Climate Change Web Links

• Introduction
• Policy and Government Websites
• Expert/Academic Views
• NGOs
• Industry Related Sites
• Emissions Trading
• Renewable Energy
• Other Articles and Press Releases

Introduction

• A beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming (The Woods Hole Research Center)
• Climate Change and the Science Sceptics (FOE)

Policy and Government Websites

• Alberta
  • Climate Change Central
  • Alberta releases strategy for action on climate change (Press Release, 1998)

• Canadian Government
  • Global Climate Change
  • Canada's Perspective on Climate Change
  • National Climate Change Secretariat's web site
  • National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (1998)
  • Environment Canada
    • Global Climate Change
    • Green Lane
    • Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis
    • Climate and Water
  • Health Canada
    • Climate Change
  • Industry Canada
    • Climate Change
  • Transport Canada
    • Climate Change
  • Natural Resources Canada
    Office of Energy Efficiency
  • Statistics Canada
    • Environment (Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1958-1994)

• International Policy and Government
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
  • Official Kyoto Conference Web Site
  • Climate Change & Environmentally Sustainable Transport (OECD)
  • Climate Change Impacts in the UK: The Agenda for Assessment & Action
  • U.S. Global Change Research Program

Expert/Academic Views

• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
• Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (Oslo)
• Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglea)
• Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
• Permafrost and Climate in Europe
• Climate Modelling Group of the University of Victoria
• McGill Centre for Climate and Global Change Research
• Canadian Climate Research Network
• Tellus Institute (Publications in the Energy, Environment and Economy Program)
• Weathervane: Perspectives on Policy
• William Leiss (University of Calgary, The Climate Change Policy Mess)

NGOs

• Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Friends of the Earth (UK)
  • Other Links (FOE, Canada)
• World Wildlife Federation
• Greenpeace International
  • Suncor: Climate Villain Site (Greenpeace, Canada)
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Climates of Change Congress Victoria B.C., Canada March 19ö22, 2000 (Skies Above
  Foundation)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• Weathervane: A Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy

Industry Related Sites

• Sustain: The Climate Change Challenge (Petroleum Communication Foundation, nonprofit)
• Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc. (nonprofit)
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• European Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future
• Global Climate Coalition (A climate group that opposes the Kyoto Protocol)
• Shell
• Ford Motor Company
• Texaco
• Suncor
• Petroleum Industry Links (Canada, U.S. and International)
• World Petroleum Congress (Calgary, June 11-15, 2000)

Emissions Trading

• International Workshop Addresses Emissions Trading Among 'Annex B' Countries (Weather Vane, 1998)
• Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading Pilot ("a partnership between the Canadian federal government, a number of provinces, industry, labour and environmental groups")
• Canadian GHG Credit Registry (Canada's Climate Change Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc.)
• Articles and Press Releases
  • First 100% private sector emissions trading fund will invest in Central and Eastern Europe (Edie, Feb 18, 2000)
  • Europe's electricity producers host second round of simulated emissions trading (Edie, Feb 18, 2000)
  • CO₂ Emissions Permits Trading Simulation Round 2 (Eurelectric, pdf)
  • Shell launches its own emissions trading scheme (Edie, January 28, 2000)
  • Shell Launches Emissions Trading Scheme (Shell, January 27, 2000)
  • The World Bank's 'Prototype Carbon Fund' steals the march on Clean Development Mechanism (Edie, January 21, 2000)
  • First CO₂emission reduction trade on Internet (Edie, Oct. 29, 1999)
  • TransAlta completes world's first emission reduction trade on new electronic exchange (TransAlta, Oct. 25, 1999)
    • TransAlta
  • Simulated CO₂ trading shows reductions are possible with few technical hitches (Edie, October 22, 1999)
  • Commentary - the Dangers of Emissions Trading (Great Lakes Radio Consortium, October 18, 1999, real audio)
  • International collaboration starts on measuring and reporting business greenhouse gases (Edie, September 17, 1999)
  • Suncor-Niagra Mohawk emission trade (Suncor, Mar. 24, 1999)
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Credit for Early Action (Bennet Jones Law Firm, March 15, 1999)

Renewable Energy

• Renewable Energy Links and News
• Solar Energy Society of Canada
• Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC)
• Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
• Natural Resources Canada
  • Energy Technology
  • Program of Energy Research and Development (PERD) Climate Change Task
• The British Wind Energy Association
• Knowledge Centre for energy and the environment (Netherlands)
• Construction of the world's largest solar district is underway in the Netherlands
• European Solar Energy Association
• World Renewable Energy Network
• Renewable Energy Policy Project and the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (REPP-CREST)
• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US Dept. of Energy)
• Articles and Press Releases
  • Aussies update their hybrid-electric car (Edie, March 3, 2000)
  • Green Energy Fueled by the New Year (Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Dec. 27, 1999, real audio)
  • Ontario Power Generation To Improve its 'Green Energy' Offerings ( Ontario Power Generation, November 1, 1999)
  • Locals Oppose Massive Wind Farm (Great Lakes Radio Consortium, October 29, real audio)

Other Articles and Press Releases

• UK set to slash greenhouse gases (BBC, March 9, 2000)
• Global Climate Coalition defiant as Texaco departs (Edie, March 3, 2000)
• Greenpeace Activists Journey to 'Ground Zero' for Global Warming, Launch Arctic Action Web Site (Business Wire, March 1, 2000 )
• Texaco quits global warming group (CNN, March 1, 2000)
• Texaco reaffirms opposition to Kyoto Protocol (Global Climate Coalition, Feb 29, 2000)
• Aerosol Measurements Crucial For Global Warming Models (UNISCI, Feb 8, 2000)
• Is Kyoto Dead? (Grist Magazine, January 17, 2000)
• Resolution of temperature problem proves global warming a reality (Edie, January 14, 2000)
• DaimlerCrysler quits anti-climate change group in favour of investment in clean technology (Edie, January 14, 2000)
• Climate change warning (BBC, November 18, 1999)
• Global warming deal reached (BBC, November 14, 1999)
• Deadline for global warming deal (BBC, November 4, 1999)
• Climate 'next century's biggest challenge' (BBC, October 18, 1999 )
• Ford abandons anti-Kyoto pressure group Global Climate Coalition (Edie, October 12, 1999)
• Climate disaster possible by 2100 (BBC, September 10, 1999)
• Climate Crisis (The Ecologist, March-April, 1999)
• The Kyoto Protocol (Robert Hornug, Encompass Magazine, February, 1998)
• In Pursuit of Policy (Encompass Magazine, February, 1998)