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http://www.igidr.ac.in
Website of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), an advanced research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a multidisciplinary point of view. Lists IGIDR Publications on Climate Change Issues. Topics include public consumption patterns, IPCC response strategies, GEF-incremental costs etc.
Publications are available on special request.

http://www.devalt.org/

Website of the Development Alternatives Group. The Development Alternatives Group, a non governmental organization has three branches: Technology, Environment and Institutional. Global Environment Systems Group gives information on the organizations research based activities on climate change, atmospheric ozone etc.

http://www.cseindia.org
Center for Science and Environment, includes links to climate change issues.

 
Asia Links
 

http://www.apn.gr.jp/
Website of the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), an intergovernmental network for the promotion of global environmental change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific Region. Publications include APN Newsletter, reports and other useful documents available from the APN Secretariat. Includes reports of the Second Scientific Planning Group Meeting (Tokyo), and APN/START/ SASCOM/GCTE Workshop on Human Dimensions Issues (New Delhi).

http://www.ccasia.teri.res.in/
Website of TERI, Tata Energy Research Institute. Gives information on basic statistics of countries in Asia and the status of climate change activities in each region

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Climate Change : Global Links
 

http://www.unfccc.int/
Website of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, Resources include complete texts of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, Beginners guide to the Protocol, Reports on COP/SB 1-5, SBI, SBSTA, AGBM, sessions pages, press releases and follow ups to COP5. Includes technology related documents including a link to the UNEP Handbook on Methods for Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies.

http://www.ipcc.ch/
Website of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change. Includes publications, press releases, links to IPCC Working Groups I, II & III, IPCC data distribution center and IPCC greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Includes IPCC Summaries for Policy Makers and IPCC Technical Papers in UN languages.

http://www.pewclimate.org/
Contains reports of various projects undertaken by the PEW Center for Climate Change. These include reports on various areas relating to Climate Change including International Emissions Trading, Electric Power Options in Developing Countries and Equity and Market Mechanisms.

http://www.state.gov/www/global/global_issues/climate/
US Government site. Includes key speeches and remarks on Climate Change, key reports and documents on Climate Change and the submissions to UNFCCC and IPCC. Includes reports on the joint statement on Energy and Environment signed during President Clinton's visit to India.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/
Website of the US Energy Information Administration. Includes data on US greenhouse gas emissions, current inventory, future projections and analysis. More info on energy and environment but some links to greenhouse gas related data.

http://www.gcrio.org/
Website of the US Global Change Research Information Office. Includes searchable databases, educational resources and its full online access to major publications. Notable offerings include:

  • Consequences, a quarterly journal focused on the consequences of global environmental change.
  • Frequently Asked Questions about Stratospheric Ozone Depletion.
  • Common Questions about Climate Change etc.

http://www.grid.unep.ch/
Website of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Global Resource Information Database. Gives information on UNEP's worldwide network of environmental data centers.

http://www.panda.org
Website of the WWF, World Wildlife Fund. This site contributes information on climate change and WWF's campaign on the issue.

http://www.epri.com/
Website of the Electric Power Research Institute, an international research consortium with membership drawn from electric power producers in the US and elsewhere. The site includes the Global Climate Change page of the Environment Group, the Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (MECCA) and the EPRI Journal (22 April, 1997).

http://www.llnl.gov/
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory operated by the University of California. LLNL was founded in September 1952, and has become one of the world's premier scientific centers, where cutting-edge science and engineering is used to break new ground in areas of national importance, including energy, biomedicine, and environmental science.

http://www.ihdp.org/
International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) is an international, interdisciplinary and non-governmental research programme, aiming at "the development and integration of research on the human dimensions of global environmental change".

http://www.igbp.kva.se/
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) is an integrated, multidisciplinary research programme consisting of eight Core Projects studying aspects of the Earth system, as well as three Framework Activities that address data management, modeling, and capacity-building.

http://www.wmo.ch/web/wcrp/
World Climate Research Programme - encompasses studies of the global atmosphere, oceans, sea and land ice, and the land surface which together constitute the Earth's physical climate system.

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Intergovernmental Initiatives in Global Change
 
APN Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
GCOS Global Climate Observation System
GOOS Global Ocean Observation System
GTOS Global Terrestrial Observation System
IACCA Inter-Agency Committee on the Climate Agenda
IAI Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research 
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 
International NGOs and Programs
 
ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions
SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
WRI World Resources Institute
 
United Nations
 
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
WB World Bank
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WCP World Climate Program
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Regional Programs
 
CARPE Central African Regional Program for the Environment
MEDIAS MEDIAS
MIOMBO MIOMBO
 
IGBP Core Projects
 
LUCC Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: a joint IGBP-IHDP research project
BAHC Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
GAIM Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling
GCTE Global Change & Terrestrial Ecosystems
GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
JGOFS Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
PAGES Past Global Changes
 
IHDP Core Projects
 
GECHS GECHS
IDGC Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change  
IT Industrial Transformation
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WCRP Core Projects
 
ACSYS Arctic Climate System Study
CLIVAR Climate Variability and Predictability Programme
Climate Data Catalog
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
SPARC Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate
TOGA Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere
WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment
 
Global Change Data Sources
 
CEO Center for Earth Observation
CIESIN Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
DAO Data Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard
EOS Earth Observing System (NASA)
GCMD Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
USGS US Geological Survey
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Scientific Organizations
 
AAG Association of American Geographers
AGS American Geographic Society
AGU American Geophysical Union
AMS American Meteorological Society
CICERO Center for International Climate Environment Research
ESD ORNL Environmental Sciences Division
IAMAS International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
IAPSO
IGIF International Geographic Information Foundation
IGU International Geophysical Union
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
RISO RISO National Laboratory
UCAR University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 
US Global Change Sites
 
GCRIO US Global Change Research Information Office
CNIE National Institute for the Environment
CREST Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
CRSR The US Congressional Research Service Reports
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric (US Department of Commerce)
NSF National Science Foundation
USEPA US Environmental Protection Agency
USGCRP US Global Change Research Program
MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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