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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) editor's pick popular
(7 votes)
provides scientific, technical and socio-economic advice to the world community through its periodic assessment reports on the state of knowledge of causes of climate change
Added: Mar. 30, 2001 | Rate It
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) editor's pick
(1 vote)
documents relating to arctic warming, including the important "Impacts of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment" (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
IPCC Working Group 2 Report, 2007 editor's pick
full report of the IPCC Working Group 2: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, part of Assessment Report 4, 2007
Added: Oct. 21, 2007 | Rate It
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change editor's pick
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php
(2 votes)
the UNFCC provides the text to the Kyoto climate change treaty and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Added: Jul. 19, 2001 | Rate It
Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report editor's pick
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf
(2 votes)
provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007), summarizing thousands of pages of scientific reports into a readable 26 page synopsis of the current scientific consensus regarding climate change (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It
UNEP-Billion Tree Campaign Site editor's pick
http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign/
(3 votes)
a major worldwide tree planting campaign encouraging people, communities, business and industry, civil society organizations and governments to pledge to plant trees with the objective of planting at least one billion trees worldwide during 2007
Added: Dec. 03, 2006 | Rate It
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification editor's pick
addresses the underlying causes of desertification and drought and identifies measures to prevent and reverse them
Added: May. 22, 2001 | Rate It
United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) editor's pick
(2 votes)
the UNFCCC secretariat administers the climate change Convention, and their site provides a one-stop source of news, data, information and policy documents on international climate change policymaking
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It
Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/grocc/
(5 votes)
a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It
Adaptation to Climate and Coastal Change in West Africa
seeks to pilot effective adaptation and protection measures in the coastal areas of five countries: Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal
Added: Feb. 12, 2006 | Rate It
Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE)
http://go.worldbank.org/U7UTJB54K0
(2 votes)
a World Bank program that seeks to mainstream alternative energy (renewable energy and energy efficiency) services in all Bank sectors, with priority emphasis on Asia
Added: May. 15, 2001 | Rate It
Biodiversity and climate change
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/climate/
(1 vote)
UNEP-WCMC aims to put authoritative knowledge on biodiversity and climate change at the heart of decision-making, enabling better links between the climate and biodiversity policy worlds
Added: May. 24, 2001 | Rate It
Carbon Finance at the World Bank
the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit uses money contributed by governments and companies in OECD countries to purchase project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions
Added: Dec. 23, 2007 | Rate It
Clean Development Mechanism
http://cdm.unfccc.int/index.html
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's market mechanism whereby industrialized countries receive credits by investing in emission reduction projects in developing countries
Added: Sep. 04, 2002 | Rate It
Climate Change - European Environment Agency
http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/climate
contains information on the causes of the problem, the possible consequences, and the national and international activities under the Kyoto protocol to limit climate change
Added: Apr. 25, 2004 | Rate It
Climate Change Information Network
http://unfccc.int/cc_inet/items/3514.php
a United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change clearinghouse for information sources on public information, education and training in the field of climate change
Added: Dec. 23, 2005 | Rate It
Climate Change Resources in the UN System
http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/m-climat.htm
contact and other information for key UN system offices involved with climate change policy-making
Added: Apr. 25, 2004 | Rate It
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution -- UN
http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/
international legally binding instrument to deal with air pollution on a regional basis; creating the framework for controlling and reducing the damage to human health and the environment of transboundary air pollution
Added: May. 22, 2001 | Rate It
False Hope
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/false-hope
a report from Greenpeace International that discusses carbon capture and storage (CCS)which aims to reduce the climate impact of burning fossil fuels by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from power station smokestacks and disposing of it underground
Added: May. 16, 2008 | Rate It
Fourth Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP4), The
official site of the conference held in 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; provides those interested in past UNFCCC processes with a one-stop source of news, data, information and documents
Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It
Global Climate Observing System
http://www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/gcoshome.html
(1 vote)
leading international climate organizations working to ensure that the observations and information needed to address climate-related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It
Global Environmental Change and Health
http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/
(1 vote)
an introduction to how climate and weather affect human health; from the World Health Organization's Protection of the Human Environment web site
Added: Jul. 02, 2001 | Rate It
Global Terrestrial Observing System
provides policy makers with data they need to detect, quantify, locate and understand changes (especially reductions) in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development
Added: Feb. 21, 2001 | Rate It
Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data
http://unfccc.int/ghg_data/items/3800.php
provides official UNFCCC data on greenhouse gas emissions from different countries
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group Three
http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/
describes the current state of understanding of climate change mitigation, including the technical, economic and implementation aspects
Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It