Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo
CICERO does research on both the science and policy aspects of global warming. The site includes thorough and recent world news on the status of nations efforts to address global climate change.

Center for Ocean Sciences
The Center for Ocean Sciences works on climate change to develop innovative solutions to enhance ecosystem and human community resiliency to climate change impacts and to improve the policies governing climate change mitigation and adaptation. The Center implements research, education and communication strategies to achieve these goals.

Clean Air - Cool Planet
Clean Air-Cool Planet educates people and institutions about the problem of climate change and collaborates with them on solutions. The website has tailored information for corporations, campuses, communities, and science centers.

Climate Action Network
The Climate Action Network site is useful for anyone seeking to learn more about global initiatives to combat climate change and the controversial issues that define them.

Climate Ark
Calling itself "The Premier Climate Change & Renewable Energy Portal," it hosts a search engine for climate and renewable energy information and its news section is updated multiple times a day.

Climate Change Information Kit, UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website contains a Climate Change Information Kit with a wealth of accessible and clear material addressing common questions about climate change. It covers a variety of topics not addressed on other sites.

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
This State of Knowledge Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program summarizes the impacts of climate change on the US now and in the future. It examines the effects of global warming on different sectors such as water and energy resources, ecosystems, human health and society. It further assesses key impacts on specific regions of the US.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme established the IPCC to assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information in order to understand the risk of human-induced climate change. The website provides numerous assessment and special reports, technical papers, guidelines, speeches, official documents, and other resources relevant to climate change.

Pacific Ocean Synthesis 2009
The Centre for Oceans Solutions produced a synthesis of studies on major threats to the Pacific Ocean. The top four are: overfishing, habitat destruction, climate change, and pollution. It is organized by region, not by threat. The study is divided into seven regions and systematically reviews literature from over 3,400 papers and reports. The study examined impacts and assessed their frequency, resiliency, and scale. Other major themes/solutions emerging from the literature are focused on integration of climate change adaptation, and strengthening institutions and building capacity.

Presidential Climate Action Project
The University of Colorado and several partner organizations are engaging the nation`s science, policy, business and civic leaders to produce a Presidential Climate Action Plan (PCAP). The plan will contain a broad menu of policy and program recommendations for the President, rather than advocating a particular policy. The Website offers resource documents and background information on climate policy to assist the Presidential candidates in forming their climate-action commitments.

The Climate Change Knowledge Network
The Climate Compendium is "Your guide to the issues and actors." It contains some of the latest and best information in the political, economic, scientific and legal arenas.

The Climate Institute
The Institute provides a good introduction to climate change with clear information about the chemistry and physics of the issues while also discussing the potential implications by geographical region.

Union of Concerned Scientists
This site offers some of the clearest and most thorough information on global climate change, including political briefings, scientific reports, news, analysis, curriculum, recommendations, and suggestions for taking personal, community, and national action.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change website contains a Climate Change Information Kit with a wealth of accessible and clear material addressing common questions about climate change. It covers a variety of topics not addressed on other sites.

Weathervane, Resources for the Future
This "digital forum on global climate policy" explores and presents issues behind the economics and science of climate change. It also links you to current national and international news about climate change issues.

World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute provides clear information about key topics, news, data and trends, case studies, and access to publications.

World Wildlife Fund Climate Change
WWF, the well known international conservation organization, has dedicated several pages to climate change. These easy to navigate pages cover everything from background and detailed information about the problem to numerous policy and individual solutions. WWF also provides the latest climate change news and resources such as climate change fact sheets and WWF position papers.

We've tried to make it easier for you to learn about some of the issues that affect you and your "blue backyard" — our world's ocean. These categories organize lists for some of the best sites on the Web that we know about.

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