Climate Change Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Climate Change (2007) :

   • 1.1 United Nations bodies addressing Climate Change
   • 1.2 Other public bodies addressing Climate Change
   • 1.3 FAQs on Climate Change
   • 1.4 News sites on Climate Change
   • 1.5 NGOs addressing climate change
2. Partner link

See also our page containing sites linking to this Digest

 

1. Factual links

1.1 United Nations bodies addressing Climate Change

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produced the 4^th Assessment Report (the source of this GreenFacts Digest) and a number of reports on various aspects of climate change : www.ipcc.ch 
• GRID-Arendal is an official UNEP centre located in Southern Norway. Its cartographic products, aimed at decision-makers and the general public, inform of key environmental issues and their consequences: www.grida.no/products.aspx?m=36 
• UNEP climate change website: http://climatechange.unep.net/ 
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: http://unfccc.int 

1.2 Other public bodies addressing Climate Change

• The European Commission has several publications regarding climate change:
  • The website "You Control Climate Change" by the European Commission aiming to educate individuals on the factors affecting climate change and the necessary steps to stop its progression: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign/ 
  • The brochure “Climate change - what is it all about?” is an introduction for young people:  http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/campaign/pdf/
• The United Kingdom's HM Treasury website provides the "Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change" and related documents:
  www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/ 
• US EPA's Climate Change Site offers comprehensive information on the issue of climate change in a way that is accessible and meaningful to communities, individuals, business, states and localities, and governments:
  www.epa.gov/climatechange/ 

1.3 FAQs on Climate Change

• The Union of Concerned Scientists answers a series of Frequently Asked Questions about Global Warming:
  www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/global-warming-faq.html 
• The NewScientist magazine presents FAQs on climate change in its environment section:
  http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/ 
• The Australian Greenhouse Office published in 2005 the brochure “Climate change science: questions answered”, which can be downloaded in pdf format:
   www.greenhouse.gov.au/science/qa/pubs/science-qa.pdf
• The BBC offers questions and answers on several aspects of climate change:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3928017.stm 

1.4 News sites on Climate Change

• The BBC Climate Change portal:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/portal/climate_change/default.stm 
• The New York Times section on Global Warming:
  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/ 

1.5 NGOs addressing climate change

• The WWF portal on climate change provides information on the subject and related news: www.panda.org/climate 

 

2. Partner link

Euractiv's section on climate change provides news, analysis and interviews regarding this topic: www.euractiv.com/en/climate-change