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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) editor's pick popular

http://www.ipcc.ch/

7 out of 10 stars (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

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) editor's pick

http://amap.no/acia/

10 out of 10 stars (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

IPCC Working Group 2 Report, 2007 editor's pick

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm

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

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change editor's pick

http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

the UNFCC provides the text to the Kyoto climate change treaty and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Added: Jul. 19, 2001 | Rate It

Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report editor's pick

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf

9 out of 10 stars (3 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

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Poznan', Poland - COP 14 editor's pick

http://unfccc.int/2860.php

10 out of 10 stars (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

UNEP-Billion Tree Campaign Site editor's pick

http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign/

10 out of 10 stars (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

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification editor's pick

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

GTZ - Environmental Policy Programme new

http://www.environmental-policy.cn/

a German-Chinese cooperative program to provide policy advice to aid in China’s shift toward a sustainable development path
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change new

http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/home.html

purpose is to enable indigenous peoples to exchange their knowledge and experience in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and to develop recommendations to be articulated to the world
Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Less Carbon, More Jobs new

http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=33427

EDF provides information, some in map form, about new jobs expected as a result of reducing carbon emissions
Added: May. 30, 2009 | Rate It

Low Carbon High Growth - Latin American Responses to Climate Change new

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/17619_LowCarbonHighGrowth_English_PDF.pdf

a World Bank report that provides an overview of the impacts of global warming already noted in Latin America and the steps needed to mitigate these and future impacts (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular

http://www.grocc.ei.columbia.edu/

4 out of 10 stars (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

Adaptation to Climate and Coastal Change in West Africa

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

Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE)

http://go.worldbank.org/U7UTJB54K0

5 out of 10 stars (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

Biodiversity and climate change

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/climate/

8 out of 10 stars (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

Carbon Finance at the World Bank

http://go.worldbank.org/9IGUMTMED0

9 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

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

Centre on Global Change and Health

http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/cgch/

brings together multidisciplinary expertise and experience from life sciences, public health and social sciences to understand and develop policy responses to the impact of globalization on health and environment
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Clean Development Mechanism

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

Climate Centre

http://www.climatecentre.org/

supports the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Climate Change - European Environment Agency

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

Climate Change and Human Health

http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/

a World Health Organization (WHO) site that provides information about the links between climate change and health
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Climate Change Information Network

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

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution -- UN

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

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
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