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There is a broad consensus among scientists that climate change is occurring, the consequences are significant, and that most of the recent warming can be attributed to human activities. In June 2005, the national scientific academies of 11 nations issued a joint statement that said, "The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action" to reduce global warming emissions.

IPCC Report: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Summary for Policymakers

Stern Review on the economics of climate change
Climate Change in the US Northeast
The World in 2050: Implications of global growth for carbon emissions and climate change policy (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
National Academies: Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 years
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers
Climate Change Post 2100: What are the Implications of Continued Greenhouse Gas Buildup?
Al Gore's Policy Address at NYU on Solving the Climate Crisis

Good Graphical Overviews of Climate Change:

U.N. Environmental Program's Vital Climate Graphics and Vital Climate Graphics Update

National Academy of Sciences

Woods Hole Research Center's Warming of the Earth

Governments Respond to Climate Change:

Kyoto Protocol: 155 countries have ratified this agreement which limits carbon emissions from 35 industrialized nations. The agreement took effect in February, 2005.

U.S. Congressional Action:
Senate Cap and Trade Proposals

The States and Cities Move Forward:
 
States with Climate Change Action Plans

State Climate Change Action Plans

California's Climate Change Initiatives

State and Local Emission Reductions Actions

State and Local Climate Action News

 

 

States with Greenhouse Gas Inventories
Source: Pew Center

U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement: 496 mayors representing over 64 million American have agreed to Kyoto targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 
 


 

Climate Changes in the 21st Century:

A collection (see below) of historical climate and future climate projections produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report now available from EOS-WEBSTER.

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Encouraging New Hampshire households to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 10,000 pounds!

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Climate Change in the Northeast
The Changing Northeast Climate: Our Choices Our Legacy
Climate Change in the US Northeast
Indicators of Climate Change in the Northeast
  Clean Air, Cool Planet: Finding and Promoting Solutions to Global Warming
  New England Integrated Sciences and Assessment

How will our changing climate affect ecosystems, human health, agriculture and economic growth?

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Arctic Thaw

What are the forecasts and predicted effects on our northern most region?

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Last Update July 1, 2007
Tracking Recent News and Events in Climate Science:

6/30/07 2007 seen as second warmest year as climate shifts
6/28/07 Global Warming Will Cause Rise in Death Rates
6/28/07 UN issues desertification warning
6/28/07 Study Sees Climate Change Impact on Alaska
6/27/07 Key U.S. senators reach deal on CO2 emissions
6/27/07 China now world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter
6/27/07 World cannot afford nuclear climate solution-report
6/27/07 Water Scarcity Will Change How We Live and Work
6/25/07 Why Desalination Doesn't Work (Yet)
6/25/07 Study: All forests not created equal
6/23/07 Mileage Vote Reveals New Configuration in Senate
6/21/07 Problem facing species displaced by warming: nowhere to run
6/21/07 Global warming may uproot millions
6/19/07 Companies get scored on global warming
6/13/07 Consumers warned as food prices rise and rise
6/12/07 Ethanol to Take 30 Pct of US Corn Crop in 2012 - GAO
6/07/07 Bush Rebuffs Germany on Greenhouse Emissions
6/07/07 G8 Leaders Agree to Substantial Cuts in Climate Emissions
6/07/07 Wind to make 20 percent of power by 2030: advocates
6/05/07 China releases strategy to counter climate change
6/04/07 UN warning over global ice loss
6/03/07 UN urges protection of animals from climate change

NewsWatch Archive

Human Fingerprints on Global Warming

Past, Present, and Future Temperatures: the "Hockey Stick"

Hurricane Destructiveness in a Warmer World

Additional Resources:

  Fact versus Fiction on Climate Change
  Real Climate: Commentaries on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.
  Scientific Facts on Climate Change: From the IPCC Third Assessment Report
  Carbon Disclosure Project: 225 institutional investors with $31 trillion under management surveyed the world's largest companies regarding their strategies for addressing climate change. 2006 CDP Report (.pdf)
  Climate Ark: Climate Change News Portal
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