climate scientists, including seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of whom is a Nobel Prize winner."

Global Climate Change Briefing Book
"This Briefing Book was compiled by the Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress providing nonpartisan research reports to members of the House and Senate."
- Congressional Research Service

Global Warming Central - (dead link)
Created by Pace Energy Project, a project of the Pace University School of Law, to provide 'key' information for understanding the global warming debate.
Provides 'key' reports, documents, treaties, experts, and much more
Maintained by Melanie Fund Pien

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
"...a science-based world map depicting the local and regional consequences of global climate change. The map was produced as a collaborative project by several environmental organizations, and has been peer-reviewed by scientists."

  • Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map
    "The Curriculum Guide activities engage students in an exploration of the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and natural resources, on community, and on individuals and society."

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An Inconvenient Truth
"With 2005, the worst storm season ever experienced in America just behind us, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point - and Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation."

Arid Lands Newsletter

Australian Greenhouse Office
Sections include: Publications ; Databases ; Science & Emissions Monitoring ; International Activities ; Government ; Business & Industry ; Community & Household ; Energy & Transport ; Natural Resources.

  • Climate Change
    An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts
    Edited by Barrie Pittock, 2003.

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Brookings Institution - Global Politics

  • Climate Change Policy: Next Steps
    Brookings Briefing, February 09, 2005.
    "At this Brookings briefing, a distinguished group of speakers will discuss the current state of climate change policy..."
    Remarks by Senator Chuck Hagel and Senator John Kerry.
  • U.S. Climate Policy: Toward a Sensible Center
    Joint Conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, June 2004.
    "...a major conference that brought together senators, CEOs, top federal and state officials, and other prominent leaders to debate the future of U.S. policy on climate change."

California Climate Change Portal
Sections include: Background ; Policy & Program ; West Coast Initiative ; Documents ; Glossary ; Links ; Research ; Events.
- California Environmental Protection Agency

Calvin, William H.
William H. Calvin's Books and Articles
Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine

Carbon Cycle Science Program
U.S. Global Change Research Program
"...to provide critical unbiased scientific information on the fate of carbon dioxide in the environment to contribute to the ongoing public dialogue."

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
"...is a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental law and policy around the world."
Publication subjects include: Biodiversity & Wildlife ; Climate Change ; Human Rights and the Environment ; International Financial Institutions ; Law & Communities ; Persistent Organic Pollutants ; State of the Environmental Law Series ; Trade.

Climate Change and Rural Prosperity Workshop
Developing a Challenge Programme on Climate Change and Rural Prosperity
Presentations from the workshop held on 23-26 May 2002
"...was convened to formulate a global stakeholder and scientific constituency to develop a compelling proposal for a global research challenge programme on climate change and the rural poor. The meeting assembled a broad representation of national policymakers, national research leaders, the development community, and some of the best scientific minds from the CGIAR centres and the developing and developed worlds."

Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
Advancing Understanding and Predictions of Climate Variability
NOAA - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Clinton Foundation
Programs: HIV/AIDS Initiative ; Clinton Global Initiative ; Clinton Climate Initiative ; Healthier Generation.

Consequences:
The Nature and Implications of Environmental Change
The entire run (vol. 1-5, 1995-1999) is available online

Conservation Science Institute - Ocean Change Initiative
Sections include: Understanding Change: Fisheries ; Ocean Pollution ; Climate Change ; Invasive Species ; Habitat Loss ; Predation and Solutions: MPAs ; Governance ; Ecosystem-Based Mgt. ; Lawn Conversion ; Emission Reductions.

The Discovery of Global Warming (etext)
"A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to change the Earth's climate."
By Spencer Weart, Director of the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics.

Environmental Defense
"Since 1967, we have linked science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems."
Sections include: Action Center ; Biodiversity ; Climate Change ; Health ; Oceans ; Library.

EPA Global Warming Web Site
Sections include In the News, US Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Bibliography, Climate System, Impacts, Actions.

  • Publications
    Includes: GHG ; International ; Outreach Material ; Position Papers ; Reference ; Sea Level Rise ; Emissions ; Waste Management.
  • Climate Change Education Resource Database - (dead link)
    "This site includes a wealth of education resources for educators, students, and the general public. We have links to lesson plans, videos, books, toolkits, and other fun materials ñ all on the subject of climate change."

Exploratorium - Global Climate Change: Research Explorer
"At this Web site, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. Youíll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomenaóhow researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions."

Florida State University - Center for Ocean - Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

Foreign Policy In Focus

Geological Survey of Canada

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE)
- Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)

Global Change Electronic Edition
A Review of Climate Change & Ozone Depletion

Global Climate Change Digest
An Online Guide to Published Research on Climate Change and Ozone Depletion.

Global Climate Change Student Guide
"This website reproduces aric's Global Climate Change Student Guide, written by Joe Buchdahl, a comprehensive work for geology, geography and environmental science students studying climate change...includes chapters on: the climate system; causes of climate change; empirical observation and climatic reconstruction; climate modelling; and palaeo- and contemporary climate change. It is suitable for all levels of undergraduate study, although 1st year students may find some of the mathematics in chapter 1 (the climate system) a little challenging."

Global Warming: Focus on the Future
"This web site is based on the traveling exhibition, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, which [was] on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History."

Global Warming and the Third World
 Tiempo - Issue 35, March 2000

GreenHouse Gas Online
"The primary aim of Greenhouse Gas Online is to provide a freely available and up to date resource dedicated to greenhouse gas news and scientific publications...The site catalogues the greenhouse gas related articles published in over 100 peer reviewed journals from around the world. Only articles for which the abstracts are freely available are included and the site already has links to many hundreds."

Greenhouse Gases & the Kyoto Protocol
Interactive Map of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
"Using the map, any user can now evaluate the current state of emissions, and projections for the future. The data is available both as total emissions, and as emissions per citizen in each country that has signed the Kyoto protocol. It is also possible to zoom in and closer examine a specific part of the world, or to get a graph of the emissions covering a period of 20 years."
By UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway

"Impact of El Nino and La Nina on Southeast Asia"
Report from the workshop organized by the Center for Environment Research Education and Development, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Fortuna Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam: 21st-23rd February 2000
From the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - United Nations below

International Environmental Law and Policy (etext)
A Comprehensive Reference Source
By David Hunter, Jim Salzman and Durwood Zaelke, 2nd Ed., 2002.
(University Casebook Series)

MIT - Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

National Academy Press (free downloads)

National Climatic Data Center (NOAA)

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - see Oceanography - NOAA Resources

Nature

New Scientist Environment

  • Special Report on Climate Change
    Sections include: Stories ; Expert Guide ; Photo Gallery ; Interactive Graphics ; Pick of the Archive ; Briefing Notes ; Bookworm ; Web Links.

Ocean Remote Sensing Division (NOAA)

  • Satellite Research Group - (dead link)
    "...uses data from various environmental satellites in studies of seasonal to interannual climate variability. Topic areas of interest include studies of air-sea interaction including transfers of heat, momentum, and water; studies of the global hydrological cycle including water vapor and precipitation; studies of the Earth's radiation budget; and real-time monitoring of the El NiÒo/La NiÒa oscillation using satellite data."

Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security

  • Bibliography: Climate Change and Its Impact on Biodiversity
     "This bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray literature (including journal articles, newspaper articles, reports and materials on the Internet) focuses on climate change (defined herein as global warming or ozone depletion) and its impacts on flora and fauna species and critical supporting ecosystems. Over 2620 citations have been included to date [02/13/01] and the bibliography will be updated every two months."
    By Wil Burns
  • Water: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
    A Report of the National Water Assessment Group for the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

  • Adaptation to Climate Change: International Policy Options - (dead link) (November 2006)
    "This report examines options for future international efforts to help vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change both within and outside the climate framework. Options outlined in the report include stronger funding and action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, mandatory climate risk assessments for multilateral development finance, and donor country support for climate "insurance" in vulnerable countries."
  • Climate Change: The Next 50 Years - One Decade at a Time
    Remarks of Eileen Claussen, President Pew Center on Global Climate Change at SRI in the Rockies, October 18, 2002.
  • Pew Center Analysis of President Bush's February 14th Climate Change Plan (February 2002)
  • Conference of Parties (COP) 7 - Marrakech
  • Projects & Reports (selection)
    • Greenhouse & Statehouse: The Evolving State Government Role in Climate Change - (dead link) (November 2002)
      By Barry G. Rabe, University of Michigan
    • Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Climate Change - (dead link) (January 2002)
      Potential Impacts on Inland Freshwater and Coastal Wetland Ecosystems in the United States.
      By N. LeRoy Poff, Colorado State University
    • An Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification Issues - (dead link) (October 2001)
      By Christopher P. Loreti, Scot A. Foster, Jane E. Obbagy

The Price of Loyalty
"At its core are the candid assessments of former US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill...He is the only member of Bush's innermost circle to leave and then to agree to speak frankly about what has really been happening inside the White House."
By Ron Suskind
[Note: The book in not available online but the files below are available.]

  • The Bush Files
    "These documents are drawn from a collection of 19,000 files of Paul H. O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury Sfor the first two years of the Presidency of George W. Bush."

Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science
A publication of the Environmental Health Center, National Safety Council

Resources for the Future (RFF)

Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)

  • TERI's Activities Related to SBSTA-12 - (dead link)
    Workshop on operationalizing CDM: achieving sustainable development and climate protection, 14 June 2000, Bonn

UK Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme

  • Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
    "The Encyclopedia is a one-stop source of information, for younger and older users alike, on a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion."
    Topics include: Acid Rain ; Air Quality ; Atmosphere ; Climate ; Climate Change ; Global Warming ; Ozone Depletion ; Sustainability ; Weather ; Links.

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Montreal 2005 - (dead link)
"In all, the Conference adopted more than 40 decisions at what the acting head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat described as 'one of the most productive UN Climate Change Conferences ever'".

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Climate Change
"The UNEP.Net Climate change portal provides the authoritative source of climate change information used by UNEP and its partners for integrated environment assessments as part of the GEO process."

United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal

  • Climate Change
  • Java Climate Model
    "Climate change is influenced by many interacting processes. This web model lets you experiment with these, simply by moving controls with your mouse and observing the effect instantly on plots ranging from emissions to impacts."
  • Maps and Graphics
    • Greenhouse Gas Emission Graphs
      Emissions of GHG in Annex I Countries
      "This set of graphics has been produced by GRID-Arendal in co-operation with the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP-7) to the Convention, held in Marrakesh, Morocco 29th October to 9th November 2001."
    • Greenhouse Gases & the Kyoto Protocol
      Interactive Map of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      "Using the map, any user can now evaluate the current state of emissions, and projections for the future. The data is available both as total emissions, and as emissions per citizen in each country that has signed the Kyoto protocol. It is also possible to zoom in and closer examine a specific part of the world, or to get a graph of the emissions covering a period of 20 years."
      By UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

  • Conference of the Parties - Sixth Conference, Part 2 - (dead link)
    16-17 July 2001, Bonn Germany

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Resources - see Environmental Studies - EPA

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)
"...provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and its participating Federal Agencies and Organizations. GCRIO is implemented by The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University."

  • Our Changing Planet
    The FY 2002 U.S. Global Change Research Program
    A Report by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council
    A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget
  • Climate Change Impacts on the United States
    "This site contains the contents of two documents put online for public review, an Overview document and a Foundation document for the Climate Change Impacts on the United States National Assessment Project."
  • Online Documents and Publications

U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

University of Arizona Department of Geosciences - Environmental Studies Laboratory
"...research of past, present, and future environmental variability and change. Current research encompasses paleoclimate studies across the globe, wildfire studies in southwestern North America, and relationships between climate and society across multiple spatial and temporal scales."

Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sections include: Earthquake ; Global Warming ; Virtual Earthquake ; Virtual Dating ; Virtual River ; Biology Labs On-Line (FlyLab).
- Natural Science Faculty, California State University, Los Angeles

Weathervane
A Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy
"...an online forum designed to provide the news media, legislators, opinion leaders, and the interested public with analysis and commentary on U.S. and global policy initiatives related to climate change. Launched in July 1997, Weathervane is published by Resources for the Future (RFF) with an eye on the international negotiations that are to decide on goals and actions under the Framework Convention on Climate Change."

The White House

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

The Skeptics

CO2 Science Magazine
"A weekly review and repository of scientific research findings pertaining to carbon dioxide and global change."
Published by the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change