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BBC Climate Change Portal - Starting point for current news items & discussions on the topic of climate change. Go

The Politics of Climate Change - An on line guide to the politics & science leading up to & following the signing of the Kyoto Protocol. Go

Climate Ark - Climate change news & information portal & archive dedicated to promoting policy that addresses Global Climate Change through reductions in carbon emissions, energy conservation, alternative energy sources & ending deforestation. Go

Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change - A global collection of Landsat images & text, designed to show environmental changes & to introduce remote sensing. Images & explanatory from every continent. Go

Bush's CO2 Emissions Flip-Flop - Cartoons about President Bush's reversal of stance on carbon dioxide emissions. Go

EPA: Climate Change - Comprehensive information from the USA's Environmental Protection Agency. Go

AOL: Earth Focus on Global Warming - Information about global warming & climate change & what individual persons can do to help the environment. Go

Natcom India - Information about greenhouse gas emissions, inventory estimations, vulnerability assessments, & adapting to global climate changes from the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Government of India. Go

Climate Action Network South Asia - A global network of over Non-Governmental Organizations working to promote government & individual action to limit human induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Go

The California Climate Action Registry - Organization created by the State of California to encourage companies, government agencies & other organizations to voluntarily measure & report their Green House Gas emissions. Provides information about the program. Go

Global Climate Observing System - An organization ensuring that observations & information needed to address climate-related issues are obtained & made available to all potential users. Contains a profile, structure, publications & calendar of events. Go

Global Warming: An Issue for Humanity - Paper on the human consequences of global warming. Go

Primer on the Kyoto Protocol - Article about this international agreement & how it will be used to combat global warming. Go

International Climate Change Partnership - Global coalition of companies & trade associations committed to constructive & responsible participation in the international policy process concerning global climate change. Includes objectives, a list of members, & literature. Go

Global Warming International Center - GWIC is an international body disseminating information on global warming science & policy, serving both governmental, non-governmental organizations, & industries in more than 120 countries. Clear? It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming & its mitigation. Go

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 & developing nations to counter this issue. Go

Capacity for Climate Protection - Project focussing on climate protection & funding environmental NGOs in Central & Eastern Europe. Includes a profile, calendar of events, publications, & information on monitoring & mechanisms. Go

Proposals to Reforest the Earth - A series of white papers on deforestation & the need to reverse this destructive process, by Gabriel Penno Saraiva. Go

The Alliance for Climate Protection - Campaign group which aims to cut emissions & reduce global warming. Information about the challenge & how people can help. Go

Climate Change - An over view of climate change, theories & perspectives, & notable weather patterns. Go

Climate Effects on Human Health - A white paper on the potential effects of future climate changes on forests & vegetation, agriculture, water resources, & human health. Go

United States Climate Action Partnership - A group of businesses & organizations encouraging the federal government to enact legislation for significant reduction in greenhouse gases. Go

Plant Trees to Reduce Global Warming - Calculations of carbon dioxide emissions are offered for various modes of travel & energy use (1 tree per 1000 kilowatt-hours, for example). Go

Interfaith Climate Change Network - Describes ways individual persons & congregations can act on the issues of climate change & energy use. Joint project of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA & the Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life. Go

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. Go

Sierra Club Global Warming Campaign - Clearinghouse for information on global warming. Go

Rising Waters - Companion web site to the documentary 'Rising Waters', which includes personal stories of Pacific Islanders & puts a human face on the international climate change debate. Includes archives, stories, white papers & information on filmmakers. Go

Green House Network - Non-profit organization focusing on building a grassroots movement to stop global warming pollution. Contains a profile, event calendar, information on speakers, & news archive. Go

International Human Dimensions - An international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental social science programme aimed at improving understanding of human responses to global change. Contains a profile, projects, news, publications & calendar of events. Go

Climate Change Solutions - Success stories, tools & resources on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Go

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 & the probable outcome of a world signicantly changed by human-induced climate change. Go

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC - official site for UN Climate Secretariat: Kyoto protocol, COP4 in Buenos Aires, world emissions data. Go

US Global Change Research Information Office - Provides access to data & information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies & technologies, & global warming related educational resources for users worldwide. Go

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 & dry periods) & long-term climate change. Go

Destructive Storms Drive Insurance Losses Up - Will Taxpayers Have to Bail Out Insurance Industry? - Scientists now believe that rising global temperatures may exacerbate extreme weather events, leading to increased damages in the decades ahead. [WorldWatch Institute] (March 26, 1999) Go

Union of Concerned Scientists Global Warming - Climate scientists have connected the increased levels of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere to human activities, in particular the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, & natural gas for heating & electricity; gasoline for transportation), deforestation, cattle ranching, & rice farming. From the Union of Concerned Scientists. Go

Earth's Magnetic Field And How It Reverses - White papers on the earth's magnetic field & global warming by Eugene D. Richards. Go

BBC Science - Climate Change - Key points, articles, pros & cons, & resources regarding climate change. Go

Climate Action Network Australia - Non-profit environmental group dedicated to fighting climate change & finding solutions to the problem. Includes news & current programs. Go

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