Climate Ark: International Organizations Links (XML/RSS)
Links
http://www.ipcc.ch/
(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
http://amap.no/acia/
(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
http://www.ipcc-wg2.org/
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
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
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
http://www.unccd.int/
addresses the underlying causes of desertification and drought and identifies measures to prevent and reverse them
Added: May. 22, 2001 | Rate It
http://unfccc.int/2860.php
(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
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
http://ioc3.unesco.org/accc/
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
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
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
http://carbonfinance.org/
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
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
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
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
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
http://unfccc.int/cop4/
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
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
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
http://www.fao.org/gtos/
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