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David Barnhill, Director
Environmental Studies Program

3451 Sage Hall
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
E-mail:barnhill@uwosh.edu
Tel: (920) 424-0746
Fax: (920) 424-0768
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ES program office:
Sage Hall 3464
ES Program phone:
(920) 424-0964
ES Program fax:
(920) 424-0768
ES Program e-mail:
es@uwosh.edu

Postal address:
800 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh, WI 54901


 

Climate Change

Don't let the ideologues and the corporations fool you. Climate change is real, and its going to be bad. It is 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 Reports -- The most comprehensive assessment*

National Security and the Threat of Climate Change (military analysis)

Stern Review – The Economics of Climate Change and Executive Summary


SCIENTIFIC WEBSITES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

American Association for the Advancement of Science

EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) climate change website

*Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)*

National Center for Atmospheric Research

National Climatic Data Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Union of Concerned Scientists

United States Climate Change Science Program


INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & AGREEMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Kyoto Protocol (1997)

United Nations Resolution on Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind (1988)

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

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