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Climate Change
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American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
http://aceee.org/
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a
means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental
protection. ACEEE fulfills its mission by: Conducting in-depth
technical and policy assessments; Advising policymakers and program
managers; Working collaboratively with businesses, public interest
groups, and other organizations; Publishing books, conference
proceedings, and reports; Organizing conferences and workshops;
Educating consumers and businesses.
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Climate Institute
http://www.climate.org/about_institute.html
In 1986, two years after initiating the EPA Risk Assessment
concerning chlorofluorocarbons, John Topping, Joe Cannon and seven
others founded the Climate Instutute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to
serve as a bridge between policymakers and scientists around the
world and dedicated to being the world’s foremost authority on
climate change information, science and responses.
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Climatic Research Unit - University of East Anglia Norwich,
UK
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/
The Climatic Research Unit is widely recognised as one of the
world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and
anthropogenic climate change. The aim of the Climatic Research Unit
is to improve scientific understanding in three areas: past climate
history and its impact on humanity; the course and causes of climate
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Climate Change and Biological Diversity: Cooperation between the
Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
http://www.biodiv.org/climate-change/index.html
Climate change is one of the threats to biodiversity, and the
need for its rate to be reduced to allow ecosystems to adjust to
climate change is recognized in the objective of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Measures such as
the conservation and sustainable management of forests and other
ecosystems can contribute simultaneously to both the UNFCCC and the
Convention on Biological Diversity.
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The National Council for Science and the Environment: Global Climate
Change
http://www.cnie.org/nle/clim-2.html
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) works
to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making.
Guided by the needs of stakeholders, NCSE educates society about
the importance of comprehensive scientific programs that integrate
cross-cutting research with knowledge assessments, education, information
dissemination, and training. NCSE Objectives include : bringing
about the full implementation of the recommendations of the National
Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) report "Environmental Science
and Engineering for the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science
Foundation"; facilitating stakeholder actions to develop a
shared understanding of science, science needs and priorities, and
efforts to link science with decision-making; providing and creating
an online information dissemination system that allows all users
to find understandable, science-based information about the environment.
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The Climate Action Network (CAN)
http://www.climatenetwork.org/
The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 287
Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government
and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically
sustainable levels. CAN members work to achieve this goal through
the coordination of information exchange and NGO strategy on international,
regional and national climate issues. CAN has seven regional coordinating
offices which co-ordinate these efforts in Africa, Central and Eastern
Europe, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia, and Southeast
Asia. Diverse environmental organizations from around the globe,
ranging from large international groups such as World Wildlife Fund
(WWF), Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, to small local groups
in developing countries such as Terre Vivante in Mauritania and
the Green Coalition in the Philippines, work collaboratively within
CAN.
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Energy Information Administration (EIA)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
The Energy Information Administration (EIA),
created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S.
Department of Energy. We provide policy-independent data, forecasts,
and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets,
and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with
the economy and the environment.
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California Energy Commission - Energy Web Directory
http://www.energy.ca.gov/links/research.html
The California Energy Commission is the state's
primary energy policy and planning agency, charged with ensuring
a reliable and affordable energy supply. Created by the Legislature
in 1974 and located in Sacramento, the Commission has five major
responsibilities: forecasting future energy needs and keeping historical
energy data; siting and licensing power plants; promoting energy
efficiency through appliance and building standards; developing
energy technologies and supporting renewable energy; planning for
and directing state response to energy emergencies.
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Environmental Defense
http://www.edf.org/
Environmental Defense is a leading national nonprofit organization
representing more than 300,000 members. Since 1967, Environmental
Defense has linked science, economics, and law to create innovative,
equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental
problems. Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental
rights of all people, including future generations. Among these
rights are clean air, clean water, healthy, nourishing food, and
a flourishing ecosystem. Both domestically and internationally,
Environmental Defense works to stabilize Earth's climate by reducing
the emission of greenhouse gases. Global and regional air quality
is another major area of action (Global and Regional Air) (http://www.edf.org/programs/GRAP/#warming).
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Environmental Information Center
http://www.nies.go.jp/english/eic-e/contents.html
The Environmental Information Center is responsible for various
functions and services related to collection and provision of environmental
information. Databases, a library, and a computer system are operated
and maintained, enabling the handling of a wide range of environmental
information.
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Friends of the Earth
http://www.foe.co.uk/
Friends of the Earth is the largest international network of environmental
groups in the world, represented in 61 countries. One of the leading
environmental pressure groups in the UK. FOE is a unique network
of campaigning local groups, working in 250 communities in England,
Wales and Northern Ireland. Largely funded by our supporters. Over
90 per cent of FOE's income comes from individual donations, the
rest from special fundraising events, grants and trading.
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Global Commons Institute (GCI)
http://www.gci.org.uk/index.html
The Global Commons Institute (GCI) is an independent group of people
whose aim is the protection of the Global Commons, which we fear
may be driven beyond the threshold of ecological stability by the
relentless pursuit of economic growth. GCI is currently working
on the political and economic aspects of global climate change.
GCI was founded in 1990 after the Second World Climate Conference,
and has been an officially recognised and highly active participant
within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) and
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) processes.
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The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
http://www.iclei.org/iclei.htm
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
is the international environmental agency for local governments.
Its mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local
governments to achieve tangible improvements in global environmental
and sustainable development conditions through cumulative local
actions. Building a worldwide movement requires that ICLEI functions
as a democratic, international association of local governments.
Serving a worldwide movement requires that ICLEI operates as an
international environmental agency for local governments. The Cities
for Climate Protection (CCP) (http://www.iclei.org/co2/co2.htm)
is a campaign of the International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI), which encourages cities to reduce the pollution
causing Global Warming and Climate Change, and related air pollutants.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
http://www.unep.ch/ipcc/Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UNEP and
WMO. The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical
and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of
the risk of human-induced climate change. It does not carry out
new research nor does it monitor climate related data. It bases
its assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific
technical literature.
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The International Utility Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (IUEP)
http://www.ji.org/index.htm
The International Utility Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (IUEP)
is an initiative of the Climate Challenge, a joint program between
the Department of Energy (DOE) and the electric utility industry.
The Climate Challenge is part of President Clinton's Climate Change
Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).The purpose
of the IUEP is to identify international energy project development
opportunities, to support joint implementation (JI) project investment
and development activities, and to demonstrate U.S. commitment to
voluntary approaches to global climate change issues. IUEP has established
a program to solicit, evaluate, and fund project proposals from
U.S. utilities and energy companies interested in developing and
implementing international projects that avoid, reduce, or mitigate
GHG emissions in a credible, creative, and cost-effective manner.
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The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS)
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/about/intro.html
A key objective of GISS research is prediction of atmospheric and
climate changes in the 21st century. The research combines analysis
of comprehensive global datasets, derived mainly from spacecraft
observations, with global models of atmospheric, land surface, and
oceanic processes. The research approach includes study of past
changes on Earth, such as paleoclimate changes, and study of other
planetary atmospheres as an aid to prediction of future evolution
of Earth on a planetary scale.
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National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
The Weather Bureau, Air Force and Navy Tabulation Units in New
Orleans, LA were combined and formed into the National Weather Records
Center in Asheville, NC in November 1951. Authority to establish
the joint Weather Records Center was granted under section 506(c)
of the Federal Records Act of 1950 (Public Law 754, 81st Congress).
The Center was eventually renamed the National Climatic Data Center.
NCDC's mission is to manage the Nation's resource of global climatological
in-situ and remotely sensed data and information to promote global
environmental stewardship; to describe, monitor and assess the climate;
and to support efforts to predict changes in the Earth's environment.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.strategic.noaa.gov/
NOAA's Strategic Goals NOAA's Mission is to describe and predict
changes in the Earth's environment, and conserve and wisely manage
the Nation's coastal and marine resources. NOAA's strategy consists
of seven interrelated Strategic Goals for environmental assessment,
prediction and stewardship (Environmental Assessment and Prediction
Mission: 1. Advance Short-Term Warning and Forecast Services; 2.
Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts; 3. Predict
and Assess Decadal to Centennial Change; 4. Promote Safe Navigation;
Environmental Stewardship Mission: 5. Build Sustainable Fisheries;
6. Recover Protected Species; 7. Sustain Healthy Coasts), which
are presented as theme pages for the World Wide Web.
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
http://www.nrdc.org/
The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard
the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems
on which all life depends. NRDC works to restore the integrity of
the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to
defend endangered natural places. NRDC seeks to establish sustainability
and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives
of human society. NRDC affirms the integral place of human beings
in the environment.
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Ozone Action
http://www.ozone.org/
Ozone Action is a non-profit, public interest organization founded
in July 1993 to work exclusively on atmospheric issues: ozone depletion
and global warming. It is vital to have a single-issue, public interest
organization educating the public and providing the media with the
latest information on these dual threats.
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Resources For the Future (RFF)
http://www.rff.org/
Resources For the Future (RFF) was founded in 1952. RFF is a nonprofit
and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts
independent research – rooted primarily in economics and other social
sciences – on environmental and natural resource issues.
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Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
http://www.teriin.org/
A dynamic and flexible organization with a global vision and a
local focus, TERI was established in 1974. While in the initial
period the focus was mainly on documentation and information dissemination
activities, research activities in the fields of energy, environment,
and sustainable development were initiated towards the end of 1982.
The genesis of these activities lay in TERI’s firm belief that efficient
utilization of energy, sustainable use of natural resources, large-scale
adoption of renewable energy technologies, and reduction of all
forms of waste would move the process of development towards the
goal of sustainability (The UNU-TERI Protocol on Climate Change:
a Blueprint for Kyoto, http://www.teriin.org/division/padiv/cger/docs/unu-sum.htm).
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Trexler and Associates, Inc. (TAA)
http://www.climateservices.com/
Trexler and Associates, Inc. (TAA) is an internationally recognized
leader in the emerging field of climate change risk management and
in identifying and implementing greenhouse gas emissions reduction
and offset strategies. TAA is one of just a few companies worldwide
that specializes in climate change mitigation policies, technologies,
and projects. TAA works with greenhouse gas emitters to assess their
future regulatory and financial exposure under alternative policy
regimes and to identify market opportunities arising out of the
public's growing concern over climate change. TAA also works with
companies, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and project
developers to promote environmentally sound, technically viable,
and cost-effective climate change mitigation measures.
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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
http://www.ucsusa.org/
UCS was founded in 1969 by faculty members and students at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were concerned about the
misuse of science and technology in society. From that beginning,
UCS collaborates with colleagues across the country to conduct technical
studies on renewable energy options, the impacts of global warming,
the risks of genetically engineered crops, and other related topics.
UCS share the results of our research with policymakers, the news
media, and the public. UCS experts work together with citizens across
the country to disseminate its findings and alter policies in local
communities as well as on the national level. Through UCS Sound
Science Initiative, 2,000 scientists provide the real facts on environmental
science to government and the media. Knowing the immensity of the
challenge, UCS actively works in coalition with other environmental
groups that share its goals. The UCS works to ensure that all people
have clean air and energy, as well as safe and sufficient food.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
http://www.unfccc.int/text/index.html
ARTICLE 2 OBJECTIVE: The ultimate objective of this Convention
and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties
may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions
of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations
in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic
interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved
within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally
to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened
and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Global Warming Site
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/index.html
The EPA Global Warming Site is provided as a public service by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA's climate change programs
and activities are an integral part of the Agency's mission and
purpose. With the Global Warming Site, we strive to present accurate
information on the very broad issue of climate change and global
warming in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts
of society – communities, individuals, business, public officials
and governments.
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U.S. Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)
http://www.gcrio.org/
The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides
access to data and information on global environmental change research,
adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change
related educational resources on behalf of the US Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP) (http://www.usgcrp.gov/)
and its participating Federal Agencies and Organizations. GCRIO
is implemented by The Center for International Earth Science Information
Network (CIESIN) (http://www.ciesin.org/)
at Columbia University.
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World Energy Council
http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/
The Objects as they exist today are: "To promote the economic development
and the peaceful use of energy resources for the greatest benefit
of all, both nationally and internationally by considering: i. potential
resources and the means of production, transportation, transformation
and utilisation of energy in all their aspects; ii. energy consumption
in its overall relationship to the growth of economic activity in
the area; iii. the social and environmental aspects of energy supply
and utilisation; iv. and by collecting and publishing data on the
matters mentioned in Objects i, ii and iii; v. holding Congresses
on the matters mentioned in Objects i, ii, iii and iv; vi. rendering
maximum assistance to other organisations in the energy field and
acting as an organisation for the coordination of information and
a clearinghouse for its exchange".
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World Meteorological Organisation
http://www.wmo.ch/
WMO commenced operations as the successor to International Meteorological
Organization (IMO) in 1951 and, later that year, was established
as a specialized agency of the United Nations by agreement between
the UN and WMO. From weather prediction to air pollution research,
climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies
and tropical storm forecasting, the World Meteorological Organization
coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt
and accurate weather information and other services for public,
private and commercial use, including international airline and
shipping industries. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of
life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and
the protection of the environment.
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World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG)
http://jcdc.kishou.go.jp/wdcgg.html
As one of the important functions of the Global Atmosphere Watch
(GAW) programme, the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG)
was established in the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in October
1990 to make systematic collection and distribution of the data
on the concentrations of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, CFCs, N2O,
etc.) and the related gases (e.g., CO, NOx, SO2) in the atmosphere
and the ocean.
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World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Climate Change Campaign
http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/climate.cfm
The major source of CO2 is burning coal, oil and gas for energy.
WWF wants to accelerate the introduction of technologies which use
energy more efficiently with less pollution, and increase the contribution
from clean renewable energy sources. Our campaign is working in
over 25 countries to raise awareness of the threats of climate change.
We want to persuade governments to introduce responsible policies.
And we are developing partnerships with innovative companies which
recognise that combating climate change will benefit the whole of
society.
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