Climate Change
Climate change is probably the greatest issue of our time. Here are some websites that provide reliable information.
INFORMATION ON GLOBAL WARMING
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change is probably the greatest issue of our time -- and for the foreseeable future. There is a lot of information -- and misinformation -- available about this topic. Here are some websites that provide reliable information. The most important source is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Two of their reports have been published, with more coming later this year.
REPORTS
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Key Questions – Summary
Forecast Earth (The Weather Channel)
*IPCC Report 1 – Scientific Basis - Summary*
*IPCC Report 2 – Impacts - Summary*
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change (military analysis)
Stern Review – The Economics of Climate Change and Executive Summary
Union of Concerned Scientists - Great Lakes and Climate Change (large file)
Union of Concerned Scientists – Great Lakes and Climate Change – Summary 2005
SCIENTIFIC WEBSITES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) climate change website
EPA Climate Change Resource Center
*Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)*
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Climatic Data Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
United States Climate Change Science Program
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & AGREEMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Hague Declaration on the Environment (1989)
United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi 2006
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
National Wildlife Federation global warming website
Nature Conservancy climate change website
Sierra Club global warming website
U.S. Climate Action Partnership (Partnership of corporations and environmental groups)
World Wildlife Fund climate change website
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WISCONSIN
EPA Environmental Atlas and Resource Book: Great Lakes (large book)
EPA - Climate Change and Wisconsin
Union of Concerned Scientists - Great Lakes and Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists – Wisconsin and Climate Change
