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Pew Center on Global Climate Change - Supports a cooperative approach & brings critical scientific, economic & technological expertise to the global debate on climate change. Go

Weathervane - An on line forum designed to provide the news media, legislators, opinion leaders, & the interested public with analysis & commentary on U.S. & global policy initiatives related to climate change. Go

World Bank - Global Climate Change - Information on World Bank activities in relation to climate change, including energy strategy & the Prototype Carbon Fund. Go

Global Change Impact Studies Centre - Details about objectives, manpower, news & events, & publications. 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

Cool Kids For A Cool Climate - Explanation of global warming, causes & effects, kids' stories, ways to take action, links, & news. Go

Shared Spaces - Quarterly on line magazine by the Netherlands Ministry of Spatial Planning, Housing & Environment. Provides information about various activities of the Ministry, & links for feedback & contact information. Go

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - UK-based interdisciplinary center seeks to engage with stakeholders & to explore & develop new technologies, lifestyles, economic instruments & regulatory mechanisms that will allow climate change to be managed. Go

Cities for Climate Protection - An innovative program that helps local government & their communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions & their impact on the environment. Go

Kyoto Protocol & Greenhouse Gases - This interactive map presents gas emissions in relation to the committements in the Kyoto Protocol & gives easy access to this information. Go

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - Interdisplinary studies in the natural & social sciences, intended to provide a basis for advising policy makers on measures to avoid the causes, mitigate the effects, & adapt to the unavoidable consequences of global change. Go

Climate change - UNFCCC - Information on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Go

SafeClimate.net - Tools, news, & information for individual persons & organizations to take action to combat global climate change. Go

Climate Change Solutions - Success stories, education materials, interactive tools & resources on actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for individual, municipalities, & industry, particularly in Canada. Go

Responding to Climate Change - A practical guide to support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Kyoto Protocol. Provides case studies on greenhouse gas mitigation & adaptation (best accessed using Acrobat). Go

Global Energy Technology Strategy Program - Assessing the roles that technology cam play in effectively managing the long-term risks of global climate change since 1998. Go

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - - at Law-Ref.org. Do you follow? Text of the protocol is fully indexed & crosslinked with other international documents. Go

Austrian Council on Climate Change - Interdisciplinary working group which aims to identify & evaluate measures relating to the prevention of global climate change. English version accessed from left hand menu. Go

WRI: Climate Change Research - The World Resources Institute identifies opportunities to reduce the risk of global climate change in ways that drive sustainable economic development worldwide. This site gives extensive on-line resources. Go

Climate Institute - An NGO that aims to serve as a bridge between policymakers & scientists around the world & is dedicated to being the world's foremost authority on climate change information, science & responses. So... Site gives basic scientific information & links to more detailed information. Go

US Department of State: Global Climate Change - Details of official communication on global climate change. Go

Climate Solutions - Mission is to stop global warming at the earliest point possible by helping the Northwest become a world leader in practical & profitable solutions. Go

Resources for the Future Library: Climate - RFF is an NGO based in the U.S. Emphasis on policy studies. Go

The Clean Development Mechanism: A Primer - Informative article about CDM from the Resources for the Future (RFF). Go

Climate Protection Strategies for the 21st Century: Kyoto & Beyond - Report (in English) prepared by the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) as input to Input to the 9th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention, 1-12 December 2003, Milano. (December 8, 2003) Go

Climate Change - Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State - Information on climate change, global warming, U.S. policy, conventions & forums. Go

Choose Climate - Interactive graphics link climate science & policy. Adjust the parameters & uncertainties just by dragging a control with the mouse to see effects of various per-capita emissions. Go

Center for International Climate & Environmental Research (CICERO) - Norwegian Government organisation mandated to conduct research & disseminate information on international climate issues. So... Site gives news, articles, & in-depth publications. Go

Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st Century - To analyse the nature of humankind's current crisis. Bringing together diverse academic & independent researchers in an independent research-based centre. Current programmes; climate change & violence, climate change & public opinion. Go

Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change - Provides links to publications, personnel, forums, sponsor details, job openings & contact information. Based at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Go

Replacing fossil fuels: the scale of the problem - Discussion about ways to replace fossil fuels. Clear? Information about wind energy, energy storage & energy efficiency is also there. Go

BC Climate Exchange - Provides clearinghouse of resources to make climate change relevant, by showing link to sustainability solutions -- like green buildings, community planning & energy efficiency -- that also have other social & economic benefits. Coordinated by the Fraser Basin Council. Go

Center for Climate Change & Environmental Forecasting - U.S. Department of Transportation initiative. Fosters awareness of the potential links between transportation & global climate change, and formulates policies to deal with the challenges of these links. Go

CSA: Global Warming & the Kyoto Protocol - Discussion of issues related to climate change, with links & a bibliography. Provided by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Go

CorpWatch - Climate Justice Initiative - Articles & background information from an NGO that campaigns against multinational corporations. Go

Climadapt Canadian climate change adaptation network - A private sector driven environmental network providing innovative climate change adaptation expertise in Canada & internationally Go



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