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• *** Gateway
to the UN System's Work on Climate Change ***
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Climate
Change: Mar 10-12, 2009 - Copenhagen - Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions
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UN
Climate Change Conference 6-17 Nov 2006
• Secretary-General
appoints 3 Special Envoys on Climate Change
• Climate
Change Requires Long-term Global Response UN S-G statement
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Conference: 7-18 May 2007
- Bonn: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and Subsidiary
Body for
Implementation (SBI) of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International
Polar Year (2007-2008)
• United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• UNESCO
Atlas of the Oceans
• Water
Week, World Bank 17-20 Feb 2009
• World
Meterological Organization (WMO)
• Fighting
climate change: Human solidarity in a
divided world (UN Development
Report 2007-8)
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calculate and compare your national carbon footprint as well as that of regions
and countries all around the world.
- national and regional
reports: Azerbijan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Asia and the Pacific
• UN
Cliamte Change Conference:
7 - 18 Dec. 2009 at Copenhagen
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Bonn Climate Change Talks:
29 Mar to 8 Apr 2009
• World
Water Assessment Programme by UNESCO |
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International
Earth System Expert Workshop on Ocean Stresses and Impacts
by International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO),
report 20 June 2011; link to full report and Executive Summary
• Artic
Report Card: 2010 Update by
NOAA, Oct 2010
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Climate Change around the World Clickable map charting climate change issues
around the world
• Climate
change is 'faster and more extreme' than feared
20 Oct. 2008 WWF
• Climate
Change Risks Could Cost Developing Countries Up to 19% of GDP
by
2030 14 Sept 09
• Confronting
Climate Change Exec Summary, PR links
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Dust
storms spread deadly diseases worldwide 27 Sept 09
• Exposed:
The Worldwide Efforts of the Global Energy Lobby to Kill Progress on Climate Change
The Center For Public Integrity investigative report detaiing intense corporate
pressure to block effective global treaty from being reached at UN Climate Talks
in Copenhagen in December, 2009 and to halt efforts in individual countries to
limit greenhouse gas emissions.
• Extreme
Ice Survey - Photos, video and data on melting ice
• Human
Impact Report: Climate Change- The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis 29 May 2009
by Human Security Gateway
• NASA:
report: Ozone layer saved: Simulation Shows Consequences of a World Without
Earth's Natural Sunscreen 20 Mar. 2009
• Northeast
US to suffer most from future sea rise, 15 Mar 09
• New
Study Reveals Unexpected Relationship Between Climate Warming
and Advancing Treelines by Ecology Letters Journa
• Poverty
Facts and Stats
• Project
BudBurst engages the public in making careful observations
of the phenophases such as first leafing, first flower, and first fruit ripening
of a diversity of trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses in their local area.
• Report:
Climate change crisis 'catastrophic' 29 May 09
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Risky
business: insuring countries against climate catastrophe 28 Sept 09
• Reuter's
Industry Climate Summist links to current meetings
contains
video clips
• Shaping
climate-resilient development - 2009 by McKinsey & Co. A report of the
Economics of Climate Adaptation Working Group
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Siberia's
Climate Time Bomb: Thawing Permafrost Could Spell Disaster
21
Nov 2010
• Spreading
deserts threaten world food supply
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Top
10 Surprising Results of Global Warming
• The
Anatomy of a Silent Crisis, 29
May 2009. first ever comprehensive report looking at human impact of climate change,
produced by Dalberg Global Development Advisers - estimates that 325 million people
are seriously affected by climate change. The report also found that there is
an economic impact of $125 billion per year from climate change, which is more
than the individual GDP of 73% of the world’s countries.
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Trees
advance in a warming world - first global analysis
of treelines
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US
Planting Maps changing 1990 US Dept of Agriculture and
2006 Arbor Day Foundation
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World
Water Assessement 3rd UN World
Water Development Report, 2009
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World
Water Week to
focus on climate change, biofuels
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• Arctic
Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
• BBC
Climate Change Portal
• LiveScience
• Centre for Sustainability
and Excellence Conducts CSR Reporting for companies and CSR certification
workshops around world
• Climate
Ark
• Climate
Change from BBC Weather Centre
• Climate
Change from EPA
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Climate Change around the World Clickable map charting climate change issues
around the world
• Climate
Change Research (CCR) part of Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Division at
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.
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Confronting Climate Change Exec Summary, PR links
• Copenhagen
Consensus Center
• Clinton
Global Initiative
• Environmental
Working Group
• Environic
Foundation International College edu program
• Extreme
Ice Survey Latest date on melting ice
• Global
Climate Change Research Explorer by National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Global
Humanitarian Forum 29 May Chair: Kofi Annan
• Global
Warming
• Global
Warming Frequently Asked Questions
• Green
Facts
• Greenpeace,
USA
• International
Climate Challenge info on India, Kenya, UK; youth involvement
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International
Programm on the State of the Ocean Scientific
studies, reports, videos
• New
Scientist Environment
• Ex-generals:
Global Warming Threatens U.S. Security
• National
Geographic: What Is Global Warming?
• Sierra
Club
• Stop Global
Warming
• The Alliance
for Climate Projection Al Gore, leader
• The
Global Climate Change Lobby includes interactive map on country emissions
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• Tyndall
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• Tree
Hugger A wealth of information from news, to fashion
• United
States Global Change Reserach Program Integrating federal research and solutions
for climate and global change
• U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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