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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.de/en/infrastructure/stations/neumayer_station/observatories/meteorological_observatory/upper_air_soundings/ozone_soundings/

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

 http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - ANTARTIC OZONE
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/jds/ozone/index.html
 

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

    NOAA monitoring meteorological conditions and ozone amounts in the stratosphere
    Graphics to aid in visualizing the evolution of the Antarctic ozone hole

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/polar/gif_files/ozone_hole_2009.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

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/

NATURE SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL 
Free-access website dedicated to in-depth converage of climate change.

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.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/odgi/

 UNEP -HCFCs News 
http://www.unep.fr/ozonaction/news/hcfcnews.htm 
News and current information related to HCFCs, drawn from diverse sources worldwide.

 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 EnglishFrench 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.shtml 
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:

NEW: BUILD UP : The European Portal for Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
http://www.buildup.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index.html 

      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/  Environment Agency

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  

 Germany

http://www.bmu.de/english/climate_and_energy/aktuell/35017.php Climate Protection

Germany http://www.bmu.de/klimaschutz/aktuell/aktuell/1675.php and http://www.bmu.de/ueberblick/klima_und_energie/aktuell/4039.php 

 Italy

http://www.minambiente.it/st/Ministero.aspx?doc=pubblico/clima/home.xml  Climate Page 

 Netherlands

Climate Policy http://www2.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=7383 

USA 

USA Climate Change site: comprehensive information on the issue of climate change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

USA - EPA Ozone Depletion site http://www.epa.gov/ozone/index.html

USA - EPA Global Warming site http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

USA – EPA High GWP Page  http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/index.html

USA – EPA Voluntary Programs http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/voluntary.html (covering HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

Updated:  September 2008