Climate Change Case links

This page is provided as a place to start your research for the case study. There are all-but-infinite resources available on the web regarding climate change. Obviously, you are expected to make use of the library and other resources to respond to the requirements for writing the individual and group assignments. These are intended only as the most minimal of starting points and including them here is not intended to endorse or not endorse any particular view on the issues. Good luck with the case.

Most recent IPCC climate report

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The major international scientific body doing research on climate change
Most recent IPCC assessment Report
Beginner’s guide to IPCC reports

Country Specific Web Sites for Climate Change Case

National communications of countries to UNFCCC
Bangladesh and another
Germany and another
China and another
United States and another
Kiribati and another; and AOSIS ( Alliance of Small Island States)
Saudi Arabia and another
Greenpeace

The Framework Convention on Climate Change

Beginner’s Guide to Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC Web site
Background on Convention and Kyoto Protocol with links for full text and ratification information
Earth Negotiation Bulletin – official reporting NGO for climate change negotiations. Extensive past and current reporting on the negotiations
UNFCCC Status of Ratification
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

Information about Climate Change and Global Warming

Climate Change In Oregon – Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming Report
Global Warming Information Center
Prof. Steve Schneider’s website – everything you could want to know about climate change from one of the top climatologists in the world.
Prof. Greg Bothun’s Lecture #1 on the Science of Climate Change
Prof. Greg Bothun’s Lecture #2 on the Science of Climate Change
Climate Central
RealClimate
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

And some views of those who are skeptical that climate change is occurring

Some information on Paris Conference on climate change coming in December 2015

Durban and Post-Durban Information

International Organizations / Governmental Websites

Climate Change, by the EU This section of the official EU website is dedicated to climate change. It provides studies, programs, a links collection, and important legal documents, including the Kyoto Protocol.
Kyoto Protocol, by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn , Germany This section of the UNFCCC website gives access to the full-text version of the Kyoto Protocol in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish. https://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php
Climate Change, by the World Bank Group This website provides information on the World Bank Group’s projects, partnership programs, and strategies regarding climate change, including a publications and events section.

NGOs

Pew Center, Arlington, US The Pew Center brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts in order to provide information on and solutions to global climate change. The website provides information, analyses, and reports on climate issues and a policy section, including reports, briefs, and analyses.
Climate Ark is a climate change portal and search engine dedicated to providing information on global climate change and to promoting policies on the reduction of carbon dioxide and other emissions. The website provides a links collection, a news section, and an online discussion forum. https://www.climateark.org/
Climate Change, by the WWF This section of the World Wildlife Fund website is dedicated to climate change. It provides information on the WWFs climate change programs, reports, fact sheets, publications, and news. https://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/aboutcc/

Research Institutes / Educational Websites

Climate Change, by the International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Zurich , Switzerland This website provides interactive learning objects on various aspects of climate change within the context of international security, including information on local, regional, and global impacts, and on causes and consequences of climate change. https://www.isr-course.ethz.ch/content/toc/climate.cfm
The Meteorological Office of the UK, This website provides a focus in Britain for the scientific issues associated with climate change. Its mission is to understand physical, chemical, and biological processes within the climate system; to monitor global and national climate variability and change; and to predict variability of climate.
Global Warming, by NASA, Washington, DC, US This section of the NASA website provides information on climate change, including maps, satellite pictures, reports, and case studies.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam , Germany PIK is dedicated to the study of global change and its impacts on ecological, economic, and social systems. The website provides information on research projects and a publications section.

Media, reports, comments

Climate Change, by the BBC This website is dedicated to climate change, providing information on evidence, impacts, adaptation, and policies.
Climate Change, by The Guardian This website provides articles, reports, comments, and analyses on climate change.
In Depth: Global warning? by the BBC This in-depth section of the BBC website is dedicated to climate change. It provides basic information, articles, interactive tools, and a section on the Kyoto Protocol. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/climate_change/default.stm
Already observed (and future expected) impacts of global climate change according to the IPCC
Hurricanes and other climate change disasters: companies that “reinsure” insurance companies are paying particular attention to climate change and have figured out how likely they are to be at risk under different climate change scenarios.