Climate Change Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on Climate Change :

   • 1.1 Some Q&As and FAQs on climate change and global warming
   • 1.2 More information for the non-specialist
   • 1.3 Some climate change news sites
   • 1.4 Some policy-related websites
   • 1.5 "What can I do?" websites
   • 1.6 Other websites on global warming
   • 1.7 Expert Links Supporting the GreenFacts Digest

See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest

1. Factual links

1.1 Some Q&As and FAQs on climate change and global warming

• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) "Synthesis Report": 9 Q&As for Policy Makers on www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/ 
• "Common Questions about Climate Change", a 1997 overview from the WMO & UNEP, published on GCRIO:
  www.gcrio.org/ipcc/qa/  (the source for Questions 7 to 9 of this study)
• The Pew Center on Global Climate Change presents Science, International, Business, Economics & Solutions FAQs :
  www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/faq_s/glance_faq_science.cfm 
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) global warming FAQs:
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ClimateScienceFAQ.html 
• U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) FAQs on global warming :
  http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html 

1.2 More information for the non-specialist

• UNEP in Norway has produce a great site where climate change is well explained through excellent graphics:
  www.grida.no/climate/vital/index.htm 
• Environmental Protection Agency(U.S. EPA) global warming website:
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html 
  see "What's certain 
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  http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/climateuncertainties.html(the source for Question 10 of this study) 
• On the Science@NASA website, a feature article (Oct. 2000) that explores why many questions about climate change are difficult for science to answer:
  http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast20oct_1.htm 
• Climateark.org - Climate Change Portal: www.climateark.org/ 
• UNEP climate change website: http://climatechange.unep.net/ 
• The information sheets of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia (UK): www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/info/ 
• Global Climate Change Briefing Books by the U.S. National Council for Science and the Environment:
  www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/BriefingBooks/Climate/ 
• The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) proposes "a beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming" :
  http://whrc.org/resources/online_publications/warming_earth/index.htm 
• The website of the Science Museum of the US National Academy of Sciences proposes a section entitled "Global Warming Facts & Our Future" :
  www.koshlandscience.org/exhibitgcc/index.jsp 

1.3 Some climate change news sites

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Press pages:
  http://unfccc.int/press/items/2794.php 
• Center for International Climate and Environmental Research- Oslo (CICERO):
  www.cicero.uio.no/whatsnew/index_e.asp 

1.4 Some policy-related websites

• On United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) site, get the full text of the Kyoto Protocol :
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/2627.php  
• On the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) site, see an explaination of the various organizations, bodies, conferences and protocols relating to climate change conventions: www.iisd.ca/climate/fcccintro.html 
• The White Houses Climate Change policy book published on GCRIO:
   www.gcrio.org/OnLnDoc/pdf/climatechange.pdf
• Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe by the EEA:
  http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2003_36/en/tab_summary_RLR 

1.5 "What can I do?" websites

• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) campaigns for personal greenhouse gas reduction:
  • Climate Savers, a campaign for businesses:
    www.panda.org/.../what_we_do/climate_change/our_solutions/business_industry/climate_savers/q_a/index.cfm 
  • One Sweet Whirled, a campaign for individuals:
    www.onesweetwhirled.org 
• The US EPA advice on how to reduce carbon emissions, from the international level down to the individuals:
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/Actions.html 
• The WRI site, SafeClimate.net, gives information to help people understand their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions:
  www.safeclimate.net 

1.6 Other websites on global warming

• OECD's pages on climate change:
  www.oecd.org/env/cc 
• World Health Organization (WHO's) Climate Change page:
  www.euro.who.int/globalchange  in their Climate and Health section:
  www.euro.who.int/globalchange/20030929_1 
• The World Resource Institute (wri) environmental database:
  http://earthtrends.wri.org 
• A lot of good scientific information on greenhouse gases in a moderate advocacy website: www.ghgonline.org 
• The Global Warming International Center, an international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy: www.globalwarming.net 
• Climatehotmap.org proposes a map of the world illustrating the local consequences of global warming :
  www.climatehotmap.org 

1.7 Expert Links Supporting the GreenFacts Digest

• 1. Has the climate changed during the 20th century?
  • 1.1. Has the world warmed?
  • 1.2. What other climate changes have been observed?
  • 1.3. What aspects of our climate have NOT changed?
• 2. What causes this climate change?
  • 2.1. Are human activities modifying the atmosphere?
  • 2.2. How well is climate change understood?
  • 2.3. To what extent is climate change due to human activities?
• 3. What climate changes are expected for the future?
  • 3.1. What emission scenarios are projected?
  • 3.2. What climate changes are projected for the 21st century?
  • 3.3. What climate changes are projected for future centuries?
• 4. What are the likely consequences of climate change?
  • 4.1. Has climate change already started to affect us?
  • 4.2. How potentially could Climate Change affect us?
  • 4.3. What other major impacts could climate change possibly have?
  • 4.4. What should be done?
• 5. How could Climate Change affect us in the future?
  • 5.1 What would be the effects on and vulnerability of the natural systems?
  • 5.2 What would be the effects on and vulnerability of the human systems?
  • 5.3. How does climate change vulnerability vary across regions?
• 6. How could greenhouse gas emissions be reduced?
  • 6.1. How is Climate Change a unique problem?
  • 6.2. What are the options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
  • 6.3. What would be the costs of implementing the Kyoto Protocol?
  • 6.4. What are the ways and means for mitigation?
  • 6.5. What in the current knowledge needs to be improved?
• 7. Are recent extreme weather events due to global warming?
  • 7.1 What extreme events could global warming explain?
  • 7.2 Is the occurrence of extreme temperatures increasing?
  • 7.3 Are precipitation levels changing?
  • 7.4 Are storms affected by global warming?
• 8. Do man-made greenhouse gases matter compared to water vapor?
  • 8.1 How do gases affect the earth's temperature?
  • 8.2 What is the human contribution?
  • 8.3 How could water vapor amplify global warming?
  • 8.4 What is the role of clouds?
• 9. Can ecosystems adapt to Climate Change?
  • 9.1 Are ecosystems less adaptable now to Climate Change?
  • 9.2 Is the speed of Climate Change detrimental to ecosystems?
  • 9.3 Has man affected the adaptability of ecosystems?
  • 9.4 Which ecosystems would be the most affected?
• 10. Are there any different views?
  • 10.1 Is IPCC TAR a consensus report?
  • 10.2 Some of the sites suggesting IPCC views are overstated
  • 10.3 Some of the sites overstating IPCC views