NOAA Products

Climate Program Office
http://www.climate.noaa.gov/

Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/

Coral Reef Watch Program
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program provides a variety of data and alert products such as Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Charts, Degree Heating Weeks Charts, and Coral Bleaching Indices.
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/

Earth System Research Lab (ESRL), Global Monitoring Division (GMD), Observatory Operations (OBOP)
ESRL GMD operates staffed atmospheric baseline observatories at Barrow, Alaska; Trinidad Head, California; Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Samoa; and the South Pole from which numerous in situ and remote atmospheric and solar measurements are conducted. The overall scientific programs and administrative functions of the five observatories are handled from Boulder with on-site station chiefs caring for day-to-day station activities.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, Climate Dynamics and Prediction Group, is charged with studying and modeling climate phenomena on seasonal to multi-century time scales. Website contains wealth of datasets, visualizations, research summaries, images, and more.
http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/research/climate

Global Warming Frequently Asked Questions - From NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/

A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming - From NOAA's National Climatic Data Center Paleoclimatology Program
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html

U.S. Federal Programs

U. S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
Interagency program supporting research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society.
http://www.usgcrp.gov/

U.S. Climate Change Science Program
http://www.climatescience.gov/default.php

U.S. Climate Change Technology Program
http://www.climatetechnology.gov/

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Change page
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sea Level Rise Reports
http://epa.gov/climatechange/effects/coastal/slrreports.htm

The Global Change Master Directory
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

USDA Forest Service - Northern Global Change Research Program
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/global/

GLOBEC home page
GLOBEC (Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics) was initiated by SCOR and the IOC of UNESCO in 1991, to understand how global change will affect the abundance, diversity and productivity of marine populations comprising a major component of oceanic ecosystems.
http://www.pml.ac.uk/globec/
http://www.usglobec.org  (U.S. GLOBEC Program)

Global Change Research Information Office.  The information arm of the US Global Change Research Program. Links to all elements of this major program including science publications, Congress, budget information, etc.  Includes a searchable bibliography.
http://www.gcrio.org/

State, Regional, Local, Territory and Tribal Programs

NACo Climate Protection Program (National Association of Counties)*
http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=New_Technical_Assistance&Template=
/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=88&ContentID=24143

Califiornia Climate Change Portal*
http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/

Oregon Department of Energy - Oregon: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change*
http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/GBLWRM/Portal.shtml

Western Climate Initiative*
The Western Climate Initiative is a collaboration launched in February 2007 between the Governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington to meet regional challenges raised by climate change.
http://www.westernclimateinitiative.org/

What's Being Done in the States
from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states

Pacific Islands

American Samoa Coral Reef Advisory Group Local Action Strategies*
Issues include Global Climate Change, Overfishing, Land-Based Sources of Pollution, and Population Pressure

Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation*
These studies are designed to assist Pacific Developing Member Countries (PDMCs) to enhance their adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change and variability, including extreme events. The Climate Change Adaptation through Integrated Risk Reduction (CCAIRR) framework and methodology have been used to demonstrate a risk-based approach to adaptation and the mainstreaming of adaptation through risk assessment, adaptation planning, and policy development, by climate proofing infrastructure, and through community and other development initiatives. This report is the result of RETA 6064 funded under Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency (REACH) by the Canadian Cooperation Fund for Climate Change and published by the Asian Development Bank.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Climate-Proofing/climate-proofing.pdf
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Climate-Proofing/main-report.asp

Community-level adaptation to climate change : action in the Pacific; Proceedings of the regional workshop on community-level adaptation to climate change, Suva, Fiji, 21-23 March 2005*
Published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme(SPREP), Fiji. Dept. of Environment., and Canadian International Development Agency
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000431_CBDAMPIC.pdf

Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands: Adapting to Present Climate Variability and Extreme Weather Events in Navua (Fiji), 2006*
Published by the The AIACC Project Office (Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change), International START Secretariat
http://www.aiaccproject.org/working_papers/Working%20Papers/AIACC_WP34_Mataki.pdf

Kiribati Adaptation Program*
A Global Environment Facility (GEF) pilot/demonstration projects under the Special Program on Adaptation that shows how climate change adaptation planning and assessment can be translated into national policy and sustainable development planning and action.
http://www.worldbank.org/

National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) for Samoa*
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/sam01.pdf

National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) for Kiribati*
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/kir01.pdf

National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) for Tuvalu*
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/napa/tuv01.pdf

Not if but when: adapting to natural hazards in the Pacific Islands Region - a policy note*
Published by the World Bank, the goal of this Policy Note is to influence policy makers and development partners in the Pacific Islands region to undertake risk management of natural hazards and minimize the future impacts of natural disasters, climate change and sea level rise.
http://www.worldbank.org/

Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006-2015, June 2005*
The Framework identifies broad priorities for the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to address the issues of climate change in an integrated, multi-stakeholder approach. The Framework embodies 6 principles: implementing adaptation measures, governance and decision making, improving our understanding of climate change, contributing to global greenhouse gas reduction, partnerships and cooperation.
http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000438_PI_Framework_for_Action_on_Climate_Change_2006_2015_FINAL.pdf

Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Seas*
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=483&ArticleID=5312&l=en

Pacific Regional Environment Programme - Climate Change Portal*
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/index.asp
Publications*

Pacific Island Developing Country Water Resources and Climate Change. In The World's Water: 2002-2003. *
http://www.pacinst.org/publications/worlds_water/worlds_water_2002_chapter5.pdf

Preparing for a Changing Climate: Pacific Islands Regional Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change*
The Pacific Assessment was conducted as a regional contribution to the first U.S. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (the National Assessment). The National Assessment was organized by the agencies contributing to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
http://www2.eastwestcenter.org/climate/assessment/report.htm

Surviving climate change in small islands : a guidebook*
Published by the Tyndale Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom
http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/publications/surviving.pdf

Non-U.S. Country Programs

British Antarctic Survey Climate Change Research*
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has for the past 60 years been responsible for most of the UK's scientific research in Antarctica and its current five-year research strategy is focussed on deepening our understanding of climate change.
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bas_research/our_research/topics/climate_change.php

Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation*
http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/perspective/index_e.php

International Programs

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change*
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations - Climate Change page*
FAO's programme on climate change includes the promotion of practices for climate change mitigation, the adaptation of agricultural systems to climate change, the reduction of emissions from the agricultural sector as far as it is carefully considered within the major objective of ensuring food security, the development of practices aimed at increasing the resilience of agricultural production systems to the vagaries of weather and climate change, national and regional observing systems, as well as data and information collection and dissemination.
http://www.fao.org/clim/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) * established by the World Meteorological Association (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to access the risk of human-induced climate change.
http://www.ipcc.ch/

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) for Least Developed Countries*
NAPAs (national adaptation programmes of action) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs with regard to adaptation to climate change. The rationale for NAPAs rests on the limited ability of LDCs to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. The NAPA takes into account existing coping strategies at the grassroots level, and builds upon that to identify priority activities. In the NAPA process, prominence is given to community-level input as an important source of information, recognizing that grassroots communities are the main stakeholders.
http://unfccc.int/national_reports/napa/items/2719.php

United Nations Environment Programme Climate Change Theme Page*
Portal created by the United Nations Environment Programme as a central source for substantive work and information resources regarding climate change.
http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange

UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) Climate Change Programme (CCP)*
Developing countries, called 'Non-Annex I' in the context of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, have experienced great difficulty in implementing decisions and policies at the country level. The objective of the UNITAR Climate Change Programme is to address these capacity constraints.

World Health Organization (WHO) Climate Change and Human Health Website*
http://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/

Pacific Regional Environment Programme - Climate Change Portal*
http://www.sprep.org/climate_change/index.asp
Publications*

Non-Governmental Organizations

Linking Climate Adaptation Network*
The objective of the Linking Climate Adaptation (LCA) Network is to help communities, policy-makers, practitioners and academics share experiences and knowledge about adaptation to climate change. It is based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the United Kingdom.
http://www.linkingclimateadaptation.org/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change*
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change was established in 1998 as a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization. The Center's mission is to provide credible information and bring together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to forge innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change.
http://www.pewclimate.org/

Encylcopedia of the Earth - Climate Change*
The Encyclopedia is published by the Environmental Information Coalition (EIC), National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), Washington D.C. The EIC, the governing body of the Earth Portal, is comprised of a diverse group of respected scientists and educators and the organizations, agencies, and institutions for which they work. The EIC defines the roles and responsibilities for individuals and institutions involved in the Coalition, as well as the editorial guidelines for Earth Portal content, including the EoE.
http://www.eoearth.org/by/topic/climate%20change

The National Academies Global Change page*
The National Academies bring together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public. This web site is designed to provide an overview of global-change activities from throughout the National Academies organized by major topical area. Browse Topics to see lists of related reports, upcoming meetings, ongoing activities, and selected links to other global change resources on the web.
http://dels.nas.edu/globalchange/

Academic Organizations

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research*
The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists, who together are working to develop sustainable responses to climate change through trans-disciplinary research and dialogue on both a national and international level - not just within the research community, but also with business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public in general.
http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - Climate Research*
http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/climate/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Ocean and Climate Change Institute*
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=7399

University of Maryland Center for Integrative Environmental Research (CIER)*
http://www.cier.umd.edu/index.html

Conferences

4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Advancing Ecosystem Management and Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management by 2010 in the Context of Climate Change, April 7-11, 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam*
Organized by the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands and Hosted by the Government of Vietnam, Ministry of Fisheries. this conference will mobilize high-level policy attention, topical working groups, analytical papers, and other contributions to provide a review of progress achieved (or lack thereof) in advancing ecosystem management and integrated coastal and ocean management by 2010 at national and regional (transboundary) levels, and in the 64% of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, and on the allied goals of reducing marine biodiversity loss by 2010 and of establishing networks of marine protected areas by 2012 (goals adopted by the world's political leaders at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development). These goals are considered in the context of climate change, which, as indicated in the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will have profound effects on ecosystems and coastal populations around the world.
http://www.globaloceans.org/globalconferences/2008/index.html

Climate Change: Science and Solutions: 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment January 16-18, 2008, in Washington, DC.*
Hosted by the National Council for Science and the Environment, the confernce will focus on expanding substantive dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, educators, and other solutions-oriented innovators to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change.
http://ncseonline.org/2008conference/

Climate Policy, Vulnerability, and Adaptation (Joint between the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research and the 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)* during the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting
http://ams.confex.com/ams/88Annual/techprogram/session_21164.htm

Workshop: Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Potential Contributions to the Emergence, Reemergence and Spread of Infectious Disease, 4-5 December 2007*
Hosted by the U.S. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3783/3924/45653.aspx

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali, 3 - 14 December 2007*
The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, brings together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The two week period includes the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (NFCCC), its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol.
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_13/items/4049.php

Climate Information: Responding to User Needs 22-23 October 2007, University of Maryland*
The goal of the conference was to bring together two groups that have had too little contact in the past: providers of climate information and the diverse community that uses it. Providers were tol learn how users from different sectors of society are affected by climate change, and what specific products they require. Users were to hear what other organizations are doing to prepare for climate-change impacts and what sorts of information providers can produce now and in the future.
http://climateneeds.umd.govtools.us/

The Future in our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change, UN High-Level Event on Climate Change, UN Headquarters, New York, 24 September 2007, at UN Headquaraters, New York*
To promote dialogue, highlight priority issues within four broad thematic areas, and mobilize support at the highest level for a strong political signal to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali that Governments are ready to accelerate work under the UNFCCC
http://www.un.org/climatechange/2007highlevel/events.shtml

Mauritius International Meeting (BPoA +10): International Meeting for the 10-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action, 10-14 January, 2005, Port Luis, Mauritius*
The Mauritius Declaration and the Mauritius Strategy, international efforts to recognize small islands’ vulnerabilities and to support their sustainable development, were approved at this conference.
http://www.sidsnet.org/MIM.html
http://www.un.org/smallislands2005/

Symposium on Climate and Extreme Events in Asia Pacific: Enhancing Resilience and Improving Decision Making - Executive Summary, 2004*
Published by the East-West Center in Honolulu
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/search-for-publications/?class_call=view&pub_ID=1472&mode=view

Publications and Reports

Climate Change 2007: the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change*
http://www.ipcc.ch/

Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises (2002)*
Online report published by the National Academy Press for the Committee on Abrupt Climate Change, National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074347/html/

Adaptation to climate change in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries: Perspective, framework and priorities*
Published by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/j9271e/j9271e.pdf

BUYING TIME: A User's Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems*
Published by the World Wildlife Fund
http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/index.cfm?uNewsID=8678

Climate Change Research: Agencies Have Data-Sharing Policies but Could Do More to Enhance the Availability of Data from Federally Funded Research
Published by U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO), GAO-07-1172, September 28, 2007
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-07-1172

Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions*
Published by the National Research Council, 2001
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10139#toc

Coral Reefs and Global Climate Change: potential contributions of climate change to stresses on coral reef ecosystems*
Published by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Coral_Reefs.pdf

Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results (2007)*
Online report published by the National Academy Press for the Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, National Research Council
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309108268
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=209

Impacts of a Warming Climate: Arctic Climate Impact Assessment*
An assessment of the potential impacts of climate change on the Artic Region undertaken by the
International Arctic Science Committee and the Artic Council
http://www.amap.no/acia/index.html

Kyoto Protocol* - final authentic text of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation: Special Report 290*
Online report published by the National Academy Press for the Committee on Climate Change and U.S. Transportation, National Research Council
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12179

Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional and State Governments*
Published by Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Washington King County, and ICLEI.
http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=7066

Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3: Reanalyses of Historical Climate Data for Key Atmospheric Features: Implications for Attribution of Causes of Observed Change*
Online report published by the National Academy Press for the Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.3, National Research Council, 2008
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12135

The Role of Coastal Zone Management Programs in Adapatation to Climate Change: Final Report of the CSO Climate Change Work Group*
From the Coastal States Organization (CSO)
http://www.coastalstates.org/

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change*
Report by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service, United Kingdom, on the economics of climate change and development. Released 30 October, 2006
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm

The U.S. Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction*
Published by the University of Maryland, Center for Integrative Environmental Research
http://www.cier.umd.edu/climateadaptation/

Decision Support Tools

Adaptation Policy Frameworks (APF) for Climate Change*
Published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF)), the APF is a structured approach to formulating and implementing adaptation strategies, policies and measures to ensure human development in the face of climate variability and change.
http://www.undp.org/gef/adaptation/climate_change/APF.htm

Pacific RISA Decision Support Tools and Technologies*
http://research.eastwestcenter.org/climate/risa/RISA-dec_support.htm

Forecasts and Planning Tools* from the University of Washington, Climate Impacts Group
http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/fpt/ccscenarios.shtml

Contact: Mary.Lou.Cumberpatch@noaa.gov, NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD 20910
This information is excerpted from the NOAA Central Library's WindandSea Internet Guide