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The Alliance for Climate Protection
- Campaign group which aims to cut emissions and reduce global warming.
Information about the challenge and how people can help.
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Almanac of Policy Issues: Global Warming
- News, background information and links on global warming, climate
change, and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
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Asia Pacific Network on Climate Change - A
clearing house for climate change issues sponsored by the Japanese
Ministry of the Environment. Highlighting articles, conference
schedules, and related resources.
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BBC Climate Change Portal -
Starting point for current news items and discussions on the topic of
climate change.
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BBC News: Global Climate Change
- An analysis of the science and other issues behind the climate change
debate, from BBC News Online.
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BBC Science - Climate Change -
Key points, articles, pros and cons, and resources regarding climate
change.
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A Beginner's Guide to Global Warming
- Written by a scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center, these pages
describe the scientific evidence, the culprits, the skeptics and the
probable outcome of a world significantly changed by human-induced
climate change.
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Bush's
CO2 Emissions Flip-Flop - Cartoons about
President Bush's reversal of stance on carbon dioxide emissions.
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The California Climate Action Registry
- Organization created by the State of California to encourage
companies, government agencies and other organizations to voluntarily
measure and report their Green House Gas emissions. Provides information
about the program.
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Capacity for Climate Protection
- Project focusing on climate protection and funding
environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe. Includes a
profile, calendar of events, publications, and information
on monitoring and mechanisms.
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CARMA (Carbon Monitoring for Action)
- Database reveals the carbon emissions of more than 50,000
power plants and 4,000 power companies in every country on
Earth, searchable by country, state, province, county, metro
area, city, power company, power plant or zip code. From the
Center for Global Development.
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CIESIN: Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change - Provides
thematic guides to help researchers, policy makers,
educators and the public to quickly access background
materials on key global change issues, and to locate key
data sets and information resources.
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Climate Action Network South Asia
- A global network of over Non-Governmental Organizations
working to promote government and individual action to limit
human induced climate change to ecologically sustainable
levels.
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Climate Ark -
Climate change news and information portal and archive
dedicated to promoting policy that addresses Global Climate
Change through reductions in carbon emissions, energy
conservation, alternative energy sources and ending
deforestation.
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Climate Change - An
overview of climate change, theories and perspectives, and
notable weather patterns.
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Climate Change: An Overview
- A discussion of the certainties and uncertainties behind
the science of climate change and the impact of greenhouse
gases.
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Climate Change Debate - Climate
change and global warming science, government policy, energy
technology, cost and benefits debated via an unmoderated,
uncensored listserve, plus research aides.
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Climate Counts - A nonprofit
organization rating corporations on their efforts towards
mitigating climate change. News items, a score card, and a
message forum.
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Climate Effects on Human Health
- A white paper on the potential effects of future climate
changes on forests and vegetation, agriculture, water
resources, and human health.
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Climate Institute -
Works to protect the balance between climate and life on
earth by facilitating the dialogue among scientists, policy
makers, business executives and citizens.
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Climate Policy - An Elsevier
journal which aims to address the broad spectrum of policy
issues raised by the prospect of changes in the global
climate. Includes articles, extracts, information on authors
and bibliographies.
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Climate Progress -
A liberal blog on the science, solutions, and politics of
climate change. Also offers related links.
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The
Climate Trust - Promotes climate
change and global warming solutions by providing carbon
dioxide offset projects and advancing offset policies.
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CO2 Clock - Counter
showing current concentrations of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere with a description of their methodology.
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Conservation for the Oceans Foundation
- Dedicated to building awareness about the oceans and
climate change through the support of scientists, educators,
community leaders, and local environmental organizations in
over 80 countries.
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Earth's Magnetic Field And How It Reverses
- White papers on the earth's magnetic field and global
warming by Eugene D. Richards.
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Earth's Unruly Tenant
- An essay by Jane Lubchenco about climate change and public
perceptions of environmental issues.
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Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental
Change - A global collection of
Landsat images and text, designed to show environmental
changes and to introduce remote sensing. Images and
explanatory from every continent.
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EPA: Climate Change
- Comprehensive information from the USA's Environmental
Protection Agency.
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Fossil-of-the-Day.org - A daily
award Presented to the "worst" countries at UN climate
change conferences.
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Global Climate Observing System
- An organization ensuring that observations and information
needed to address climate-related issues are obtained and
made available to all potential users. Includes a profile,
structure, publications and calendar of events.
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Global Warming -
Discussing facts about global warming, basic steps to take
to stop its progress, and links to other pages on climate
change.
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Global Warming: An Issue for Humanity
- Paper on the human consequences of global warming.
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Global Warming FAQ
- Uses reputable online resources to answer many of the
commonly asked questions about climate change, including
questions on whether the earth is getting warmer and whether
the climate is changing.
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Global Warming International Center
- GWIC is an international body disseminating information on
global warming science and policy, serving both
governmental, non-governmental organizations, and industries
in more than 120 countries. It sponsors unbiased research
supporting the understanding of global warming and its
mitigation.
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Green
House Network - Non-profit
organization focusing on building a grassroots movement to
stop global warming pollution. Includes a profile, event
calendar, information on speakers, and news archive.
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Heating Efficiencies and Greenhouse
- A tabled comparison between different ways of home
heating, and their individual effects on greenhouse gases
and environmental decline.
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Hot Air - the Canadian Debate on Kyoto
- Issues surrounding the Kyoto Accord and its effect on
Canadian citizens.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and
socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of
the risk of human-induced climate change.
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International Climate Change Partnership
- Global coalition of companies and trade associations
committed to constructive and responsible participation in
the international policy process concerning global climate
change. Includes objectives, a list of members, and
literature.
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International Human Dimensions
- An international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental
social science programme aimed at improving understanding of
human responses to global change. Includes a profile,
projects, news, publications and calendar of events.
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Many scientists believe runaway greenhouse
effect possible - A Greenpeace
poll (in 1992) shows that a worryingly high proportion of
climate scientists believe it possible that continuing
emissions of greenhouse gases can awaken synergistic
feedbacks capable of generating a runaway greenhouse effect.
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Massachusetts Climate Action Network
- A network of local and statewide groups dedicated to
halting the threat of global climate change. Includes a
profile, legislations, information on local chapters, and
calendar of events.
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myclimate - The
Climate Protection Partnership discusses the pollution and
climactic effects of air traffic, and environmentally
sustainable alternatives.
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Natcom
India - Information about
greenhouse gas emissions, inventory estimations,
vulnerability assessments, and adapting to global climate
changes from the Ministry of Environment and Forest,
Government of India.
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OneWorld: Climate Change
- Includes news, archives and articles on this topic.
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Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Advocates taking action to arrest climate change
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Plant Trees to Reduce Global Warming
- Calculations of carbon dioxide emissions are offered for
various modes of travel and energy use (1 tree per 1000
kilowatt-hours, for example).
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The Politics of Climate Change
- An online guide to the politics and science leading up to
and following the signing of the Kyoto Protocol.
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Primer on the Kyoto Protocol
- Article about this international agreement and how it will
be used to combat global warming.
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Proposals to Reforest the Earth -
A series of white papers on deforestation and the need to
reverse this destructive process, by Gabriel Penno Saraiva.
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Responding to Climate Change
- Practical guide to support the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
Profiles the business community's response with services and
resources for greenhouse gas mitigation.
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Rising Waters - Companion web site
to the documentary "Rising Waters", which includes personal
stories of Pacific Islanders and puts a human face on the
international climate change debate. Includes archives,
stories, white papers and information on filmmakers.
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Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global
Climate Change - Companion site to
the book of the same name. Offers information on climate
change, and tips for individuals, companies, municipilaties,
governments and developing nations to counter this issue.
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United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, UNFCCC - official
site for UN Climate Secretariat: Kyoto protocol, COP4 in
Buenos Aires, world emissions data.
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United States Climate Action Partnership
- A group of businesses and organizations encouraging the
federal government to enact legislation for significant
reduction in greenhouse gases.
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US Global Change Research Information Office
- Provides access to data and information on climate change
research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies,
and global warming related educational resources for users
worldwide.
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U.S. Global Change Research Program
- Provides the foundation for increasing the skill of
predictions of seasonal-to-interannual climate fluctuations
(which can bring excessively wet and dry periods) and
long-term climate change.
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US Global Change Research Program:
Assessments - Contains major
national and international studies on environmental and
climatic issues.
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World
Resources Institute: Climate, Energy & Transport
- Identifies opportunities to reduce the risk of global
climate change in ways that drive sustainable economic
development worldwide.
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