COP4
The fourth session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP4), held in Buenos Aires, from 2-13 November 1998, has a homepage at http://www.cop4.org in English and Spanish. The website contains the COP4 final press release, the full text of the Kyoto Protocol and links to official UNFCCC documents in several languages. The link to the video broadcast was live during the meeting and is no longer active.
UNFCCC
The homepage of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), http://www.unfccc.org provides an overview of the activities of this organization, its secretariat, some explanation of the term climatic change and a list of upcoming meetings and workshops. National initiatives and reports relevant to the subject of climate change may be found at http://www.unfccc.org /fccc/country/file06.htm.
Earth Negotiations Bulletin
At http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/climate/ba/ the Earth Negotiations Bulletin of the international institute for sustainable development (IISD) in Canada, provided day to day coverage of the COP4 in English and French. The daily reports and a summary issue are available.
IPCC
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, http://www.ipcc.ch/ was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) http://www.wmo.ch and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) http://www.unep.org to assess the available scientific, technical, and socio-economic information in the field of climate change. The IPCC is organised into three working groups: WG I concentrates on the climate system, WG II on impacts and response options, and WG III on economic and social dimensions. Information on the working groups and downloadable special reports and technical papers are available.
UNCCD
Another UN organization involved in climate change is the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, which has an interim secretariat in Switzerland. More information at http://www.unccd.ch/.
OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/ established a Forum on Climate Change in June 1995 to provide a mechanism for opening its doors to a broad array of stakeholders in the climate change debate - governments, industry and environmental non-governmental organisations. Their site contains an overview of free online Documents on Climate Change Policies and Measures http://www.oecd.org/env/cc/freedocs.htm.
IEA
Publications and statements on climate change by the International Energy Agency, (IEA)are available at http://www.iea.org/climat.htm.
GEF
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has a new site at http://www.gefweb.org/ containing information on its activities and affiliated pages. Fact Sheets on Climate Change related projects of UNDP, UNEP and the World Bank which are (co-)financed through GEF are available at http://www.gefweb.org/Factsheets/climate.htm
ELDIS
The Electronic Development and Environ-ment Information System ELDIS http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ is a Gateway to Information Sources on Development and the Environment. The system is maintained by the IDS of the University of Sussex, with financial support from DANIDA and DFID. The database contains shortcuts to forestry http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/forests/forests.htm and climat http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/clim/ clim.htm
ENN
The Environmental News Network has created a special report on the subject of climate change and global warming at http://www.enn.com/specialreports/climate/ with links to news items, background information, and positions of governments.
CAN
The Climate Action Network is a collaboration http://www.climatenetwork.org/ of over 250 environmental organisations from around the world, ranging from the big international groups to small local ones in developing countries.
GCCIP
The Global Climate Change Information Programme http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/gcciph.html was established in October 1991 with the purpose of providing a necessary information link between scientists, politicians, economists and the general public. GCCIP was formed as part of the Atmospheric Research and Information Centre (ARIC) based at Manchester Metropolitan University. The major aim of the programme is to provide user-friendly, up-to-date information on climate change.
Tiempo
The Tiempo Climate Cyber library http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk:80/tiempo/ is a collaborative project undertaken by the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) with the International Institute for Environment and Development (London, UK). The site includes a newswatch service with up to date articles and news flashes from around the world on climate change and related topics http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/newswatch/.
NIE
A report on global climate change for the US Congress has been made available to the public at http://www.cnie.org/nle/clim-2.html. The authors are Wayne Morrissey and John Justus of the US National Institute for the Environment.
FACE
The FACE Foundation (Forest Absorbing Carbondioxide Emission) was created by the Dutch Electricity Generating Board) FACE was given the remit 'to bring about afforestation in areas where this is desirable, with appropriate forest and timber species, for the least possible costs and under socially acceptable conditions, to compensate wholly or partly for the carbon dioxide emission from power stations in the Netherlands.' To this end, FACE contributes financially to the (re)afforestation of about 150,000 ha worldwide. FACE is attempting to gain as much experience as possible in the planting and management of sustainable forest systems in areas that differ greatly in terms of the reasons for deforestation and also with regard to socio-economic circumstances. More information on its current projects is available at http://www.facefoundation.nl/.