EFCTC Library – Official Organisations

International Organisations

Science

• Ozone forecast, presenting charts of the depth of the ozone hole and of its area and of the ozone loss

  http://www.temis.nl/protocols/o3hole/index.php?lang=0

• Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (UK)

  http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate-change/resources/hadley

• Meteo France Climat

  http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/?lang=fr

• Meteo France Modèles

  http://www.cnrm-game.fr/spip.php?article313&lang=fr

• 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

• Meteorological Conditions & Ozone in the Polar Stratosphere

  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/polar.shtml

• 2009 Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Area

  Graph of the current Southern Hemisphere Ozone Hole Area, compared to previous years
  http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/polar/gif_files/ozone_hole_2009.png

• WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletins

  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.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ozone/index.html#AntBull

• Southern Hemisphere (Antarctic) Stratospheric Ozone and Temperature Data

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

• Ozone Maps and Information over the Northern Hemisphere

  http://lap.physics.auth.gr/ozonemaps2/

Information Sources

• 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.
  http://www.nature.com/climate/index.html

• GHG Emissions Data from Annex I countries

  http://www.iges.or.jp/en/cdm/pdf/data/iges_ghg_data.zip

• Greenfacts

  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.
  http://www.greenfacts.org/en/climate-change-ar4/index.htm

• IPCC

  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.
  http://www.ipcc.ch/

• MNP

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

• UNFCCC

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

• UN FCCC web site

  Climate Change Information Kit (UNFCCC/UNEP)
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/2627.php

• 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

  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 : Part 1 - Part 2
  http://unfccc.int/methods_and_science/other_methodological_issues/interactions_with_ozone_layer/items/518.php

• UNFCCC Essential Background

  A large number of resources and documents:
  

  • "Feeling the Heat"
  • "Caring for climate" (also in Spanish )
  • "A guide to the climate change process"
  • "Beginner's guide to the Convention" (also in French, German & Spanish  )
  • "Climate change information kit"
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/items/2877.php

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Developed Countries

  Graphs of historical and projected emissions
  http://www.grida.no/db/maps/collection/climate9/index.cfm

• The NOAA Ozone Depleting Gas Index

  http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/odgi/

• UNEP -HCFCs News

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

• UNEP - Ozone Secretariat

  UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) information related to Stratospheric Ozone
  http://ozone.unmfs.org/new_site/en/index.php

• UNEP – Ozone treaties

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

• UNEP TIE - Worldwide Regulations to Control Ozone-Depleting Substances

  http://www.uneptie.org/ozonaction/library/policy/regs/main.html

• UNEP IE – OzonAction Programme

  Services provided to developing countries
  http://www.unepie.org/ozonaction/

• TEAP Reports

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

Information on meetings

• Climate meetings

  Credit to  IISD

  http://www.iisd.ca/process/climate_atm.htm#climate

• Montreal Protocol Meetings

  Credit to IISD

  http://www.iisd.ca/process/climate_atm.htm#montreal

Europe

European Institutions

• BUILD UP : The European Portal for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

  http://www.buildup.eu

• 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

  Where the Study on HFCs can be downloaded

  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/chemicals/documents/competitiveness/hydrofluorocarbons_en.htm

• DG ENVI

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

• DG ENVI

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

• DG ENVI

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

• DG ENVI

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

• EEA

  Environment Agency
  http://www.eea.eu/

Governmental Institutions

UK

• DEFRA

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Waste & Recycling Disposal of Waste Refrigeration Equipment

  http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/topics/hazwaste/fridges/index.htm

• DEFRA

  DEFRA Fluorinated greenhouse gases in the UK

  http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/air/fgas/

France

• MIES

  Mission Interministérielle de l'Effet de Serre
  http://www.effet-de-serre.gouv.fr/

• France Ministère de l’Ecologie

  Climate Change Page
  http://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=960

Germany

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

• Die von Ihnen gewählte Seite gibt es nicht, ist nicht mehr erreichbar oder es besteht keine Zugangsberechtigung

  http://www.bmu.de/ueberblick/klima_und_energie/aktuell/4039.php

• Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit

  http://www.bmu.de/allgemein/aktuell/160.php

Italy

Netherlands

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 High GWP Page

  http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/index.html

• USA – EPA Voluntary Programs

  covering HFCs, PFCs, SF₆
  http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/voluntary.html