Announcements
Global Warming: Early Warning
Signs map. Newly updated.
Clean
Development Mechanism (CDM) announces process for projects (PDF
25Kb) The Executive Board says the aim is for small scale CDMs.
Kyoto
Protocol receives 100th ratification (PDF 30 Kb)
as Canada became the latest to join. This should help pave the way for
the protocol to be put in force.
 Building
on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Protecting the Climate, by
Kevin A. Baumert with Odile Blanchard, Silvi Llosa and James Perkaus.
A World Resources Institute publication. Full
text (PDF 1.95 MB).
Finacial
Sector needs to be come more proactive in battling climate change
(PressRelease). The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives
warns of unawareness and lack of commitment to the problem. It offers
some concrete solutions. Full
report (PDF 0.7 MB).
 European
Environment Agency announce that the European Union has reached it target
for CO2 stabilisation. This covers a period from 1990
to 2000. However, the CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions
were higher in 2000 compared with 1999. To see the full report click
here.
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Major Initiatives
United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its 1997 Kyoto Protocol are the
key processes for negotiating international climate policies and reductions
in greenhouse gas emissions.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC is the world's leading scientific body for assessing the scientific,
technical and 
socio-economic information relevant for understanding climate change.
The (September 2001) Climate
Change 2001 assessment report confirms that earlier projections
of global mean temperature increases were underestimated.
Featured resources
Vital Climate Graphics:
the impacts of climate change: The visual information contained
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 Vital
Climate Graphics Africa indicate that temperature rise in Africa
corresponds to global temperature rise, and that adverse impacts including
extremes, are spread across the diverse environments of Africa, putting
a huge proportion of African continent at great risk.
 Global
Environment Outlook 3 presents important data on emissions, the
pressures related to climate change, the projected impacts, and the policy
responses to climate change at levels ranging from global to local.
Greenhouse
gas emission graphs
Historical and projected emissions by country
Kyoto Protocol map service
Maps showing achievements under the Protocol
Java Climate Model
Interactive do-it-yourself climate model
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