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Latest useful climate change links

Sean Kidney 20 July 2006

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Now THIS is a heavyweight text: the book from the UK Govt's Feb 06 "Avoiding Climate Change" Conference is listed at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/internat/dangerous-cc.htm. You can download the whole (very comprehensive) book. Note that this is the official UK Govt climate change campaign site. Bit more on the front foot than Australia (including the States).

Very useful briefing summaries at the UK Met Office site:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/pubs/brochures/

Australia's Climate Action Network (CANA) list on research, including CSIRO
http://www.cana.net.au/index.php?site_var=337

Open Democracy
http://www.opendemocracy.net/climate_change/
Essay and article series by scientists, activists and others, and global debate on the politics on climate change as well as a list of the 101 best climate change links sorted into the following categories: Media and information, Science, Intergovernmental, Business, Policy, Campaigning and other groups. http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/contacts-6-129.jsp

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
Encyclopaedia definition of the term climate change including many interesting external links to related WebPages.

Guardian Unlimited - Special Report: Climate Change
http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/
Ongoing climate change coverage by Guardian Unlimited

New Scientist Special Report: Climate Change
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/
Ongoing climate change coverage by the New Scientist including web links, book reviews, timelines, quotes, faq and notably also "infrequently asked questions".

US Climate Ark
http://www.climateark.org/
Webpage with lots of links regarding causes and impacts of climate change, information on solutions such as renewable energy as well as links to many advocacy campaigns. Also includes a collection of articles on climate change related issues which is updated daily.



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