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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-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

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 (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

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

United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) 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

Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular

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

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://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

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 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 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

Climate Change Initiative -- IUCN World Conservation Union

http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/initiatives/about_work_global_ini_clima/index.cfm

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

concerned with climate change in relation to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources; assists countries in climate change adaptation and mitigation

Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It

Climate Change Resources in the UN System

http://www.un.org/partners/civil_society/m-climat.htm

contact and other information for key UN system offices involved with climate change policy-making

Added: Apr. 25, 2004 | 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

Fourth Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP4), The

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

Global Climate Observing System

http://www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/gcoshome.html

1 out of 10 stars (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

Global Environmental Change and Health

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

8 out of 10 stars (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

Global Terrestrial Observing System

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