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Canadian Institute for Climate Studies 
– The Canadian Institute for Climate Studies has been at the forefront of making climate science relevant to decision-makers in Canada for the past decade. They are dedicated to providing science-based information that is relevant to the decision maker in business, industry, and government.
Organization: Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios (CCIS) – The main role of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Scenarios project has been to provide climate scenario information and scenario construction advice to researchers in Canada to ensure that the resulting studies can be used to provide Canadians with a meaningful national assessment of the impacts of climate change.
Organization: Canadian Institute for Climate Studies
The Climate Technology Initiative – The Climate Technology Initiative is a multilateral initiative whose mission is to bring countries together to foster international co-operation in the accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly and environmentally-sound technologies and practices.
Organization: Climate Technology Initiative
Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERCO) – CICERO, founded by the Norwegian government in 1990, is an independent research center associated with the University of Oslo. CICERO's mandate is twofold: to both conduct research and provide information about issues of climate change.
Organization: Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network – The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) is made up of linked organizations and individuals involved in ecological monitoring in Canada to better detect, describe, and report on ecosystem changes.
Organization: Environment Canada
Environmental Technology Advancement Directorate – Science and technology for environmental protection; includes air quality monitoring, measuring pollutants in emissions from mobile and stationary sources, as well as developing and assessing technologies to reduce and measure emissions
Organization: Environment Canada
Environmental Technology Advancement – Welcome to the Environmental Technology Advancement Directorate (ETAD) website which is dedicated to sharing information about our program and project activities aimed at developing and applying science and technology for environmental protection in Canada and around the world.
Organization: Environment Canada
National Water Research Institute – The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is Canada's preeminent freshwater research facility, the largest in the country with centres on the shores of the Great Lakes in Burlington, Ontario and in the heart of the Canadian Prairies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Organization: Environment Canada
Stratospheric Ozone
Organization: Environment Canada
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Outlook to 2020
Organization: Environment Canada
The Science of Climate Change
Organization: Environment Canada
Climate Change Science: Summary of Recent, Key Climate Change Science Publications
Organization: Environment Canada - Meteorological Service of Canada
Climate Change Science: What We Do – Climate Change Science Advisors of the Science Assessment Integration Group are responsible for developing, and regularly making available to the government, specialized information on climate change including: the state of climate change science, greenho
Organization: Environment Canada - Meteorological Service of Canada
The Science of Climate Change – Includes slide shows, fact sheets
Organization: Environment Canada - Meteorological Service of Canada
Ocean Sciences – Oceanographic data, software, resources, seminars/conferences and research activities in the Maritimes.
Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the lead federal government department responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters.
Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Central and Arctic Region – Services, programs, and research undertaken by the Central and Arctic Region of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Organization: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN) – C-CIARN is a national network that facilitates the generation of new climate change knowledge by bringing researchers together with decision-makers from industry, governments, and non-government organizations to address key issues.
Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Heuristic Engineering Inc. – Heuristic Engineering Inc., founded by Dr. Malcolm D. Lefcort, has been actively engaged in the development of clean burning, wet wood combustion for the forest product industry since 1980.
Organization: Heuristic Engineering
Technology Partnerships Canada
Organization: Industry Canada
Energy Technology Data Exchange World Energy Base (ETDEWEB) – A searchable database that includes world-wide information on the environmental impacts of energy production and use, including climate change; energy R&D; energy policy; nuclear, coal, hydrocarbon and renewable energy technologies and more.
Organization: International Energy Agency
IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D; Programme (IEA GHG) – The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D; Programme (IEA GHG) is an international collaborative research program focusing its efforts on studying technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. IEA GHG aims to provide its members with informed information on the role that technology can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Organization: International Energy Agency
International Energy Agency (IEA) – The International Energy Agency is an intergovernmental body committed to advancing security of energy supply, economic growth and environmental sustainability through energy policy co-operation.
Organization: International Energy Agency
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) – The International Institute for Sustainable Development contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management.
Organization: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Climate Change Knowledge Network – The Climate Change Knowledge Network brings together expertise, experience and perspectives from research institutes in developing and developed countries active in the area of climate change. It provides a forum for rigorous research on the issues within the international climate change structure and a means for furthering dialogue between countries as they undertake efforts to address climate change.
Organization: International Institute for Sustainable Development
Environmental Energy Technologies Division – Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division develops technology that uses, converts and stores energy more efficiently and with less environmental impact, and studies the link between energy use and the environment. An important outcome of its work is the development of technologies and processes to mitigate the environmental effects of energy use.
Organization: Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Centre for Aviation Transport and the Environment – The Centre for Aviation Transport and the Environment is a multi-disciplinary research centre based at the Manchester Metropolitan University. The Centre's mission is to facilitate the integrated social, economic and environmental sustainability of the aviation industry through critical research and analysis, and through knowledge transfer between the academic, industry, regulatory and NGO sectors.
Organization: Manchester Metropolitan University
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research – The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research provides a focus in the United Kingdom for the scientific issues associated with climate change.
Organization: United Kingdom Met Office
United States Climate Diagnostics Center – The mission of the Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) is to advance national capabilities to interpret the causes of observed climate variations, and to apply this knowledge to improve climate models and forecasts and develop new climate products that better serve the needs of the public and decision-makers.
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) – The National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) is Canada's premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises (SMEs). NRC-IRAP provides Canadian SMEs with value-added technological and business advice, financial assistance and a range of other innovation assistance. NRC-IRAP helps SMEs realize their full potential, turning knowledge and innovation into strategic opportunities, jobs and prosperity for all Canadians.
Organization: National Research Council Canada
Office of Energy Research and Development
Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) – PERD is a unique federal energy S&T; program which designs and funds work done interdepartmentally by twelve federal departments and agencies in support of NRCan's energy priorities.
Organization: Natural Resources Canada
Energy Publications
Organization: Natural Resources Canada, Office of Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency Trends in Canada
Organization: Natural Resources Canada, Office of Energy Efficiency
Remote Sensing Datasets for Global Climate Modelling – Program to provide climate modelling researchers with global data on surface radiation retrieved from satellite measurements, and to use this dataset to assess and improve the performance of general circulation models
Organization: Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
The Boreal Ecosystems Productivity Simulator – Remote sensing approach to quantifying the terrestrial carbon cycle
Organization: Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative – The Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative is a partnership of the governments of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba mandated to pursue climate change impacts and adaptation research in the Prairie Provinces.
Organization: Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) - Climatology – The SRC is Saskatchewan's leading provider of applied Research and Development and technology commercialization. The Climatology Section develops, tests and transfers climatic information that leads to environmental, economic and social benefits.
Organization: Saskatchewan Research Council
Regulations and Standards: Alternative Fuels
Organization: Transport Canada
Union of Concerned Scientists – The Union of Concerned Scientists is an independent non-profit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists. They augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world.
Organization: Union of Concerned Scientists
University of East Anglia (United Kingdom) - Climatic Research Unit – The Climatic Research Unit is widely recognized as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. The aim of the Unit is to improve scientific understanding in three areas: past climate history and its impact on humanity; the course and causes of climate change during the present century; and, prospects for the future.
Organization: University of East Anglia
The Canadian Mackenzie GEWEX Study – As a part of the international Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), the Canadian Mackenzie GEWEX Study focuses on understanding and modelling the flows of energy and water into and through the atmospheric and hydrological systems of the Mackenzie River basin which yields the largest North American source of fresh water discharge into the Arctic Ocean.
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Climate Modelling Group – The Climate Modelling Group is involved in modelling and analysis of past, present and future climate primarily using their locally developed comprehensive Earth System Climate Model, known internationally as the UVic coupled model.
Organization: University of Victoria
CRYosphere SYStem in Canada (CRYSYS) – CRYSYS is a Canadian-led Interdisciplinary Science Investigation in the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Program. The main goals of CRYSYS are to develop capabilities for monitoring and understanding regional and larger scale variations in cryospheric variables of importance to Canada (sea ice, snow cover, freshwater ice, glaciers and ice caps, frozen ground/permafrost), and to improve understanding of the role of the cryosphere in the climate system.
Organization: Environment Canada
NOAA Climate and Global Change Program – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate and Global Change Program is designed to complement the work of other Federal agencies, particularly NASA, DOE, and NSF, by addressing key elements of the long-term monitoring and mission-directed research necessary to improve our understanding and prediction of climate variability.
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) – The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). CDIAC responds to data and information requests from users from all over the world who are concerned with the greenhouse effect and global climate change.
Organization: U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) – The GCRIO provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change-related educational resources on behalf of the various U.S. Federal Agencies that are involved in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).
Organization: U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) – USGCRP supports research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society.
Organization: U.S. Global Change Research Program
National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) – The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. Supported by over 500 academic, scientific, environmental, and business organizations, and by federal, state and local government, the Council works closely with the many communities that create and use environmental knowledge to make and shape environmental decisions.
Organization: National Council for Science and the Environment
World Resources Institute – The World Resources Institute is an independent non-profit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators working to protect the Earth and improve people's lives.
Organization: World Resources Institute
SafeClimate for Business – A joint project of the World Resources Institute and the Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, dedicated to helping business of all sizes understand and take action on climate change.
Organization: World Resources Institute
CSA Climate Change – The Canadian Standards Association is committed to the development of standards for technology, products, procedures and management systems to manage, reduce, monitor, report and measure GHG emissions.
Organization: Canadian Standards Association
U.K. Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) – The U.K. Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provides scenarios that show how climate might change and co-ordinates research on dealing with future climate. UKCIP shares this information, free of charge, with organisations in the commercial and public sectors to help them prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Organization: U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business – Conservation International (CI) and Ford Motor Company established The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business (CELB) to engage the private sector worldwide in creating solutions to critical global environmental problems in which industry plays a defining role.
Organization: Conservation International and Ford Motor Company
