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A Beginner's Guide to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
This page, hosted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, provides a beginner's guide to climate change and the convention.
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Includes material for children (7-16 years old) and lessons and teaching guides for parents and teachers.
DOE Atmospheric Education
The goal of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's Education and Outreach Program is to develop basic science awareness and increase critical thinking skills focusing on environmental science and climate change for K-12 students. In addition, the program supports relationship building between teachers, students, scientists, and communities.
DOE Fossil Energy-Related Education Materials
Materials for teachers and students on fossil energy sources, including online energy lessons.
DOE Global Change Education Program
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) has established the Global Change Education Program (GCEP) to promote undergraduate and graduate training in support of the Department's global change research activities.
DOE: Dr. E's Energy Lab
This U.S. Department of Energy site provides kids with a wealth of information on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
DOE: For Students and Kids
Fun facts, contests and competitions, energy glossaries, scholarships and internships, and links to more kids' pages.
DOE: Resources for Educators
The U.S. Department of Energy's education programs help ensure an adequate supply of scientists, engineers and technicians for energy-related research, production activities, and the transfer of technology. The advancement of science, mathematics and technology education is an essential part of DOE's mission. The links on this page provide information on age-grade and subject matter resources for "energy" to help point students along the path of learning.
EIA: Energy Kids Page
The Energy Information Administration's Kids site provides energy facts, games, energy history, classroom activities, related links, and a glossary.
Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment
The Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment is a one-stop source of information on a range of atmopsheric issues, including air quality, acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion.
EPA Climate Change Kids' Site
Provides activities, games, and other learning tools for children to learn about climate change.
EPA Environmental Kids' Club
This fun web site is filled with environmental information and activities for kids.
EPA High School Environmental Center
This site contains high-school-level educational resources for students.
EPA Office of Environmental Education
Information on training, grants, partnerships, tools, and more.
EPA Student Center
This site provides middle-school level educational resources for students.
EPA Teaching Center
General environmental education resources for classroom and other teachers.
EPA "Project A.I.R.E."
"Project A.I.R.E." contains activities, reading material and resource lists designed to introduce students to the problems of air pollution.
GCRIO: Environmental Education Resources
This site provides Environmental Education and Outreach materials from the US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO).
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
GLOBE is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from over 6,500 schools in more than 80 countries are working with research scientists to learn more about our planet. GLOBE students make environmental observations at or near their schools and report their data through the Internet. Scientists use GLOBE data in their research and provide feedback to the students to enrich their science education.
NASA's Earth Science Education Catalogue
NASA's Earth Science Education Program offers a diverse array of programs and resources for formal classroom instruction, informal education, and professional and workforce development. The complete listing of Earth Science education programs, products and resources, along with NASA-wide resources for educators, is provided in this online catalog.
NASA's For Kids Only Site
Information for kids on how people can affect the environment; how NASA studies land, water, air, and natural hazards; plus fun facts, games, teacher guides, and more.
NASA CRES S'COOL Project
The S'COOL Project uses student generated measurements to help validate the CERES (climate research satellite) instrument. The site also includes lesson plans related to the activity for teachers to use in the classroom.
NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Homepage for Educators
Educational links, publications, tools, and other information about NASA's Earth Observing System.
NASA Office Education
Resources for teachers and students on a wide range of topics, including Earth sciences.
NASA Science Education Page
NASA's Science Education Program creates products using NASA's results in Earth-Sun system science, solar system research, universe exploration, and the development of new technologies to support learning. The program sponsors educational activities at all levels of formal and informal education to provide opportunities for learners to investigate their world and their universe using unique NASA resources.
NASA: Earth Observatory
The purpose of NASA’s Earth Observatory is to provide a freely accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth’s climate and environmental change. In particular, we hope our site is useful to public media and educators. Any and all materials published on the Earth Observatory are freely available for re-publication or re-use, except where copyright is indicated. We ask that NASA’s Earth Observatory be given credit for its original materials.
NASA: Global Change Master Directory Learning Center
The Learning Center is the place to find data and information about global environmental change. NASA's Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) is an online catalog of data sets covering just about every scientific area of global change research.
National Academy of Sciences: A Closer Look at Global Warming
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, a new report by a committee of the National Research Council, characterizes the global warming trend over the last 100 years, and examines what may be in store for the 21st century and the extent to which warming may be attributable to human activity.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Education Programs
NREL offers K-12 energy-related educational activities, teacher resources and programs, and internship and graduate study opportunities.
Naval Postgraduate School Polar Meteorology Module
This module is designed for anyone interested in the subject of polar meteorology. Some of the study questions within the module are geared toward upper-level undergraduate or graduate students majoring in meteorology, atmospheric science or related fields. However, anyone of high school age or older with some science background should find most of the module understandable.
NOAA's Education Page
Gateway to all of NOAA's educational pages for students and teachers on Earth sciences.
NOAA Educational Materials
The Climate Prediction Center produces educational materials to help people better understand the role of the climate system in our lives and how to use climate forecasts.
NOAA Frequently Asked Questions About Global Warming
This page lists a number of questions commonly addressed to climate scientists, and brief replies (based on IPCC reports and other research) in common, understandable language.
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Education Page
Links to general information, climate information, ocean and Great Lakes information, and more for teachers and students.
NOAA: Climate Change and Our Planet
Links to educational climate change resources for young (K-5) and older students.
NOAA: Climate Timeline Information Tool
Designed as an online tool allowing users to examine climate change and variability at different time scales, the Climate TimeLine has been developed through a CIRES Innovative Research Grant through the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program which is part of the National Climatic Data Center. The work has been conducted with the assistance of the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), located at NOAA's Boulder Laboratory.
NOAA: CLIMGRAPH Educational Graphics on Global Climate Change and the Greenhouse Effect
More than 50 educational graphics in PDF format on climate, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, and climate change.
NOAA: Kids Hazard Quiz
Take a quiz to find out if you are prepared for natural hazards such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and more.
The International Year of the Ocean Home Page for Kids and Educators
At this site, kids can find: activity and coloring books; fact sheets on Climate Change, Coral Reefs, and Endangered Whales (plus many more); how to adopt a buoy; and, how to become an ocean champion and take the ocean pledge. For teachers, there is the Educator's Guide (downloadable) as well as many useful fact sheets.
The U.S. Geological Survey and Science Education
The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research.
USGS Teacher Packets on Global Change
Includes lessons and teaching guides on topics in global change.
Federal
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
CDIAC provides the scientific and policy communities with greenhouse gas emission data for both regions and individual countries. CDIAC's emissions data have become standard reference materials. CDIAC is funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Health and Environmental Research.
Clean Cities Program
The Clean Cities Program is a Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to encourage the use of alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and their supporting infrastructure throughout the nation. By encouraging AFV use, the Clean Cities program will help achieve energy security and environmental quality goals at both the national and local levels.
Climate Change and Health: Workshop and Conference Reports
This page, hosted by Health Canada, provides links to a number of workshop and conference reports on the connections between climate change and public health.
Climate Change Impacts in Alaska
Findings for Alaska from the National Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on the Nation's Resources.
Climate VISION
Climate VISION "Voluntary Innovative Sector Initiatives: Opportunities Now" is a public-private partnership initiative launched by the Department of Energy on February 12, 2003, to contribute to the President's goal of reducing GHG intensity. Other agencies participating in Climate VISION include the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, and Department of the Interior.
Department of Transportation Center for Climate Change and Environmental Forecasting
This DOT Center is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Transportation, dedicated to fostering awareness of the potential links between transportation and global climate change, and to formulating policy options to deal with the challenges of these links.
DOE's Consumer Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
A site with information on options for saving energy and using renewable energy at home, at work, in your community, and while driving.
DOE's Office of Policy and International Affairs, Presidential Initiatives
The Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs (PI) is the primary advisor to the Secretary and the Department on energy and technology policy development, analysis and implementation, and leads the Department^s international energy initiatives. PI primarily performs energy and environmental analysis, conducts international negotiations on energy issues, and leads, coordinates and implements key aspects of the President’s National Energy Policy (NEP) and other energy-related Presidential initiatives.
DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
EREN is a comprehensive source of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies information for consumers, businesses and students.
DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy State Activities and Partnerships
This site lets you find publications and Web sites published by state agencies or by DOE about the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in the states.
DOE Fuel Economy Site
Fueleconomy.gov provides gas mileage (MPG), greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution ratings, and safety information for new and used cars and trucks.
DOE: Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Climate Change ResearchDivision
The Climate Change Research Division includes process research and modeling efforts to (1) improve understanding of factors affecting the Earth's radiant-energy balance; (2) predict accurately any global and regional climate change induced by increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols and greenhouse gases; (3) quantify sources and sinks of energy-related greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide; and (4) improve the scientific basis for assessing both the potential consequences of climatic changes, including the potential ecological, social, and economic implications of human-induced climatic changes caused by increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the benefits and costs of alternative response options.
DOE: Solar America Initiative
The Solar America Initiative will accelerate the development of advanced solar electric technologies, including photovoltaics and concentrating solar power systems, with the goal of making them cost-competitive with other forms of renewable electricity by 2015.
Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (e-GRID)
eGRID is a database that provides information on the air quality attributes of almost all the electric power generated in the United States. eGRID provides you with many search options, including information for individual power plants, generating companies, states, and regions of the power grid.
Energy Information Administration
The Energy Information Administration develops emission inventories of U.S. greenhouse gases and manages a program for the voluntary reporting of greenhouse gases.
Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program
This voluntary reporting program, created under Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, allows any organization or individual to establish a public record of greenhouse gas emissions, reductions, or sequestration achievements in a national database. Reporters gain recognition for environmental stewardship, demonstrate support for voluntary approaches, support information exchange, and inform the public debate over greenhouse gas emissions.
ENERGY STAR
These programs work with the private sector to develop cutting-edge, voluntary partnerships for the production and use of energy-efficient equipment.
EnergySmart Schools
There is growing pressure on financially strapped communities to do more with less. EnergySmart Schools is a Department of Energy program which recognizes that there is a tremendous opportunity to save energy and dollars in our nation's K-12 schools.
Environmental Energy Technologies Division News
Sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, the Environmental Energy Technologies Division News provides studies on energy efficiency and CO2 reduction strategies.
EPA's Criteria Air Pollutant Clearing House for Inventories and Emission Factors
The Clearing House for Inventories and Emission Factors (CHIEF) provides access to inventory information on criteria air pollutants that are controlled by the Clean Air Act. It also contains the latest information and tools for estimating emissions of air pollutants, such as emission factors for criteria air pollutants.
EPA's National Water Program Strategy
The "National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change" provides an overview of the likely effects of climate change on water resources and the nation's clean water and safe drinking water programs. It also describes specific actions the National Water Program intends to take to adapt program implementation in light of climate change.
EPA's State and Local Clean Energy Programs
Many state and local governments are using clean energy policies to save energy, improve air quality and public health, and achieve their economic development goals. EPA's new voluntary Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership Program supports states that are developing and implementing cost-effective clean energy and environmental strategies that help further environmental and clean energy goals and achieve public health and economic benefits.
EPA AgSTAR Program
AgSTAR encourages adoption of anaerobic digestion technologies (ADTs) that recover and combust biogas (methane) for odor control or as an on-farm energy resource. ADTs offer today's competitive livestock industry a cost-effective manure management alternative that provides economic and environmental solutions for America's rural communities.
EPA Atmospheric Protection Branch (APB)
APB has conducted emissions evaluations primarily on methane, developed software for data storage and processing, researched improvements in biomass utilization for niche applications, and performed bench-scale evaluations of a replacement transportation fuel.
EPA Clean Air Markets Data and Maps
Clean air markets programs include various market-based regulatory programs designed to improve air quality. The most well-known of these programs is EPA's Acid Rain Program, which has the overall goal of achieving environmental and public health benefits through reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx)—compounds produced by fossil fuel combustion that adversely affect air quality, the environment, and public health. In addition to information on the Acid Rain Program, you will also find information at this site on other programs that employ cap-and-trade mechanisms.
EPA Clean Energy Site
Generating electricity from renewable energy sources can result in substantial reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. This site explores energy production from solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and hydro sources; it also looks at the emissions reduction potential associated with the purchase of "green power."
EPA Climate Change Division
The Climate Change Division (CCD) is the EPA lead on domestic and international climate change policy. CCD pursues programs to further the Administration's broader climate policy and objectives. Some of the division's main functions include: compiling and reporting the U.S. greenhouse gas inventory under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); managing several non-CO2 voluntary programs such as the Landfill Methane Outreach Program, and the international Methane to Markets Partnership; tracking emerging issues in climate science, impacts, economics and innovative technologies; and supporting U.S. bilateral and multilateral partnerships.
EPA Climate Leaders
Climate Leaders is a voluntary EPA industry-government partnership that encourages companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. Many corporations are already making great strides in reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through participation in EPA programs like ENERGY STAR®, WasteWise, and the Green Power Partnership. Climate Leaders gives these companies and others the opportunity to take their climate commitment one step further. Partners set a corporate-wide GHG reduction goal and inventory their emissions to measure progress. By reporting inventory data to EPA, Partners create a lasting record of their accomplishments. Partners also identify themselves as corporate environmental leaders and strategically position themselves as climate change policy continues to unfold.
EPA Climate Protection Partnerships
The Climate Protection Partnership Division (CPPD) promotes greater use of energy efficient products and practices in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors through the ENERGY STAR partnership program. The Division's programs such as Climate Leaders provide information, technical assistance, and recognition for environmental leadership to organizations as they develop strategies and take advantage of proven opportunities to reduce their GHG emissions. CPPD also encourages investments in efficient, clean technologies such as combined heat and power (CHP) and green power from renewable resources.
EPA Coal Combustion Products Partnership
The Coal Combustion Products Partnership (C2P2) program is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Coal Ash Association, Utility Solid Waste Activities Group, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Federal Highway Administration to help promote the beneficial use of Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) and the environmental benefits that result from their use.
EPA Coalbed Methane Outreach Program
The Coalbed Methane Outreach Program helps the coal industry identify the technologies, markets, and finance sources to profitably use or sell the methane that coal mines would otherwise vent to the atmosphere.
EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Program
Helps businesses incorporate environmental considerations into the design and redesign of products, processes, and technical and management systems.
EPA Environmental Accounting
Resources to help business understand the full spectrum of their environmental costs, and integrate these costs into decision making.
EPA Excessive Heat Events Guidebook
Designed to help community officials, emergency managers, meteorologists, and others plan for and respond to excessive heat events, the guidebook highlights best practices that have been employed to save lives during excessive heat events in different urban areas and provides a menu of options that officials can use to respond to these events in their communities.
EPA Global Change Research Program
EPA's Global Change Research Program is an assessment-oriented program with primary emphasis on understanding the potential consequences of climate variability and change on human health, ecosystems, and socioeconomic systems in the United States.
EPA Green Buildings Program
EPA's Green Buildings Program seeks to build effective EPA leadership in the green building movement by jointly informing, coordinating, and guiding the development of Agency policies, programs, partnerships, communications, and operations that influence building and development.
EPA Green Power Partnership
The Green Power Partnership aims to expand awareness of renewable energy by providing objective information and public recognition for those making it their choice for energy supply. This web site provides information about green power, its benefits, green power leaders, and how to participate in the Partnership.
EPA Green Vehicle Guide
This guide rates only environmental performance when the vehicle is in use. It does not account for other environmental factors, such as recyclability of the vehicle, or for any other factors that people may consider when choosing a vehicle, such as safety, cost, or driving performance.
EPA GreenScapes Program
The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping. Designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution, GreenScapes encourages companies, government agencies, and other entities to make more holistic decisions regarding waste generation and disposal and the associated impacts on land, water, air, and energy use.
EPA Integrated Environmental Strategies Program
The Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) program engages developing countries to build support for integrated planning to address both global greenhouse gas emissions and local environmental concerns. The program promotes the analysis and local support for implementation of policy measures with multiple public health, economic and environmental benefits. To date, government agencies and research institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Mexico, the Philippines and South Korea have participated in the IES program.
EPA Methane Programs
This is a gateway to all of EPA's voluntary methane programs. Through these programs, companies work with EPA to achieve emissions reductions by implementing cost-effective management methods and technologies. The programs are designed to overcome a wide range of informational, technical, and institutional barriers to reduce methane emissions, while creating profitable activities for the coal, natural gas, landfill, and agricultural industries.
EPA Natural Gas Star Program
The Natural Gas Star Program is a voluntary partnership between EPA and the natural gas industry to find cost-effective ways of reducing emissions of methane (the primary component of natural gas). The program consists of two initiatives, one focused on the transmission and distribution sectors, and the other concentrating on the production and processing sectors.
EPA Pay-As-You-Throw Program
This Web site was developed as part of EPA's ongoing efforts to provide information and tools to local officials, residents, and others interested in Pay-As-You-Throw.
EPA Performance Track Partnership
Performance Track is a voluntary partnership that recognizes top environmental performance among participating U.S. facilities of all types, sizes, and complexity, public and private. Many facilities have made commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or energy use.
EPA Product Stewardship Program
Home page for EPA's Product Stewardship program.
EPA Resource Conservation Challenge
The Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC) is a national effort to find more flexible, yet protective ways to conserve natural resources and energy. It relies on volunteers coming together to accomplish a greater goal. Using existing economic incentives, our partners are moving the nation toward the next generation of pollution prevention.
EPA Ruminant Livestock Efficiency Program
The Ruminant Livestock Efficiency Program is a joint EPA-USDA effort to help livestock managers voluntarily reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases through the adoption of improved management practices.
EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Through the SBIR Program, EPA makes awards to small, high-tech firms for research and development of cutting-edge technologies.
EPA Smartway Transport Partnership
The SmartWay Transport Partnership is a voluntary collaboration between U.S. EPA and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution.
EPA Transportation Voluntary Programs
Transportation and Air Quality voluntary programs aim to achieve measurable environmental results in a cost-effective and beneficial way without the need for regulation. These programs can reduce pollution and improve air quality by means of forming partnerships with small and large businesses, citizen groups, industry, manufacturers, trade associations, and state and local governments. Partners in these voluntary programs work together to improve environmental performance and in return receive such benefits as cost savings, public recognition, and the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to clean the air.
EPA WasteWise Program
WasteWise is a free, voluntary, EPA program through which organizations eliminate costly municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes, benefiting their bottom line and the environment. WasteWise is a flexible program that allows partners to design their own waste reduction programs tailored to their needs.
EPA: Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry
This site provides information on carbon sequestration, agriculture and forestry practices that can sequester carbon, tools, resources, analyses, and more.
Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS)
GCDIS is a collection of distributed information systems operated by government agencies involved in global change research.
Global Change Data Center
GCDC is part of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth Sciences Directorate, Greenbelt, MD. GCDC's mission is to develop and operate data systems, generate science products, and provide archival and distribution services for earth science data in support of the U.S. Global Change Program and the NASA Mission to Planet Earth.
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
GCMD is a comprehensive source of information about Earth science, environmental, biosphere, climate, and global change data holdings available to the scientific community throughout the world. The climate change information provided here is generally intended for the serious researcher.
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
On February 16, 2005, 61 countries agreed to a plan that, over the next 10 years, will revolutionize the understanding of Earth and how it works. Agreement for a 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, known as GEOSS, was reached by member countries of the Group on Earth Observations at the Third Observation Summit held in Brussels. The GEOSS project will help all nations involved produce and manage their information in a way that benefits the environment as well as humanity by taking a pulse of the planet.
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory
Describes how increasing energy efficiency has the dual benefits of reducing insurance losses and mitigating climate change.
Methane to Markets Partnership
The Methane to Markets Partnership is an action-oriented initiative that will reduce global methane emissions to enhance economic growth, promote energy security, improve the environment, and reduce greenhouse gases.
NASA Global Hydrology and Climate Center
The primary focus of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) is to understand and predict the Earth's global water cycle, its connections to climate variability and weather, and to assess the interactions between human society and the dynamic Earth system in which we live. The GHCC is a partnership comprised of organizational elements from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the State of Alabama's Space Science and Technology Alliance, and the Universities Space Research Association.
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
GISS is a NASA research institute located near Columbia University in New York City. A subdivision of the Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Directorate in Maryland, GISS is primarily engaged in studies of global climate change.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
The mission of the Goddard Space Flight Center is to expand knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the solar system and the universe through observations from space. To assure that our nation maintains leadership in this endeavor, we are committed to excellence in scientific investigation, in the development and operation of space systems and in the advancement of essential technologies.
NASA Paleoclimatology Site
A site that describes the history and science of paleoclimatology.
National Academy of Sciences Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
The Board seeks to advance understanding of the Earth's atmosphere and climate, to help apply this knowledge to benefit the public, and to advise the federal government on issues within the Board's areas of expertise.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Conducts research and analysis into environment-related diseases and associated health risks.
National Park Service: Climate-Friendly Parks Initiative
The Climate Friendly Parks pilot program was started in response to the President's February 2002 call for voluntary action on climate change. The Climate Friendly Parks initiative is one of several pilot programs within the NPS Green Parks Partnership Program.
National Park Service: Climate Change Page
Gateway to information on Park Service research and other activities on climate change.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NREL is the leading center for renewable energy research in the United States. The laboratory, a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, works with utilities, regulatory agencies, the World Bank, and international trade groups to ensure that renewable energy technologies reach the marketplace as quickly as possible.
NOAA Climate Program Office
Created in October 2005, the Climate Program Office incorporates the Office of Global Programs, the Arctic Research Office, the Climate Observations and Services Program, and coordinates climate activities across NOAA. The CPO focuses on developing a broader user community for climate products and services, provides a focal point for climate activities within NOAA, leads NOAA climate education and outreach activities, and coordinates international climate activities.
NOAA Coastal Zone Management Programs, by State
An interactive map with links to state and territory rograms on coastal zone management.
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GFDL's mission is to be a world leader in the production of timely and reliable knowledge and assessments on natural climate variability and anthropogenic changes and in the development of the required earth system models.
NOAA National Climatic Data Center
NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. NCDC operates the World Data Center for Meteorology which is co-located at NCDC in Asheville, North Carolina, and the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology which is located in Boulder, Colorado.
NOAA National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy.
NOAA Office of Global Programs
NOAA's Office of Global Programs sponsors focused scientific research aimed at understanding climate variability and its predictability. Through studies in these areas, researchers coordinate activities that jointly contribute to improved predictions and assessments of climate variability over a continuum of timescales from season to season, year to year, and over the course of a decade and beyond.
NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management has federal responsibility for marine and coastal protected area management.
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
OAR is responsible for conducting research, developing products, and providing scientific information and leadership toward fostering NOAA's evolving environmental and economic mission.
NOAA: A Palo Perspective on Abrubt Climate Change
Paleoclimatic information on rapid changes in climate that have occurred in the past.
NOAA: Arctic Change Site
Data and information from reputable scientific sources are presented with easy to read and understand narratives. The objective is to inform dialog, raise issue awareness, and support decision making.
NOAA: Climate Extremes and Weather Events
Data and other information on hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other extreme weather events.
NOAA: National Snow and Ice Data Center
The NOAA team at NSIDC manages about 60 NOAA data sets, and publishes several new data sets each year, with an emphasis on in situ data, data rescue, and data sets from operational communities such as the U.S. Navy. We also help develop educational pages, contribute to larger projects, and support the WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, and the NSIDC Information Center.
State Department Climate Change Information
This site from U.S. Department of State provides access to important documents about U.S. communications under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, recent speeches and testimony related to climate change, as well as general information on international environmental affairs.
State Energy Data
State energy consumption, price, and expenditure estimates.
State Renewable Energy News
Newsletters are prepared under the auspices of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Subcommittee on Renewable Energy, to promote information sharing on state-level renewable energy activities.
The Arid and Semi-Arid Western United States
Findings for the western United States from the National Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on the Nation's Resources.
US Forest Service Climate Change Tree Atlas
This site is a tree species distribution atlas that maps out tree populations for a variety of species under different climate change scenarios.
USDA Global Change Program Office
This U.S. Department of Agriculture Office serves as USDA's focal point for climate change issues and is responsible for coordinating activities with other Federal agencies, interacting with the legislative branch on climate change issues affecting agriculture and forestry, and representing USDA on U.S. delegations to international climate change discussions. The Office ensures that USDA is a source of objective, analytical assessments of the effects of climate change and proposed response strategies.
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
The Climate Change Science Program integrates federal research on climate and global change, as sponsored by thirteen federal agencies and overseen by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Council on Environmental Quality, the National Economic Council and the Office of Management and Budget.
U.S. Climate Change Technology Program
The mission of the CCTP is to focus R&D activities more effectively on the President's climate change goals, near- and long-term. The CCTP provides a forum for interagency exchange of information on ongoing R&D activities. The CCTP is chartered by the President to review the Federal R&D portfolio and make recommendations. The CCTP's structure provides an opportunity to develop, across the Federal government, a comprehensive, coherent, multi-agency, multi-year R&D program plan for the development of climate change technology, tied to specific climate change goals and objectives.
U.S. Climate Technology Cooperation Gateway
The Gateway provides information to facilitate climate technology cooperation with developing countries and countries in transition. It provides information about U.S.-sponsored climate programs and projects and showcases U.S.-sponsored international climate technology cooperation programs and projects, with a focus on activities undertaken in partnership with developing and transition countries; access to climate technology tools, resources and technical experts; links to ongoing international activities including those under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); and information on technology market opportunities in developing countries and countries in transition.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
DOE is a leading science and technology agency whose research supports our nation's energy security, national security, environmental quality, and contributes to a better quality of life for all Americans.
U.S. Geological Survey Research Contributions to Climate Change Science
USGS Global Change Research activities strive to achieve a whole-system understanding of the interrelationships among earth surface processes, ecological systems, and human activities. Activities of the program focus on documenting, analyzing, and modeling the character of past and present environments and the geological, biological, hydrological, and geochemical processes involved in environmental change so that future environmental changes and impacts can be anticipated.
U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
USGCRP was created as a Presidential Initiative in 1989 and formalized in 1990 by the Global Change Research Act of 1990. USGCRP research is organized around a framework of observing, documenting, understanding, and predicting global change; assessing the consequences of these changes; and producing assessments to synthesize and communicate this body of knowledge.
U.S. National Assessment
To assure that the United States is prepared for future change, the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) initiated a national assessment on the potential consequences of climate variability and change for the nation. The national assessment process aimed to analyze and evaluate what is known about the potential consequences of climate variability and change for the nation, in the context of other pressures on the public, the environment, and the nation's resources. The National Assessment Overview and Foundation Reports were produced by the National Assessment Synthesis Team, an advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and were not subjected to OSTP's Information Quality Act Guidelines. The National Assessment was forwarded to the President and Congress in November 2000 for their consideration.
White House Climate Change Policy
This page describes White House initiatives and policies on climate change.
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
In 1976, OSTP was created to provide the President with timely policy advice and to coordinate science and technology investment. OSTP has assumed a prominent role in advancing fundamental science, education and scientific literacy, investment in applied research, and international cooperation.
International
Annex I Country Listings, UNFCCCProfiles of all the Annex 1 countries (mostly "industrialized" or "developed" countries) that are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Includes links to national Web sites on climate change, where available.
Argentina's National Climate Change Web site
The Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development hosts Argentina's National Climate Change Web site.
Armenia's Climate Change Information Center
The Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia's Climate Change Information Center provides information on the Country's climate related programs, policies and organizations.
Asian-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is an inter-governmental network for the promotion of global change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific region.
Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment Information Programme, Manchester, UK
The Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme was supported by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to disseminate information on the causes, effects of, and controls on air pollution and climate change, within the framework of national legislation and international discussion.
Australia's National Climate Change Web site
Then National Climate Change Web site, part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provides information on Australia's position and policy related to global climate change.
Australian Climate Research at CSIRO
Scientists at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research are monitoring the changing composition of our air, identifying and quantifying sources of greenhouse gases and establishing processes by which these gases are removed from the air.
Australian Department of Climate Change
The Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage, delivers the majority of programmes under the Australian Government^s climate change strategy.
Austrian Council on Climate Change
The Austrian Council on Climate Change (ACCC) was founded in 1996. It is an interdisciplinary working group consisting of 11 members from the areas of economics, science and technology, which aims to determinate and evaluate measures relating to the prevention of Global Climate Change.
Brazil's National Climate Change Web site
Brazil's Ministry of Science and Technology hosts Brazil's National Climate Change Web site.
British Antarctic Survey, Climate Change Position Statement
This site contains the latest position of the British Antarctic Survey on climatic changes in Antarctica.
Bulgaria's Climate Change Web site
The Republic of Bulgaria Ministry of Environment and Water hosts Bulgaria's Climate Change Web site.
Cambodia's Climate Change Office
The Ministry of the Environment's Climate Change Office Web site provides information on how Cambodia is working locally and with the international community to address climate change issues.
Canada's National Climate Change Web site
A portal that links to the two main Canadian initiatives on climate change: Canada's Greenline program provides information on environmental decision making and Natural Resources Canada provides information on climate change mitigation.
Canadian Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program
The Government of Canada's Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program provides funding for research and activities to improve our knowledge of Canada’s vulnerability to climate change, to better assess the risks and benefits posed by climate change and to build the foundation upon which appropriate decisions on adaptation can be made.
Center for Global Environmental Research
CGER is a governmental organization sponsored by the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan. It promotes the integration of global environmental research from interdisciplinary, multi-agency, and international perspectives to improve scientific understanding of human impacts on climate. It also provides a basis for developing mitigation and adaptation policies by supporting research, monitoring, and disseminating data.
Colombia's National Climate Change Web site
The Republic of Colombia's Ministry of the Environment hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
Czech Hydrometeorological Institute's Department of Climate Change
The Department of Climate Change was founded in 1995 by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. The Institute works with the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) on Climate Change policy in the Czech Republic.
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency hosts Denmark's Climate Change Web site.
El Salvador's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) for El Salvador El Salvador's National Climate Change Web site.
European Commission's Climate Change Links Web site
This site provides links to climate change Web sites of European Union Member States.
European Commission's Climate Change Web site
This site provides information on international climate change negotiations and programs within the European Commission.
European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) works to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment by providing information to policy making agents and the public. This Web site provides an overview of the European Environmental Ageny's efforts on climate change.
France's National Climate Change Web site
France's Ministry of the Environment hosts France's Climate Change Web site.
Germany's National Climate Change Web site
Germany's Federal Ministry of the Environment provides general information on climate, renewable energy, emissions trading.
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
The Global Environment Facility, established in 1991, helps developing countries fund projects and programmes that protect the global environment. GEF grants support projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants.
Greece's National Climate Change Web site
Greece's Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, is responsible for handling environmental policy in Greece. It has launched a broad range of projects including ones on climate change.
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research is jointly funded by the United Kingdom Department of the Environment and the UK Meteorological Office. The main objective of the Centre is to provide, for the UK Government, an authoritative, up-to-date assessment of both natural and man-made climate change.
Haiti's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of the Environment of Haiti hosts Haiti's National Climate Change Web site.
Hungary's National Climate Change Web site
Hungary's Ministry of the Environment hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
India's National Climate Change Web site
The Government of India Ministry of Environment & Forests hosts India's National Climate Change Web site.
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
IAI is an intergovernmental organization established to foster increased understanding of global change in North, Central, and South America. Its Web site contains information on past and current research sponsored by IAI, as well as notifications of funding opportunities. IAI promotes research beyond the scope of national programs by sponsoring studies, both biophysical and socioeconomic, based on scientific issues important to the region as a whole.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC was created jointly by the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme in 1988. The IPCC is responsible for compiling and synthesizing the growing body of scientific literature on climate change. The comprehensive assessments of IPCC form the scientific basis for climate change policies.
International Arctic Impact Assessment
An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
The IGBP is focused on acquiring basic scientific knowledge about the interactive processes of biology and chemistry of the earth as they relate to Global Change. The goal of the programme is: to describe and understand the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system, the unique environment that it provides for life, the changes that are occurring in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced by human actions.
IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
The IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme (IPCC-NGGIP) had been undertaken since 1991 by the IPCC WG I in close collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). One of the main objectives of the IPCC-NGGIP is to develop and refine an internationally-agreed methodology and software for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and removals.
Ireland's National Climate Change Web site
The Department of the Environment and Local Government hosts Ireland's National Climate Change Web site.
Jordan and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
This Web site provides information on Jordan's Climate Change enabling activities including legislation, policy and related documentation.
Latvia's National Climate Change Web site
Latvia's Ministry of the Environment hosts Latvia's National Climate Change Web site.
Lebanon's National Climate Change Web site
The Republic of Lebanon's Ministry of the Environment hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
Lesotho Meteorological Services
This page describes climate effects on Lesotho and international efforts to address the issue.
Lithuania's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of Environment of Republic of Lithuania hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
Luxemburg's National Climate Change Web site
Luxemburg's National Climate Change Web site.
Mexico's National Climate Change Web site
Mexico's National Climate Change Web site.
Ministry for the Environment New Zealand
The Ministry of Environment hosts New Zealand's National Climate Change Web site.
Morocco's National Climate Change Web site
Morocco's Ministry of the Environment hosts Morocco's National Climate Change Web site.
National Agency on Climate Change of Georgia
Georgia's National Climate Change Web site provides comprehensive information about climate legislation and policy and national programs.
Non-Annex 1 Country Listings, UNFCCC
Profiles of all the non-Annex 1 countries (mostly "developing" countries) that are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Includes links to national websites on climate change, where available.
Northern Ireland's National Climate Change Web site
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
Norway's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of the Environment for Norway hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Climate Change, Energy and Transport Web site
The OECD aims to assist countries to implement effective and efficient policies to address climate change by conducting policy-relevant research and analysis. Mitigation of GHG emissions, adaptation policies, analysis of the connections between sustainability and climate change, and incentives and possible approaches to achieve long-term policy objectives are essential elements of the program.
Poland's National Climate Change Web site
Poland's Ministry of the Environment hosts Poland's National Climate Change Web site.
Republic of the Marshall Islands Climate Change Web site
This site provides various information related to the Marshall Island's implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues. It has been prepared as part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (RMIEPA) implementation of the Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP).
Romania's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of Environment and Water Management hosts Romania's National Climate Change Web site.
Senegal's Web site on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site provides various information related to the Senegal's involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues.
Seychelles' Web site on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site provides various information related to the Seychelles involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues.
Singapore's National Climate Change Web site
Singapore's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources hosts the National Climate Change Website, which provides information on Singapore's involvement in the United Nations Framework on Climate Change.
Slovakia's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of the Environment hosts Slovakia's National Climate Change Web site.
South Africa's National Climate Change Web site
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism's climate change web page provide a comprehensive resource of information, links and publications on climate change and ozone layer protection and the action being taken to address these issues both globally and in South Africa.
Spain's National Climate Change Web site
The Ministry of the Environment hosts Spain's National Climate Change Web site.
Sweden's National Climate Change Web site
The climate change section of Sweden's Environmental Protection Agency presents information on climate change and details Sweden's efforts to address the issue.
Switzerland's National Climate Change Web site
The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) is the federal government's center of environmental expertise and is part of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication. The section of the site that focuses on climate change provides general information on the issue as well as Switzerland's participation in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
The Bahamas' Climate Change Web site
The Bahamas' Environment, Science and Technology Commission has a section of its site that provides information on climate change in the Bahamas and the Country's involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's National Climate Change Web site
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's National Climate Change Web site provides information on Macedonia's Climate Change enabling activities including legislation, policy and related documentation.
The Republic of Chile's National Climate Change Web site
The Republic of Chile's National Commission for the Environment (CONAMA) hosts the National Climate Change Web site.
The United Kingdom's National Climate Change Web site
The United Kingdom's Department of Energy and Climate Change is responsible for all aspects of UK energy policy, and for tackling global climate change on behalf of the UK.
The United Kingdom's Met Office
The UK's National Weather Service. The Met Office is the UK's foremost centre for climate change research. Mainly funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Defence, it provides information and advice to the UK Government on climate change issues.
UK Climate Impacts Programme
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) provides scenarios that show how our climate might change and co-ordinates research on dealing with our future climate.
UNFCCC Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data
In accordance with Articles 4 and 12 of the Convention, and the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties, Parties to the Convention submit national greenhouse gas inventories to the Climate Change secretariat. These inventory data are provided in the national communications under the Convention by Annex I and non-Annex I Parties, and in addition Annex I Parties submit annual national greenhouse gas inventories.
UNFCCC National Inventory Submissions
At its eighth session, the Conference of the Parties requested the secretariat to publish on its web site the annual inventory submissions consisting of the national inventory report (NIR) and common reporting format (CRF) of all Parties included in Annex I to the Convention. As well, the secretariat was requested to publish on its site the exact URL addresses of Parties’ web sites where these submissions are located. The NIRs contain detailed descriptive and numerical information and the CRFs contain summary, sectoral and trend tables for all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, and sectoral background data tables for reporting implied emission factors and activity data.
UNITAR Climate Change Training Program
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) Climate Change Programme assists in enhancing or creating regional pools of expertise in the developing world, as well as strengthening the infrastructure for delivering capacity building activities and developing their human resources.
United Nations Development Program National Communications Support Program
The National Communications Support Programme (NCSP) is a UNDP/UNEP joint funded project by the GEF to provide technical assistance to developing countries for the preparation of National Communications. The NCSP is based at the UNDP office in New York. Over its lifetime (2005-2010), the NCSP will provide an integrated package of technical and policy support to enhance capacity in non-Annex I countries.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) MDG Carbon Facility
UNDP^s Millenium Development Goals (MDG) Carbon Facility is an innovative financing mechanism designed to direct increased financial flows from the growing international market in carbon emission offsets toward projects that contribute directly to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the least developed countries. The Facility will be a unique product in the carbon offsets market, supplying tangible, broad-based sustainable development benefits not usually available through other offset products.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Energy and Environment (UCCEE)
UNDP helps countries strengthen their capacity to address energy and environmental challenges at global, national and community levels, seeking out and sharing best practices, providing innovative policy advice and linking partners through pilot projects that help poor people build sustainable livelihoods.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Climate Change Site
As the environmental branch of the United Nations, UNEP's mission is to provide leadership and encourage environmental partnerships by "inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations." UNEP is concerned about climate change and provides information and research, educational materials, training, and a variety of environmental programs related to climate change issues.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The web site for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a multinational agreement to address the risks of climate change.
Uruguay's National Climate Change Web site
Uruguay's Ministry of the Environment, Climate Change Department provides information on Uruguay's climate related activities and programs.
Venezuela's Web site on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site provides various information related to the Venezuela's involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues.
World Bank's Global Climate Change Home Page
This site provides information on, among other things, the World Bank's Energy-Environment Strategy, Activities Implemented Jointly, and the Prototype Carbon Fund.
World Conservation Monitoring Center
WCMC was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Conservation Union, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to work closely with organizations to increase access to the information on the world's living resources. WCMC information services provide and facilitate access to information on the status, value, and management of biological resources that could be affected by changes in climate.
World Health Organization's Climate and Health Site
Provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events in World Health Organizations programs and offices that are working on health issues related to climate.
World Meteorological Organization
Within the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization provides the authoritative scientific voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere and climate. From weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, the WMO coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use.
Zambia's Web site on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site provides various information related to the Zambia's involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues.
Zimbabwe's Web site on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
This site provides various information related to the Zimbabwe's involvement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate change issues.
State and Local
California Climate Change Portal
Extensive Web site with links to information on policy, research, programs, funding, and more.
City of Ann Arbor (Michigan) Climate Protection Initiatives
As a member of ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection and the Great Lakes Climate Policy Coordination Project, Ann Arbor is working to reduce its climate footprint, with the Energy Office leading the way.
City of Cambridge, Massachusetts Climate Protection Initiatives
In 1999, the City Council passed a resolution to join the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP), a campaign of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability. The resolution committed the City to prepare a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, set a target to reduce emissions, develop and implement a plan, and monitor the results.
City of Duluth (Minnesota) Cities for Climate Protection Site
The Duluth City Council passed a resolution in May 2001 to join the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign sponsored by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. This site describes the city's actions to date.
City of Portland's Energy Office
The City of Portland, Oregon was the first U.S. city to adopt a CO2 reduction strategy. Information about its CO2 reduction activities can be found here.
City of St. Paul (Minnesota) Urban CO2 Reduction Plan
In 1992 and 1993, Saint Paul and Minneapolis participated jointly in the International Urban Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reduction Project, the first global effort to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases which threaten to dramatically alter the global climate, coordinated by the United Nations affiliated International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).
Climate Change and Oregon
A state Web site on the potential impacts of climate change in Oregon.
Climate Change and Vermont
A state Web site with information on Vermont's climate change activities, along with links for more information on climate change.
Climate Change Impacts on Arizona
Findings for Arizona from the National Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on the Nation's Resources.
Climate Change Impacts on New Mexico
A state Web site on the potential impacts of climate change in New Mexico.
Colorado Climate Change
Since 1993, Colorado's Air Pollution Control Division has participated in an EPA-sponsored climate change grant process. The project is divided into three phases and is directed by the Planning and Policy staff. The project goals are to gather technical information about climate change and develop the information into an assessment on climate change from a Colorado perspective.
Connecticut's Official Climate Change Site
A site that provides information on the Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan 2005, progress in implementing the 55 actions in the plan, success stories on action throughout the state, and other information on the Connecticut climate change initiative.
Florida Division of Air Resource Management: Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
A general information page on climate change that links to related pages.
Global Warming and Climate Change in Minnesota
A general information page from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance.
Global Climate Change and its Impact on Minnesota
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Web site on climate change.
Guide to Geologic Hazards in Alaska: Weather Fluctuations and Climate Change
Climate change and associated geologic hazards may threaten the health and safety of Alaskans and negatively impact both urban, rural, and subsistence economies. The links on this page provide more information about climate change.
Massachusetts Attorney General on Climate Change
A summary of the Massachusetts Attorney General's position on climate change, with links to documents and policies.
Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' climate action plan.
Missouri Global Climate Change Fact Sheet Series
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Climate Change Fact Sheet series provides an introduction to current scientific understanding of greenhouse gases and their complex interaction with other factors, including aerosols, which influence climate.
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Climate Change Site
A Web site on climate change created by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.
New Jersey Division of Science, Research, and Technology Climate Change Page
This site contains links to research, technical studies, and policy reports.
New York State's Greenhouse Gas Stakeholder Process
The purpose of the New York State Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative stakeholder process is to inform interested parties of the progress of the regional RGGI effort by providing opportunities to discuss regional issues with other participants and staff from the departments of Environmental Conservation and Public Service. The New York State process will inform interested parties of the progress of and opportunities to participate in the regional RGGI process.
Orgeon Governor's Initiative on Global Warming
Oregon's Web site on developing Oregon„s global warming strategy and implementing the West Coast Governors„ Global Warming Initiative.
South Carolina State Climatology Office
A state Web site providing inofrmation on climate change and South Carolina.
State of Maine Global Warming Page
General information on climate change with links to information sources and Maine publications.
Town of Brookline, Massachusetts Climate Change Action Plan
A web site devoted to Brookline's climate change action strategy.
Washington State Climate Change Site
Information about climate change and the actions that Washington State is taking to address it.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Air Management: Global Issues
Links to information on climate change (including state emissions inventories and action plans), as well as on ozone depletion and other global environmental issues.
Wisconsin Voluntary Emission Reduction Registry
The Wisconsin Voluntary Emission Reduction Registry is a registry of voluntary reductions of greenhouse gas and air contaminant emissions that result from actions taken by businesses, governments, organizations, individuals, or others to reduce emissions. The reductions are voluntary, either because they are not required by law or go beyond legal requirements.
