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• - Paper on the human consequences of global warming.
  
• - GWIC is an international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governmental, non-governmental organizations, and industries in more than 120 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding
  
• - An overview of climate change, theories and perspectives, and notable weather patterns.
  
• - An online forum designed to provide the news media, legislators, opinion leaders, and the interested public with analysis and commentary on U.S. and global policy initiatives related to climate change.
  
• - Useful and timely information about climate change and California.
  
• - Organization created by the State of California to encourage companies, government agencies and other organizations to voluntarily measure and report their Green House Gas emissions. Provides information about the program.
  
• - Global coalition of companies and trade associations committed to constructive and responsible participation in the international policy process concerning global climate change. Includes objectives, a list of members, and literature.
  
• - Christian Science Monitor mini-site, including reports from Nov. 2000's Hague conference on climate change and links to other sources.
  
• - A Greenpeace and Friends of Nature sponsored campaign against Esso. Includes an overview of the campaign, information on the company, archives, press releases, and papers on global warming.
  
• - Climate change news & information portal and archive dedicated to promoting policy that addresses Global Climate Change through reductions in carbon emissions, energy conservation, alternative energy sources and ending deforestation.
  
• - The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.
  
• - Companion web site to the documentary "Rising Waters", which includes personal stories of Pacific Islanders and puts a human face on the international climate change debate. Includes archives, stories, white papers and information on filmmakers.
  
• - Success stories, tools and resources on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  
• - A series of white papers on deforestation and the need to reverse this destructive process, by Gabriel Penno Saraiva.
  
• - Issues surrounding the Kyoto Accord and its effect on Canadian citizens.
  
• - Describes ways individuals and congregations can act on the issues of climate change and energy use. Joint project of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.
  
• - Non-profit environmental group dedicated to fighting climate change and finding solutions to the problem. Includes news and current programs.
  
• - Scientists now believe that rising global temperatures may exacerbate extreme weather events, leading to increased damages in the decades ahead. [WorldWatch Institute]
  
• - works to protect the balance between climate and life on earth by facilitating the dialogue among scientists, policy makers, business executives and citizens.
  
• - An essay by Jane Lubchenco about climate change and public perceptions of environmental issues.
  
• - An organization ensuring that observations and information needed to address climate-related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. Contains a profile, structure, publications and calendar of events.
  
• - Information about greenhouse gas emissions, inventory estimations, vulnerability assessments, and adapting to global climate changes from the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.
  
• - News, background information and links on global warming, climate change, and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
  
• - Provides the foundation for increasing the skill of predictions of seasonal-to-interannual climate fluctuations (which can bring excessively wet and dry periods) and long-term climate change.
  
• - Non-profit organization focusing on building a grassroots movement to stop global warming pollution. Contains a profile, event calendar, information on speakers, and news archive.
  
• - Interactive plotting tool for historical global temperature data.
  
• - Challenge is the integration of climate policy objectives into other sectoral policy areas such as transport, energy and agriculture.
  
• - Key points, articles, pros and cons, and resources regarding climate change.
  
• - An extensive list of links from the Junk Science Home Page.
  
• - Global Warming FAQ sheet, email petition to the U.S. President, various reports and information to other resources.
  
• - Features position papers and viewpoints on climate change in India, including analysis of opportunities for clean development and carbon emissions reduction projects and programs.
  
• - A tabled comparison between different ways of home heating, and their individual effects on greenhouse gases and environmental decline.
  
• - Promotes climate change and global warming solutions by providing carbon dioxide offset projects and advancing offset policies.
  
• - Includes news, archives and articles on this topic.
  
• - Broad summary of the new carbon tax imposed on the citizens and business of the United Kingdom, with descriptions of the business and global impact.
  
• - Contains major national and international studies on environmental and climatic issues.
  
• - official site for UN Climate Secretariat: Kyoto protocol, COP4 in Buenos Aires, world emissions data...
  
• - A Greenpeace poll (in 1992) shows that a worryingly high proportion of climate scientists believe it possible that continuing emissions of greenhouse gases can awaken synergistic feedbacks capable of generating a runaway greenhouse effect.
  
• - A daily award Presented to the "worst" countries at UN climate change conferences.
  
• - Official climate change web pages of the Belgian federal environment administration: publications, links, addresses, national and international official documents, legislation.
  
• - Cartoons about President Bush's reversal of stance on carbon dioxide emissions.
  
• - Provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global warming related educational resources for users worldwide.
  
• - Practical guide to support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. Profiles the business community's response with services and resources for greenhouse gas mitigation.
  
• - An international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental social science programme aimed at improving understanding of human responses to global change. Contains a profile, projects, news, publications and calendar of events.
  
• - Created to inform Canadians about the process of developing a national implementation strategy on climate change. Provides information, news and resources.
  
• - An online guide to the politics and science leading up to and following the signing of the Kyoto Protocol.
  
• - Discussing the pollution and climactic effects of air traffic, and environmentally sustainable alternatives.
  
• - Clearinghouse for information on global warming.
  
• - A network of local and statewide groups dedicated to halting the threat of global climate change. Contains a profile, legislations, information on local chapters, and calendar of events.
  
• - An analysis of the science and other issues behind the climate change debate, from BBC News Online.
  
• - Providing resources on cross-cultural environmental policy, local communities and the environment, and transnational environmental activism.
  
• - Comprehensive information from the USA's Environmental Protection Agency.
  
• - Calculations of carbon dioxide emissions are offered for various modes of travel and energy use (1 tree per 1000 kilowatt-hours, for example).
  
• - Features information and breaking news on climate change, with a focus on resources and actions you can take to help stop global warming.
  
• - A white paper on the potential effects of future climate changes on forests and vegetation, agriculture, water resources, and human health.
  
• - Project focussing on climate protection and funding environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe. Includes a profile, calendar of events, publications, and information on monitoring and mechanisms.
  
• - A review of market based initiatives to combat global warming, including tradeable permits and carbon taxes.
  
• - Article by A. E. Brain discussing how cyclic climatic changes are indicated, and the possible causes and historical effects.
  
• - Advocates taking action to arrest climate change
  
• - A global collection of Landsat images and text, designed to show environmental changes and to introduce remote sensing. Images and explanatory from every continent.
  
• - A global network of over Non-Governmental Organizations working to promote government and individual action to limit human induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.
  
• - ACACIA uses the best available scientific tools and knowledge to answer the climate-related questions of sponsors from the industrial, business and policy communities.
  
• - A clearing house for climate change issues sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. Highlighting articles, conference schedules, and related resources.
  
• - A biweekly, online research review with breaking news on the science and politics of global climate change from Greening Earth Society.
  
• - WRI identifies opportunities to reduce the risk of global climate change in ways that drive sustainable economic development worldwide.
  
• - Companion site to the book of the same name. Offers information on climate change, and tips for individuals, companies, municipilaties, governments and developing nations to counter this issue.
  
• - Could Global Warming lead to Global Cooling? Warming could lead, paradoxically, to drastic cooling -- a catastrophe that could threaten the survival of civilization. Atlantic Monthly.
  
• - Article on rising concentrations of a newly identified synthetic fluoride that traps heat more effectively than all other known greenhouse gases.
  
• - Written by a scientist at The Woods Hole Research Center, these pages describe the scientific evidence, the culprits, the skeptics and the probable outcome of a world signicantly changed by human-induced climate change.
  
• - Examines coastal erosion, artificial reef, sea defence, coastal and inland flooding, rising sea levels, global warming, marine tyre structures and designs.
  
• - A discussion of the certainties and uncertainties behind the science of climate change and the impact of greenhouse gasses.
  
• - 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. The site also features climate change related news, events, publications, reports
  
• - Highlights recent reports and projects, suggested solutions, and background information, focusing on British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest.
  
• - An Elsevier journal which aims to address the broad spectrum of policy issues raised by the prospect of changes in the global climate. Includes articles, extracts, information on authors and bibliographies.
  
• - Audio conversation with William Calvin about rapid global climate changes. Includes related links.
  
• - Article about this international agreement and how it will be used to combat global warming.
  
• - White papers on the earth's magnetic field and global warming by Eugene D. Richards.
  
• - FAQ arising from the Kyoto Summit.
  
• - Climate change and global warming science, government policy, energy technology, cost and benefits debated via an unmoderated, uncensored listserve, plus research aides.