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Center for Research on Environmental Decisions editor's pick

http://cred.columbia.edu/guide/

provides a downloadable copy of The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, a guide for those involved in the process of forging environmental agreements

Added: Nov. 09, 2009 | Rate It

It's Getting Hot in Here editor's pick

http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/

a community media project created and sustained by leaders of the youth climate movement as a place to speak out about an issue that threatens our livelihoods and future generations and the actions that we are taking to create a more just and sustainable future

Added: Jun. 25, 2006 | 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

National Snow and Ice Data Center popular

http://www.nsidc.org/

6 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

an information and referral center supporting polar and cryospheric research; distributes data about snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, paleoglaciology, and ice cores - at the University of Colorado

Added: May. 23, 2001 | Rate It

California Climate Change Center

http://calclimate.berkeley.edu/

climate change research at the University of California at Berkeley

Added: Jan. 24, 2006 | Rate It

Campus Climate Challenge

http://www.climatechallenge.org/

youth organizations in the U.S. and Canada organizing at college campuses and high schools to win 100% Clean Energy policies at their schools

Added: Jun. 22, 2007 | Rate It

Center for Climate Systems Research

http://ccsr.columbia.edu/

a unit of Columbia University's Earth Institute established in 1994 for the purpose of enhancing the program of interdisciplinary Earth and Climate systems research both at Columbia and the NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Added: Sep. 17, 2006 | Rate It

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy

http://www.udel.edu/ceep/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the University of Delaware supports research and instruction in areas of energy and environmental policy

Added: Jul. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Center for Global Change & Arctic System Research

http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/

carries out interdisciplinary research and education related to the role of the Arctic in the Earth system, and to stimulate and facilitate global change research; at the University of Alaska Fairbanks

Added: Jun. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Center for Health and the Global Environment

http://chge.med.harvard.edu/

Harvard Medical School seeks to expand environmental education at medical schools and to further investigate and promote awareness of the human health consequences of global environmental change

Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

http://ciesin.columbia.edu/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

Columbia University's, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences

Added: Jan. 17, 2002 | Rate It

Climate Change

http://www.environment.yale.edu/publication-series/climate_change/

climate change publications from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It

Climate Change in the American Mind - Americans’ Climate Change Beliefs, Attitudes, Policy Preferenc

http://envirocenter.research.yale.edu/uploads/climatechange-report2.pdf

Yale Project on Climate Change and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication provide the results of a survey of Americans wherein they supported action and policies to deal with climate change, despite economic conditions (pdf)

Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Climate Change Institute

http://www.climatechange.umaine.edu/

University of Maine institute is leading major scientific investigations to unlock the secrets of climate change – past, present and future and it's impact on humans and the ecosystem

Added: Jan. 01, 2005 | Rate It

Columbia Climate Center

http://climate.columbia.edu/

seeks to improve humankind's capacity to understand, predict, and respond to climate variability and change within a multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development

Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Department of Atmospheric Sciences--U of I at Urbana-Champaign

http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/index.html

contains information about the academic program and research activities

Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It

Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)

http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/

at the University of Central Florida, researches and develops energy technologies that enhance the economy and environment

Added: Sep. 05, 2006 | Rate It

Focus the Nation

http://www.focusthenation.org/

seeks to provide global warming solutions for America through a major educational initiative coordinating teams of faculty, students and staff at over a thousand colleges, universities and high schools in the United States

Added: Feb. 09, 2008 | Rate It

High Plains Regional Climate Center

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/

a network of regional universities that is increasing the use and availability of climate data in the High Plains region of the US

Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It

International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt

working to accelerate the ability of societies worldwide to cope with climate fluctuations, based at Columbia University

Added: Jun. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council

http://www.iaclimatechange.us/

responsible for submitting a proposal to the Governor and General Assembly that addresses policies, cost-effective strategies, and multiple scenarios designed to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions

Added: Jan. 14, 2009 | Rate It

IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library

http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/

contains a wide variety of earth science data, primarily oceanographic and atmospheric datasets; including an introduction to climate data, a data library and map room

Added: Jun. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

http://jisao.washington.edu/

fosters research collaboration between the University of Washington (UW) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concerning climate change, ocean acidification, fisheries assessments, and tsunami forecasting

Added: May. 01, 2009 | Rate It

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/

an interdisciplinary organization that conducts research, independent policy analysis, and public communication on issues of global environmental change

Added: Sep. 14, 2001 | Rate It