Environmental Sustainability: Climate Change

The fundamental science to help you understand and communicate climate science, from the American Chemical Society.

BLUER’s mission is to help our entire community—including our municipal and County government operations, residents, businesses, and nonprofits—reduce greenhouse gas pollution 10% over 2005 levels by the year 2015.

The Breathing Earth simulation is a real-time simulation that displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.

The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is the primary climate-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Website of a nonpartisan, nonprofit partnership organization that helps government entities and their stakeholders develop and implement actions to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and adapt to a changing climate

The website of a grass roots organization dedicated to educating the community on the severity and serious consequences of climate change.

"A knowledgebase of UN and intergovernmental activities addressing global climate change policy"

From the NOAA National Climatic Data Center

Uses a "powers of ten" exponential approach to frame meteorological and climatic processes and specific climate events of the past at varying timescales; from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

Here you can find data related to climate change that can help inform and prepare America’s communities, businesses, and citizens; compiled by the U.S. Government

DVRPC's Office of Energy and Climate Change Initiatives leads, supports, and coordinates efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in our region.

A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change, from the American Institute of Physics.

Understanding and addressing climate change is critical to EPA's mission of protecting human health and the environment. EPA tracks and reports greenhouse gas emissions, leverages sound science, and works to reduce emissions to combat climate change.

The leading international body for the assessment of climate change, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

"Working Together for the Environment and the Economy" - formerly the Pew Center for Climate Change

Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man-made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales.

A federally funded research and development center devoted to service, research and education in the atmospheric and related sciences.

A system that calculates carbon dioxide uptake and release at the Earth's surface over time.

Read scientific analysis on Arctic sea ice conditions updated during the first week of each month, or more frequently as conditions warrant.

Climate science from climate scientists.

"Citizens and scientists for environmental solutions"

"Strengthening the ability of individuals, communities and nations to adapt to climate change, move towards low-carbon societies, improve understanding of climate science, and raise public awareness about the Earth's changing climate".

With the assistance of the Meridian Institute, USCAP members joined together to recommend the prompt enactment of national legislation in the United States to slow, stop, and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions over the shortest period of time reasonably achievable.