Global change and G Guide - Resources and Review

Articles examining global issues from a Canadian perspective. Areas covered include publications, such as a bibliography of works on Canadian foreign relations compiled by the John Holmes Library, corporate programmes, and conference details. English/French language option.
 
Official UN information on global warming and emissions data, with a bibliography of technical reports, books, journal articles, conference reports and country information.
 
Earth Interactions exploits the capabilities of electronic communications technology to add value to the publication of research results in the interdisciplinary earth sciences. The journal publishes articles dealing with the interactions between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere in the context of global issues or global change. It provides authors with the opportunity to use animations and other visualisation techniques that traditional publications cannot accommodate.
 
Reports, answers to questions and details of projects concerned with addressing global warming and the use of methane and other greenhouse gases.
 
Centre aiming to educate the public on the problem of climate change by bringing together scientific, economic and technological expertise. Includes reports on environmnetal and economic issues, details of projects, and press releases.
 
Provides access to online documents on global change, library sytems, bulletin boards and wider environmental resources on behalf of the US Global Change Research Program.
 
WMO is a specialist organisation of the United Nations, based in Geneva. It coordinates global scientific activity in areas of weather prediction, air pollution research, climate change, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, to allow prompt and accurate weather information for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. Major WMO progammes include World Weather Watch, Applications of Meteorology, World Climate Research, Global Climate Observing System, Atmospheric Research and Environment, Hydrology and Water Resources, Education and Training. Information is in English, French and Spanish.
 
IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to assess the available scientific, technical, and socio
economic information in the field of climate change.
 
Provides data and related services for global change research and education. Funded through NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) as a source of information about the upper atmosphere, atmospheric dynamics, and the global biosphere. Aims to assist the study of natural and human processes that influence Earth's climate.
 
Information about global warming in 50 US states, summarising expected climate change. Also includes details of human health, water resources, agriculture, forests and ecosystems.
 
Provides an introduction to climate change due to emissions of greenhouse gases arising from use of fossil fuels, and offers information on technical solutions. Includes full text of several reports, plus regular newsletters, and details of forthcoming events.
 
Information about WWF's climate change campaign. Features reports about the effect of global warming on sea life and US global warming solutions. Recommendations are given for individuals wishing to minimise harm.
 
Organisation supporting and promoting earth science and technology to help reduce the economic results of ozone layer depletion, global warming, destruction of forests, and acid rain. A community of scientists and engineers discuss research proposals, planning and promotion via the earth science and technology forum, and a gallery of photographs taken during development programs is included. Information is available in Japanese and English.
 
Collection of environmental information relating to coastal and marine ecosystems; water resources and freshwater ecosystems; climate and atmosphere; population, health and human well being; economics, business and the environment; energy and resources; biodiversity and protected areas, agriculture and food; forests and grasslands; and environmental governance and institutions. A searchable database, data tables, country profiles, maps, and graphics accompany each subject area.
 
Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources about the adverse effects of human activity on the environment.
 
Links to research sites and publications from the UK, Europe and around the world. Topics include ecology, energy, environmental change and sustainable development.
 
Newsletter published quarterly by the UN Climate Change Convention, the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the UNEP Information Unit for Conventions. These bodies aim to promote public understanding of and support for environmental conventions.
 
GCDIS is a cooperative activity of agencies that provides global change data to scientists and researchers, policy makers, educators, industry, and the public at large. GCDIS includes multi
disciplinary data from atmospheric science, ecology, oceanography, as well as economics and sociology.
 
An extensive source of information about satellite and in situ Earth science data, with broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, solid earth, and biosphere.
 
Online tool for browsing and searching of text, summaries, and status of treaties and other international agreements related to global environmental change and sustainable development.
 
Online classroom linking teachers and students to specific resources on weather, climate change, oceans and coasts, satellites and space.
 
A metadata search system which enables users to identify databases, information systems, and other resources pertinent to the study of global environmental change, human interactions in the environment, and sustainable development. Thousands of entries of socioeconomic and natural science resources are available. The Gateway retrieves resource locators that have been registered at various sites throughout the Internet.
 
Report examining globalisation in modern society, as a result of greater interdependence between people throughout the world. Considers global progress and deprivation created by inequalities in the areas of health, education, food and nutrition, income and poverty, women, children, environment and human security. Full text is available in PDF format.
 
Promotes solutions on agriculture and biotechnology, arms control, biodiversity, climate change, energy, ozone depletion, transportation.
 
Descriptions of research projects, initiatives, and news highlights in the field of global climate change.
 
Aims to provide the foundation for increasing the skill of predictions of seasonal to interannual climate fluctuations (which can bring excessively wet and dry periods) and long
term climate change.
 
Introduction to the issues of global warming, including scientific evidence and a discussion of effects on ecosystems, temperatures, sea levels and the hydrologic cycle.
 
Document which explains the formation of the spring
time depletion of the ozone layer above the Antarctic (the ozone hole), and answers some common questions. The ozone hole was discovered by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey in 1985, and demonstrated that understanding of the atmosphere is far from complete.
 
Technical paper which provides an overview and analysis of technologies and measures to limit and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to enhance GHG sinks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC).
 
Details from United Nations Earth Summit conference held in New York 23
27 June 1997. Documents include Agenda 21 success stories and country profiles.
 
Online bibliography of peer
reviewed and grey literature relating to climate change and its impact on flora and fauna species and critical ecosystems. Resources are keyword searchable, and updated every two months
 
Online journal concerned with environmental issues such as climate, atmosphere, desertification, forests and chemical management. Full text of current and previous editions available.
 
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