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International Energy Agency. Introduction to climate change, information on technical solutions. Reports and a regular newsletter, details of forthcoming conferences, links to other sites.
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IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme www.ieagreen.org.uk Guide to membership of the IEA GHG Programme (PDF) Technical Reports WELCOME Welcome to the website of the IEA Greenhouse Gas RD Programme (IEA GHG IEA GHG was founded in 1991 and is a major international research collaboration that assesses...Climate change information from GRID-Arendal, the United Nations Environment Programme information office.
http://www.grida.no/climate/
Article reviews scientific understanding of the issue of greenhouse gases and climate change, as presented in peer-reviewed publications. This understanding serves as the underlying basis of the American Geophysical Union's position statement of December 1998.
http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/99148e.html
Answers to frequently asked questions about climate change.
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/globalwarming.html
A comprehensive guide designed for university undergraduates and provided by the UK's Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme.
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/gccsg/contents.html
Provides, for the German government, recommendations for research and further action to combat global problems in the field of environment and development
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WBGU Website Policy Paper: Development needs Environmental Protection:Recommendations for the Millennium 5 Summit Report: Fighting Poverty through Environmental Policy deutsch MISSION AND CONCEPTS COUNCIL MEMBERS PUBLICATIONS SECRETARIAT PUBLIC RELATIONS LINKS Secretariat at the Alfred Wegener Institute Email to the Webmaster Last Update:...Fact sheets and information on climate change, with an Australian perspective. Also provides annual statements on Australia's climate.
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Climate Change Disclaimer statements relating to the use of the information on this site and our site Privacy and Accessibility statements. Users of these web pages are deemed to have read and accepted the conditions described in the Copyright, Disclaimer, and Privacy...A summary of reports from the US National Academies of Science, as well as full reports, simple background information and links to related web-based material.
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A Closer Look at Global Warming This page is maintained by the National Academies Office of News and Public Information Web group. Contact us by e-mail news@nas.edu A Closer Look at Global Warming The warming of the Earth has been the subject of intense debate and...Provides documents on global and regional climate change science and issues, including a biannual roundup of the latest scientific developments. Also provides information on Canadian participation in international climate change programs.
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Please inform the site administrator that this error has occurred (be sure to include the contents of this page in your message to the administrator...The Climate Agenda is designed to enable governments, international governmental, and non-governmental, organizations to coordinate their contributions to national and international climate programmes. Site provides information on the organisation's structure, objectives and activities.
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/iacca/iacca_e.cfm
An archived Usenet FAQ.
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alt.global-warming FAQ Frequently Asked Questions This document contains the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the USENET newsgroup alt.global-warming TOPIC What is Global Warming The newsgroup topic is about global warming This includes the scientific theory that greenhouse gases emitted by humans are rapidly and unnaturally...Mailing list subscription information and link to archives.
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Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Discussion List The body of your message should read subscribe hgdec Archived messages from HGDEC are accessible at http listhost.ciesin.org. Text Browser Utilities CIESIN Home Page SEDAC Home Page CIESIN Gateway Search Register Help-Feedback CIESIN is a research unit of Columbia University...Reports on the science of climate change, its impacts and possible mitigation strategies. Collection of indicators, reports, links, data sets and targets on climate change.
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EEA Themes Climate change All environmental themes topics All environmental indicators sorted by name List of all indicators factsheets (PDF) Climate change Over the past 100 years global mean temperature has increased by 0.7 °C and in Europe by about 1.0 °C and the...A one-stop source of information, for younger and older users alike, on a range of atmospheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. Provided by the UK Government Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/
Statements from the WMO on a range of climate change issues.
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WMO 50 Global Climate Circulation of the atmosphere and in the oceans, along with the hydrological cycle between water, air and land are responsible for climate and climate variability. Humans have adjusted agricultural and other activities to the current climatic configuration of the Earth,...Electronic information source covering global warming, climate change and sea level rise with particular reference to developing nations. Maintained at University of East Anglia, England.
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Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary Access to carefully selected documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate and sustainable development...A detailed investigation into the relationship and differences between the surface temperature record (provided by weather stations) and that of the lower troposphere (provided by satellites and weather balloons).
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Nat Academies Press, Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change (2000) Fs now available for sale HOME ABOUT NAP CONTACT NAP HELP NEW RELEASES ORDERING INFO Items in cart [0] TRY OUR SPECIAL DISCOVERY ENGINE: Questions? Call 888-624-8373 Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change (2000) Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources...Fact sheets and other materials on global climate change and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with a focus on Norway.
http://www.bellona.no/e/klima/index.htm
Portal to information about climate and weather; how the atmosphere is affected by greenhouse gases and transport and industry emissions; issues of climate change (global warming), severe weather and smog. Provided by the Canadian government.
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SUSTAINING the ENVIRONMENT and RESOURCES for CANADIANS Climate The planet is warm enough to support life because greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap in the sun's heat. These greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Too many greenhouse gases affect the atmosphere Earth's insulating...Responds to data and information concerning greenhouse effect and global climate change. Includes research reports, news and articles.
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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) About Products New Top 10 FACE NARSTO Oceans AmeriFlux Directory Newsletter FAQ World Data Center Search How to Order Disclaimer...Climate change information related to energy, forestry, earth sciences, and minerals and metals. Additional links have been provided to other sites on climate change.
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Welcome to the Natural Resources Climate Change Web Site Bienvenue au site Web sur le changement climatique de Ressources naturelle Canada Important Notices Avis importants...The USA's Third National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Contains an assessment of the likely impact of climate change on the US, and projections of future greenhouse gas emissions.
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Redirection to EPA Global Warming Site Welcome to the redirection page for the EPA Global Warming site! If you are not automatically redirected to the Global Warming web site, please click here....Aims to evaluate the impact of global change and enhance scientific capacity in developing countries.
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Welcome to START ...Searchable bibliography on the impacts of environmental change on flora and fauna. Citations include peer-reviewed and selected gray literature. Hyperlinks are provided to the source where available.
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American Society of International Law Wildlife Interest Group Resources Any corrections or suggestions for additional citations should be sent to at ASIL-WIG. We would like to thank everyone who has been thoughtful enough to contribute citations for the bibliography; your continued support in this context will be greatly appreciated....Discover how researchers study climate change; examine the latest scientific data on this global problem. Fron the US National Science Foundation.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate
The US National Acadamies of Science (NAS) report on the US Governmental Administration's proposals for future climate research.
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Government Climate Change Research Plan Provides Guiding Vision And Should Be Implemented, But Needs Additional Funding The federal government should implement its revised strategic plan for climate change research as soon as possible, says a new report from the National Academies National Research Council. The committee that wrote the report said the plan is much improved,...Annual Convergence of an eclectic community of empirical climate change scientists, from climatologists, to paleoscientists, to applied sciences.
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PACLIM Page Watch your mailboxes and watch this site. But, for now, mark your calendars for the 2006 Workshop: March 28-31, 2006, at Asilomar Please consider attending and participating in our sister workshop, the MTNCLIM Workshop, which will be conducted on odd-years,...Focuses on the science and impacts of global warming or climate change, and on actions by governments, corporations, and individuals that help address global warming issues. Features include climate change related news, events, publications, reports, presentations, and links to other sites.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
Integrates federal research on climate and global change, as sponsored by thirteen federal agencies. Site provides information on US Federal policy.
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US Climate Change Science Program Integrating federal research on global change and climate change See: Overview of U.S. Research on Climate and Global Change. Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Our Changing Planet. The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Years...The history of scientific work on climate change from the 19th century to 2001, told in a set of hyperlinked essays
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Climate Change: Discovery of Global Warming A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change. This site created by Spencer Weart supplements his much shorter book, which tells the history of climate change research as a single...The updated Position Statement of the American Geophysical Union.
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Human Impacts on Climate Human activities are increasingly altering the Earth's climate. These effects add to natural influences that have been present over Earth's history. Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near-surface temperatures observed during the...BALANCE is an EU funded project (2003-2005) that follows on from BASIS (1997-1999). Its aim is to assess the vulnerabilities of the Barents Sea system to climate change based on a common modelling framework for major environmental and societal components.
http://www.balance-eu.info
Paper by Dr Colin Hunt and published in the Australian Journal of Environmental Management
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Australia's Greenhouse Policy Even though climate change effects and costs are uncertain, Australia has accepted that action is warranted in moving towards a global solution. In doing so the Australia government has chosen a range of 145;no regrets’ policy measures to reduce greenhouse...A statement by Professor Peter Barrett (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand) on the reality of global warming from the viewpoint of an earth scientist.
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A statement on Global Warming (P. Barrett) Evidence for global warming and why we need to take action The following statement was prepared by Professor Peter Barrett FRSNZ (Director of the Antarctic Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and is a slighly amended version of an article originally...