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INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Science
Climate Change
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (UK)

	http://www.met-office.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/index.html

Meteo France Climat

	http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/passion/climat.htm
Meteo France Modèles
	http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/passion/modele.htm

Ozone

AWI :
Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/MET/Neumayer/ozone.html

The Ozone Hole Watch web site, showing images that depict the amount of ozone over the Antarctic.

http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Ozone - Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Size:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/sbuv2to/ozone_hole.shtml

Climate Prediction Center – Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Size

	http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/sbuv2to/gif_files/ozone_hole_plot.png Graph of the current Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Area, compared to previous years.

WMO – AREP – GAW Antarctic Ozone Bulletins (World Meteorological Organization – Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme – Global Atmospheric Watch)

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ozone/index.html#AntBull
WMO Secretariat issues bulletins containing information on the state of the ozone layer in the Antarctic at roughly two week intervals from August to November.

http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov/data/antarctic.htm
Antartic Stratospheric Ozone and Temperature Data

http://lap.physics.auth.gr/ozonemaps2/
Ozone Maps and Information over the Northern Hemisphere

Information Sources

Climate Change

NEW: UN LAUNCHES NEW CLIMATE CHANGE WEBSITE
“Gateway to the UN System’s Work on Climate Change.” The new website provides information on the work of various parts of the UN system with regard to climate change. It includes links to work under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, UN Environment Programme, and other relevant programmes and agencies.
http://www.un.org/climatechange/

GHG Emissions Data from Annex I countries - in MS Excel format
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/cdm/pdf/data/iges_ghg_data.zip

Greenfacts http://www.greenfacts.org/en/climate-change-ar4/index.htm
An excellent neutral summary of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report, written for non-specialists (original and user-friendly) and structured in 3 levels of increasing detail.

IPCC http://www.ipcc.ch/ The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme. It is open to all members of the UNEP and WMO. Its role is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.

MNP (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) - Climate Change
http://www.mnp.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/index.html

UNFCCC website – United Nations framework Convention for Climate Change, established in Rio in 1992. Completely redesigned website
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Climate Change Information Kit (UNFCCC/UNEP)
Source: UN FCCC web site

UNFCCC Spanish Portal : http://unfccc.int/portal_espanol/items/3093.php

UNFCCC French Portal: http://unfccc.int/portal_francophone/items/3072.php

UNFCC pages containing submissions to limiting emissions of HFCs and PFCs have been transfered to:
UNFCCC "Relationship between efforts to protect the stratospheric ozone layer and efforts to safeguard the global climate system: issues relating to hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons" pages, organized as following:

Submissions sorted by submitting organization:
http://unfccc.int/methods_and_science/other_methodological_issues/interactions_with_ozone_layer/items/522.php
and
http://unfccc.int/methods_and_science/other_methodological_issues/interactions_with_ozone_layer/items/3150.php

Submissions sorted by emission category:
http://unfccc.int/methods_and_science/other_methodological_issues/interactions_with_ozone_layer/items/518.php

UNFCCC Essential Background - http://unfccc.int/essential_background/items/2877.php

A large number of resources and documents:
-"Feeling the Heat"
-"Caring for climate" (also

)
-"A guide to the climate change process"
-"Beginner's guide to the Convention" (also in

)
-"Climate change information kit"

http://www.grida.no/db/maps/collection/climate9/index.cfm
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Developed Countries - Graphs of historical and projected emissions

http://climatechange.unep.net/
UNEP.Net Climate change portal, the authoritative source of climate change information used by UNEP and its partners

http://www.grida.no/db/maps/collection/climate9/index.cfm
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Developed Countries - Graphs of historical and projected emissions

http://climatechange.unep.net/
UNEP.Net Climate change portal, the authoritative source of climate change information used by UNEP and its partners

Ozone

The NOAA Ozone Depleting Gas Index
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/odgi/

UNEP - Ozone Secretariat http://www.unep.ch/ozone UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) information related to Stratospheric Ozone

UNEP – Ozone treaties
http://www.unep.ch/ozone/treaties.htm: Ozone treaties (The Montreal Protocol and its amendments)

http://www.unep.org/ozone/Handbook2000.shtml
Handbook for the International Treaties for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

The 5th Edition, 2000, is available in English, French and Spanish

The 6th Edition (2003) is available in English only

UNEP TIE - Worldwide Regulations to Control Ozone-Depleting Substances
http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/library/policy/regs/main.html

UNEP IE – OzonAction Programme http://www.unepie.org/ozonaction/ Services provided to developing countries

TEAP Reports : http://ozone.unep.org/teap/Reports/index.asp Reports of the UNEP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP)

Information on meetings

UNEP Ozone meetings:
http://ozone.unep.org/Events/meetings2008and2009.pdf
INDICATIVES DATES/VENUES OF FUTURE MONTREAL PROTOCOL MEETINGS IN 2008 AND 2009

UNFCCC meetings http://www.iisd.ca/process/climate_atm.htm are provided by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), publishers of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, and designed to deliver information on past and upcoming international meetings.

EUROPE

European Institutions

DG ENERGY AND TRANSPORT: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/

Action Plan for Energy Efficiency:

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/action_plan_energy_efficiency/index_en.htm

EuP Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products - Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers http://www.ecofreezercom.org/methodology.php

EuP Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products - Room air conditioning appliances
http://www.ecoaircon.eu/index.php?id=144

EPBD Buildings Platform is an information service for helping the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: http://www.buildingsplatform.org/cms/index.php?id=7&no_cache=1

DG ENTERPRISE http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/chemicals/sustdev/index_en.htm

Where the Study on HFCs can be downloaded

DG ENVI : http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ozone/index.htm The European Commission's DG-Environment: Ozone layer protection page

DG ENVI : http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm European Commission's DG-Environment: Climate change page

DG ENVI http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/future_action.htm
The EU's Contribution to Shaping A Future Global Climate Change Regime. Key elements for the EU's post-2012 strategy.

DG ENVI F-Gas Home page: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/fluor/index_en.htm

EEA http://www.eea.eu.int/ European Environment Agency

http://europa.eu/scadplus/glossary/index_en.htm Comprehensive Glossary of the most important EU-terms

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/lif/reg/en_register_1510.html Directory of European legislation and Decisions on matters including Ozone Depleting Substances

http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/reg/en_register_1510.html : Directory of European legislation and Decisions on matters including Ozone Depleting Substances, Climate Change and Greenhouse gases

Governmental Institutions

UK

DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/ozone/strato.htm
Former Ozone page of the– not updated since 2001

DEFRA new Ozone Depletion Page http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/globatmos/gaozund.htm

France

MIES http://www.effet-de-serre.gouv.fr/ (Mission Interministérielle de l'Effet de Serre) (in French)

France Ministère de l’Ecologie http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=960 Climate Change Page