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Here are some resources that we hope will offer you a better
understanding of climate change.
“climate change” [on wikipedia.org]
Climate
change refers to the variation in the Earth's global climate
or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the
variability or average state of the atmosphere—or average
weather—over time scales ranging from decades to millions
of years. These changes may come from processes internal to
the Earth, be driven by external forces (e.g. variations in
sunlight intensity) or, most recently, be caused by human activities.
 NPR
The debate on global warming has shifted. Worldwide, tailpipes
and smokestacks spew 25 billion tons of carbon dioxide every
year, and there's no longer doubt that this gas is heating the
Earth. The new questions center around how much will our climate
change, and how fast. NPR examines
the issue.
 United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC or FCC] is an international
environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development [UNCED], informally known as
the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The treaty
aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gas in order to combat
global warming.
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
The Kyoto
Protocol is an amendment to the international treaty on
climate change, assigning mandatory targets for the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions to signatory nations.
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies [GISS], at Columbia
University in New York City, is a laboratory of the Earth Sciences
Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a unit of
the Columbia University Earth Institute. Research at GISS emphasizes
a broad study of global climate change and provides a well-researched
home for The
Global Warming Debate.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] has been established by WMO
and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic
information relevant for the understanding of climate change,
its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.
 Impacts
of a Warming Arctic: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
The Arctic Climate
Impact Assessment [ACIA] is an international organization
established in 1991 to implement components of the Arctic Environmental
Protection Strategy [AEPS]. Now a programme group of the Arctic
Council, AMAP's current objective is "providing reliable
and sufficient information on the status of, and threats to,
the Arctic environment, and providing scientific advice on actions
to be taken in order to support Arctic governments in their
efforts to take remedial and preventive actions relating to
contaminants".
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel visits global warming tipping points across
the planet, talks to the world’s leading experts, and
examines the latest evidence about global warming in Global
Warming: What You Need to Know.
Time for Kids
Time
for Kids – the Children’s version of Time Magazine
– provides answers to kids’ questions about global
warming.
See the global impact of climate change.
Take a look at the world map provided by the BBC that uses data
from the latest IPCC report on Climate Change to show the effect
of climate change caused by global warming.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6528979.stm
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