*** Gateway
to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
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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
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
World Meterological
Organization (WMO)
Fighting
climate change: Human solidarity in a
divided world (UN Development Report 2007-8)
- 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
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Global
warming will step up after 2009: scientists
Migratory
birds, whales confused by warming
World
Water Week to
focus on climate change,
biofuels
Arctic
sea ice set to hit new low
Poverty
Facts and Stats
"Wedges"
Environment Solutions Game
Spreading
deserts threaten world food supply
Estimates
of rising ocean levels in the US
Reutter's
Cliemate Sumit Oct 1-3, 2007
contains video clips
APEC
rift opens over climate change debate China's
Hu supports UN climate framwork, not Bush approach
Genetically
modified plants vacuum up toxins
UN:
Poor need $86 billion in climate aid 27/11/07
Global
warming to alter Calif. landscape 29/12/07
Low-energy
bulb disposal warning 5/1/08
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BBC
Climate Change Portal
LiveScience
Climate Ark
Climate Change from BBC
Weather Centre
Climate
Change from EPA
Climate Change Press Conference 27 Feb 2007
Climate Change around the World Clickable map charting climate change
issues around the world
Confronting Climate
Change Exec Summary, PR links
Copenhagen
Consensus Center
Clinton
Global Initiative 2007 Meeting
Environmental
Working Group
Environic
Foundation International
Global Warming
Global
Warming Frequently Asked Questions
Green Facts
New
Scientist Environment
Ex-generals:
Global Warming Threatens U.S. Security
National
Geographic: What Is Global Warming?
Stop Global
Warming
The
Alliance for Climate Projection Al Gore, leader
Tree
Hugger A weath of information from news, to
fashion
What
Causes Global Warming?
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NGO/DPI
Conference
NGOs are asked to Recommend How
to Reduce or Eliminate the Impact of Climate Change
Join the Effort. Save Our Planet!
60th
Annual DPI/NGO Conference Declaration (pdf)
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Books
Cool
It - The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming' released
by Bjorn Lomborg |
Global
Warming Student Research Page
Designed to help both high school and college level students gather
information for papers, presentations, and debates
Clean
Up the World Campaign 14-16 September 2007
Water
Week 2007 (February 27 - March 2, 2007) at World Bank, Washington,
DC
World
Water Week in Stockholm 12-18 August 2007
Fight Global Warming What you can do
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Environment
Conventions/Protocols |
Environment
Videos |
RSS (Really
Simple Syndication) Feeds |
UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNEP
Video News Centre |
Latest
news articles published on UNEP's website |
Kyoto
Protocol to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change,
text
and discussion |
Encyclomedia |
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Kyoto
Protocol: Framework Convention on Climate Change short overview |
Tennessee
Environment & Conservation Videos On Water and land |
Free Environment
Images |
Montreal
Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer |
Stage
6 divx Some are dubbed in English |
Free
Images Nature |
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Metacafe
Short, measured in seconds. |
Digital
Librarian: Maps |
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National
Geographic |
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Games
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Consumer
Consequences will ask you a series of questions
about your lifestyle, and as you play, it will show you how many "Earths"
of natural resources it would take to sustain all 6.6 billion humans
if everyone lived like you. |
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Conferences
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Environment
Podcasts |
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Copenhagen
Consensus 2004 |
UNEP
Podcasts |
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NPR
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National
Geographic |