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• Pew Center on Global Climate Change Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930's, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960's, it was putting a man on the moon. In the 1980's, it was ending the Cold War. Our generation's challenge will be addressing global climate change while sustaining a growing global economy. Addressing global climate change is serious business, and a great deal is at stake. Scientists have indicated that we may expect impacts on the global environment, including damage to our coastal areas, accelerated rates of species loss, altered agricultural patterns and increased incidences of infectious diseases. These impacts also could have substantial economic ramifications as they affect health care costs, property insurance, and worker productivity.
• Stop Global Warming: Join the Virtual March Here are some things you can do: Stop Global Warming: Learn More The Stop Global Warming Virtual March on Washington is a non-political effort to bring all Americans together in one place, proving there is a vast consensus that global warming is here now and it is time for our country to start addressing it. With the support of leading scientists, political and religious leaders, prominent Americans and concerned citizens, the Virtual March on Washington will move across the United States via the Internet from one town to the next, showing the evidence of global warming's alarming affects, and highlighting real people's concerns and real solutions along the way.
• Green House Network: Helping To Stop Global Warming Our National Volunteer Speakers Network includes over 80 citizens in more than 30 states available to speak at no charge about global warming pollution, climate change policy and the path to a clean energy future. Over the last two years, our speakers have given over 300 talks on college campuses, at businesses, community centers, congregations and retirement communities, reaching more than 10,000 people. Members of the National Volunteer Speakers Network range from engineers to songwriters, from college professors to business people. They are united by a belief that global warming pollution presents a very real and present danger to the health of the planet's human populations and natural ecosystems, and that the United States needs to take immediate steps to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses.
• Union of Concerned Scientist's Global Warming Page: Global warming is real and underway. The mainstream scientific consensus on global warming is becoming clearer every day: changes in our climate are real and they are underway. Now. But we can do something about it. The evidence that human-induced global warming is real is increasingly clear and compelling.
• The Sierra Club Global Warming Campaign  The human race is engaged in the largest experiment in history - an experiment to see what will happen to our health and the health of the planet when we make drastic changes in our climate. This is not a controlled scientific inquiry. It is a massive change in the Earth's environment, and we are gambling our children's future on the results.
•  National Resources Defense Council's Global Warming Page: Global warming may be the most devastating environmental problem human beings have created, and the toughest to solve. For starters, our society is largely powered by the fossil fuels that cause global warming. What's more, fossil fuel companies have vast reserves of money to pay for lobbyists, advertising and their own studies to counter scientific evidence. And many people think of global warming as an abstract problem, not a pressing threat.
•  Environmental Defense's Global Warming Page: Both domestically and internationally, Environmental Defense works to stabilize Earth's climate by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. Global and regional air quality is another major area of action.
•  Global Warming: Early Warning Signs: The Earth is heating up. The early warning signs are in. Go to the clickable map to find out where it's happening.
•  World Full Coverage - Global Warming & Climate Change --from Yahoo.com  - Daily news and resources on Global Warming.  Probably the most comprehensive place for this on the web. 
•  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UNEP and WMO. The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change. It does not carry out new research nor does it monitor climate related data. It bases its assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific technical literature.
•  The U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the Nation will provide a detailed understanding of the consequences of climate change for the nation and will examine the possible coping mechanisms that exist to adapt to climate change
•  Global Change seeks to familiarize the public with the issues associated with climate change and ozone depletion. Since July 1996, the magazine has been published by the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security (Oakland, California).
•  NRDC’s Global Warming Briefing page at http://www.nrdc.org/brie/fbglob.html
•  GLOBAL WARMING CENTRAL
•  MSNBC Global Warming Front Page   Not to be outdone by CNN, MSNBC also has provided the Internet with a comprehensive section on Global Warming.
•  Kickoff in Kyoto, an article in www.PopSci.com | Science | News
•  Environmental News Network Global Warming Special Report  Learn all the specifics on global warming and Kyoto from ENN. Very well put together multimedia article, with graphs, audio's, maps, and lots of articles from various sources.
•  The EPA Global Warming Site The Environmental Protection Agency has put out a great web site on global warming.  Check out their action page, where you can help on a local, national, or global level.   Also, read Inside the Greenhouse, Winter 1997.
•  Global Warming -- The Cooler Heads Coalition This web site is a project of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a sub-group of the National Consumer Coalition. The Cooler Heads Coalition formed May 6, 1997 to dispel the myths of global warming by exposing flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis. Coalition members will also follow the progress of the international Global Climate Change Treaty negotiations.
•  Global Climate Coalition is the voice of business and industry on global warming issues. The Global Climate Coalition is an organization of trade associations established in 1989 to coordinate business participation in the international policy debate on the issue of global climate change and global warming. Currently, GCC members collectively represent more than 6 million businesses, companies and corporations in virtually every sector of U.S. business, agriculture and forestry, including electric utilities, railroads, transportation, manufacturing, small businesses, mining, oil, and coal.
•  Global Warming International Center - The Global Warming International Center (GWIC) is the international body disseminating information on global warming science and policy, serving both governmental, non-governmental organizations, and industries in more than 145 countries. It sponsors unbiased research supporting the understanding of global warming and its mitigation. David Suzuki Foundation, finding solutions
•  Official Site of the Third Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC  Complete information, including the final Kyoto Protocol version from the United Nations.
•  GLOBAL WARMING CENTRAL From the PACE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, this web site is an excellent resource for learning about global warming. Get Recent News Articles which are constantly updated.
•  The Royal Society, the UK's independent science academy The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, is at the cutting edge of scientific progress. It supports many of the UK's top young scientists, engineers and technologists. It influences science policy, it debates scientific issues with the public and much more. It is an independent, charitable body which derives its authoritative status from its 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members.
• WWF - Climate Change Established in 1961, WWF operates in more than 100 countries working for a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

•  Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast This is a wonderful site that explains in a well-designed way why you should understand the problem of global warming and how to help.  Go to the exhibition.
•  Global Warming From the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), this is a great site to find out about global warming and there's even a section on what you can do to help.
•  NASA/MSFC Earth Science: Globally-Averaged Atmospheric Temperatures
•  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC   This is where it all starts.  A great place to start on this site is here: Understanding Climate Change: A Beginner's Guide to the UN Framework Convention United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC
• The Global Climate Coalition is an organization of trade associations established in 1989 to coordinate business participation in the international policy debate on the issue of global climate change and global warming. Currently, GCC members collectively represent more than 6 million businesses, companies and corporations in virtually every sector of U.S. business, agriculture and forestry, including electric utilities, railroads, transportation, manufacturing, small businesses, mining, oil, and coal. 
•  National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory  The National Atmospheric Emission Inventory (NAEI) is funded by the UK Department of the Environment to estimate and monitor emissions of a wide range of air pollutants. The NAEI is situated at the National Environmental Technology Centre, AEA Technology at Culham, Oxfordshire. The NAEI estimates national total emissions of a wide range of pollutants for each year since 1970. It also produces spatial emission maps of selected pollutants. This data will also contain some projections of future emissions of some pollutants.
• American Meteorological Society  The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 11 000 professionals, professors, students, and weather enthusiasts. AMS publishes nine atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic journals — in print and online — sponsors more than 12 conferences annually, and offers numerous programs and services.
•  API - Global Climate API is the major national trade association representing the entire petroleum industry: exploration and production, transportation, refining, and marketing. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., and petroleum councils in 33 states, it is a forum for all parts of the oil and natural gas industry to pursue priority public policy objectives and advance the interests of the industry in a legally appropriate manner.
•  Climate Change Government of Canada Climate Change web site.
•  Center for Global Change The Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research was established in March 1990 to serve as the focal point at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for developing, coordinating and implementing interdisciplinary research and education related to the role of the Arctic and sub-Arctic in the Earth system, and to stimulate and facilitate global change research in this region.
•  CO2 Science Magazine A weekly review and repository of scientific research findings pertaining to carbon dioxide and global change.
•  CAN HOME PAGE The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 287 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. CAN members work to achieve this goal through the coordination of information exchange and NGO strategy on international, regional and national climate issues. CAN has seven regional coordinating offices which co-ordinate these efforts in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Diverse environmental organizations from around the globe, ranging from large international groups such as World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, to small local groups in developing countries such as Terre Vivante in Mauritania and the Green Coalition in the Philippines, work collaboratively within CAN.
• Ocean Change Initiative Conservation Science Institute is an active think tank and research organization founded in 1994 to resolve emerging ecological and environmental dilemmas. Our staff has expertise working with governments, universities, the private sector, and the general public to promote improved understanding of natural ecosystems and to design human systems for ecological and economic sustainability. Conservation Science Institute is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
•  EPA : EPA Global Warming Site
• World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG) The World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG) is established under the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme to collect, archive and provide data for greenhouse (CO2, CH4, CFCs, N2O, etc.) and related (CO, NOX, SO2, VOC, etc.) gases and surface ozone in the atmosphere and ocean, measured under GAW and other programmes.
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• Global Warming is upon us and you count.  How much? Well, why not calculate your carbon footprint? An Inconvenient Truth Your carbon footprint is a representation of the effect you have on the climate in terms of the total amount of greenhouse gases you produce (measured in units of carbon dioxide). Many of your actions generate carbon emissions, which contribute to accelerating climate change. By measuring your carbon footprint, you can get a better sense of what your individual impact is and which parts of your lifestyle deserve the greatest attention. Armed with such information you can more readily take effective action to shrink your carbon footprint, thereby minimizing your personal impact on climate change.

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• Post Carbon Cities "The Post Carbon Cities program helps local governments understand the challenges posed by energy and climate uncertainty, and provides resources for elected officials, planners, managers and others to develop plans and responses appropriate to their communities. Post Carbon Cities is a program of Post Carbon Institute. Post Carbon Institute conducts research, develops resources and organizes leaders to aid the smooth transition of local economies to a world no longer dependent on hydrocarbon fuels nor emitting climate-changing levels of carbon: the post-carbon world."
• http://blogs.reuters.com/environment
• http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ "By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. In Dot Earth, reporter Andrew C. Revkin examines efforts to balance human affairs with the planet’s limits. Supported in part by a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, Mr. Revkin tracks relevant news from suburbia to Siberia, and conducts an interactive exploration of trends and ideas with readers and experts."
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/green_room/default.stm The Green Room -from BBC News.
• Dateline Earth Dateline Earth Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters Lisa Stiffler and Robert McClure dish up enviro tidbits from around the region and across the globe -- stuff you might have missed, cool environmental happenings locally and speedy updates for ongoing issues.
• http://environmentaldefenseblogs.org/climate411/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming  --from Environmental Defense - Finding the Ways That Work