NASA provides a comprehensive directory about Earth science and global change data; containing descriptions of data sets of relevance to global change research

teaches and provides policy advice to governments about global change and the risks to our environmental and economic systems and

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

a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity

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

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

an Office of Biological and Environmental Research program to advance the science of climate prediction

a report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that seeks to bring together and update some of the key findings of the IPCC paper, including particular impacts of climate change in Europe, concluding that warming is accelerating abruptly (pdf)

organizes and promotes collaborative interdisciplinary research on the nature, causes and impacts of environmental change and contributes to management strategies for future environmental change

features the latest news on Earth observation missions and satellites

seeks to develop a complete picture of the global carbon cycle, including both its biophysical and human dimensions together with interactions and feedbacks

data and maps provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab instruments that focus on the earth's vital signs: Arctic sea ice, CO2, sea level, global temperatures and the ozone hole

a report by UNEP that aims to provide an illustrated global view of the available data sets related to glaciers and ice caps, their distribution around the globe, and the changes that have occurred since the maximum extents of the so-called Little Ice Age (LIA)

a UNEP program that provides a scientifically based communication tool for mapping, at large scale, the likelihood of human impacts on the biosphere resulting from increasing growth in resource utilization

conducts basic research in space and Earth sciences, addressing changes in our environment that affect the habitability of our planet

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

describing and predicting changes in the Earth's environment, and conserving and wisely managing the Nation's coastal and marine resources

promotes research that contributes to an improved understanding of global change, how this effects different resources (human, natural, economic), and societal responses

the Department of Earth Sciences program at the University of California, Santa Cruz

devoted to multi-disciplinary research and education on human-induced environmental change that is either global in nature or pervasive across the world

conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change

NASA discusses human influence in climate changes and the possible migration of plant biomes

provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources

provides integrated U.S. federal research on global change and climate change

seeks a whole-system understanding of the interrelationships among earth surface processes, ecological systems, and human activities so that future environmental changes and impacts can be anticipated