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Web Resources

unfccc.int/resource/kpthermo_if.html

This link on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gives a hypothetical look at what would happen if different countries were to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. (requires Flash)

www.cses.washington.edu/cig/index.shtml

The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is an interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of natural climate variability and global climate change (“global warming”) on the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). Through research and interaction with regional stakeholders, the CIG works to increase the resilience of the Pacific Northwest to fluctuations in climate. The CIG's research focuses on four key sectors of the PNW environment: water resources, aquatic ecosystems, forests, and coasts.

www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/10.html

The Environmental Literacy Council is dedicated to helping citizens, especially young people, participate wisely in this arena. An independent, non-profit organization, the Council gives teachers the tools to help students develop environmental literacy: a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices.

www.whoi.edu/institutes/occi/currenttopics/abruptclimate_15misconceptions.html

Several decades of scientific research have yielded significant advances in understanding the ocean's role in regulating Earth's climate. Recently, increased media coverage of climate science has also highlighted some common misunderstandings about abrupt climate change, its underlying mechanisms, and possible consequences for society. This summary covers some of the major points about abrupt climate change that are often misunderstood.

www.ihdp.org/

IHDP is an international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental science program dedicated to promoting and coordinating research. Its aims are to describe, analyze and understand the human dimensions of global environmental change. IHDP's program is designed around its three main objectives of research, capacity building and networking.

www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The NOAA-National Hurricane Center's mission is to save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts and analyses of hazardous tropical weather, and by increasing understanding of these hazards.

www.drought.unl.edu/

The National Drought Mitigation center helps people and institutions develop and implement measures to reduce societal vulnerability to drought.

www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international work program designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.

climatechange.unep.net/

This portal is a central source for substantive work and information resources regarding climate change. You can find information based on the key issues within climate change or search by a specific type of resource.