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Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change

http://www.i-s-e-t.org/Proceedings-final.pdf

final report from an international conference on Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in Delhi, January 2007, organized by the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, and Winrock International, India (pdf)
Added: Mar. 11, 2007 | Rate It

Agrofuels in Africa: The impacts on land, food and forests

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/ABN_Agro.pdf

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a report published by the African Biodiversity Network about the impacts on biofuel production and plans in Africa, with case studies from Benin, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia; looking at deforestation, other ecosystem destruction, land rights and food sovereignty
Added: Jul. 05, 2007 | Rate It

Annual Air Quality/Air Emissions Reports

http://www.epa.gov/airtrends/

the US Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation provides a "report card" on the status of air quality and air pollutant emissions
Added: Oct. 27, 2001 | Rate It

Beneath the Hot Air

http://www.nwf.org/nwfwebadmin/binaryVault/Beneathhotair200311.pdf

2 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

the National Wildlife Fedaration presents government data that exposes the truth behind President Bush's global warming plan (pdf)
Added: Sep. 09, 2003 | Rate It

Beyond Kyoto

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040701faessay83404/john-browne/beyond-kyoto.html

essay argues for small steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions today that can make a big difference down the road, published in the journal Foreign Affairs
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It

Beyond the Tipping Point: Positive Feedback and the Acceleration of Climate Change

http://www.meridian.org.uk/_PDFs/BeyondTippingPoint.pdf

presentation suggesting that Earth’s climate has passed a “tipping point” beyond which the extinction of humanity is possible if climate change is not managed (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Biofuels threaten to accelerate global warming

http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/docs/biofuels-accelerate-climate-change.pdf

report by Biofuelwatch about the climate impacts of large-scale biofuel production
Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It

Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation of Climate Change, Privatisation and Power

http://www.dhf.uu.se/pdffiler/DD2006_48_carbon_trading/carbon_trading_web.pdf

a critical analysis of carbon trading and carbon-offsets, in particular of those based on tree monocultures, published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate change - An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts

http://www.climatechange.gov.au/science/guide/index.html

a guide which sets out the main facts and uncertainties regarding climate change, and helps provide Australians with policy-relevant advice and source material
Added: Dec. 10, 2003 | Rate It

Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis

http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm

most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific assessment of past, present and future climate change, from Working Group 1 of the IPCC
Added: Oct. 19, 2003 | Rate It

Climate Change Health Impacts in Australia

http://www.acfonline.org.au/uploads/res/res_ama_acf_full_report.pdf

report on the effects of dramatic carbon dioxide emission reductions; concludes that policy action to control greenhouse gas emissions, if taken decisively and soon, will reduce the extent and severity of climate change impacts on the health of Australians(pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate Change Impacts on Bird Species

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/problems/impacts/species/cc_and_birds/index.cfm

a recent status report compiled for WWF that reviews more than 200 scientific articles, finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world, suggesting a trend towards a major bird extinction from global warming (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate Change in Australia: Technical Report 2007

http://www.csiro.au/resources/ps3j6.html

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) provides the most up to date assessment of Australia's changing climate
Added: Feb. 14, 2008 | Rate It

Climate change: Accounting for carbon

http://www.nature.com/nature/links/011108/011108-2.html

the journal "Nature" presents the "Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems" article which examines the effectiveness of terrestrial carbon sinks
Added: Nov. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Climate Change: The Cost of Inaction

http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/Climate-CostsofInaction.pdf

4 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

A report summarizing the costs which will be incurred by not preventing global warming from exceeding 2 degrees C (pdf)
Added: Jan. 02, 2007 | Rate It

Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Global%20Warming%20Low%20PDF.pdf

a report by the Rainforest Foundation UK about emissions from deforestation in the Congo Basin, and the likely impact of increased logging and land conversion in the future (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable

http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/unf_website/PDF/climate%20_change_avoid_unmanagable_manage_unavoidable.pdf

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a report from the UN Foundation regarding integrating adaptation and mitigation strategies to achieve reduction negative impacts of climate change (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Death of Environmentalism, The

http://www.rachel.org/library/getfile.cfm?ID=479

report which questions the effectiveness of the modern environmental movement, with special attention given to climate change (pdf)
Added: Dec. 05, 2004 | Rate It

Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissionsin Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2008/02/26/riaureport.pdf

report documents deforestation and degradation of natural forests in a section of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its impacts upon carbon release and climate change (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

Economics of Climate Change: A Primer

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=4171&type=0

a U.S. Congressional Budget Office study which presents an overview of issues related to the economic aspects of climate change
Added: Apr. 25, 2004 | Rate It

Emerging International Greenhouse Gas Market, The

http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/trading%2Epdf

the Pew Center report describes the various programs under which early trades have occurred, characteristics of the emerging market, and potential evolution of the market given developing climate change policy (pdf)
Added: Mar. 22, 2002 | Rate It

Energy Rich Japan

http://www.energyrichjapan.info/en/welcome.html

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a report which examines how Japan's energy need can be reduced and ultimately be covered by a sustainable energy system using exclusively local, renewable energies
Added: Dec. 10, 2003 | Rate It

Extreme Weather: Does Nature Keep Up?

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/extremeweatherreportdoesnaturekeepup.pdf

WWF outlines the major findings of climate change and its impact upon the world's ecosystems and urges major modifications in our energy use and production (pdf)
Added: Apr. 15, 2005 | 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

Feeling the Heat

http://www.tearfund.org/webdocs/Website/News/Feeling%20the%20Heat%20Tearfund%20report.pdf

a report which looks at current and projected climate change impacts on developing nations, including on water supplies, by the British development NGO Tearfund (pdf)
Added: Jan. 02, 2007 | Rate It
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