CLIMATE CHANGE
Asia-Pacific Network on Climate Change
AP-Net is a knowledge-based on-line clearing house for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change issues. It provides a platform for policy dialogues and consultation within the region, access to information and data on climate change issues and developments focusing on the Asia-Pacific and supports capacity building for developing countries in the region.
The Center for Environmental Leadership in Business - Climate Change
The CELB engages the private sector worldwide in creating solutions to critical global environmental problems in which industry plays a defining role.
The Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
Chicago Climate Exchange
The Chicago Climate Exchange is North America’s only, and the world’s first, greenhouse gas emission registry, reduction and trading system for all six greenhouse gases.
Clean Air Initiative (US)
The CAI advances ways to improve air quality in cities through partnerships in selected regions of the world.
Clean Development Mechanism in China
Climate Change Chronicles
Climate Change Chronicles provides news and information (updated daily) about climate change science, global warming and alternative energy.
The Energy and Resources Institute’s Clean Development Mechanism
The Institute’s website on the Clean Development Mechanism.
EUROPA - Environment and Climate Change
The European Commission’s website on Environment and Climate Change.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization 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. The IPCC’s Second Assessment Report, Climate Change 1995, provided key input to the negotiations, which led to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC in 1997.
National Development and Reform Commission
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists and other experts to address climate change.
Point Carbon (Norway)
Point Carbon provides analysis, forecasting, market intelligence and news for the power, gas and carbon emissions markets.
Stern Review on the economics of climate change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
In 1994, this International Treaty entered into force with the aim to reduce global warming. The Kyoto Protocol, an addition to the Treaty, sets legally binding target for emission reductions on those nations which have ratified it.
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology - Climate Change
The Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology’s website on Climate Change. It is the Bureau’s responsibility to provide decision makers and the general public with accurate observations and information about the changing climate.
Australian Greenhouse Office
The Australian Government’s Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Greenhouse Office. The AGO’s strategy for stabilising climate change is centered on five key areas – emissions management, international engagement, strategic policy support, impacts and adaptation, and science and measurement.
Victorian Greenhouse Strategy
This is the website of the Victorian Government’s Department of Sustainability and Environment, providing information about the Victorian Government’s strategy to address climate change.
Emissions trading
Emissions trading is a market-based scheme for environmental improvement that allows parties to buy and sell permits for emissions or credits for reductions in emissions of certain pollutants.
Australasian Emissions Trading Forum
The AETF promotes public debate about emissions trading to provide stimulus for Australia and New Zealand to progress in relation to these issues. The Forum is a source of information and analysis on emissions trading policy and market developments.
New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation - Emissions trading
New South Wales’ Government’s Department of Environment and Conservation’s website on emissions trading.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
China Renewable Energy Industry Association
International Institute for Sustainable Development
The IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management. They report on international negotiations and broker knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries and better dialogue between North and South.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The WBCSD brings together 180 international companies who are committed to sustainable development through economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. The WBCSD’s mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to support the business license to operate, innovate and grow in a world increasingly shaped by sustainable development issues.
Top legal adviser, Asia Pacific renewable power projects, 2005
Dealogic, Project Finance Magazine 2006