Latest report on Antarctic ice melt
Website of climate science realclimate .org
replies to arguments from climate change sceptics
UK industry report on peak oil (by 8 leading UK companies)
The Oil Crunch
Government (DEFRA) report on climate change
effect predictions
http://ukclimateprojections.defra.gov.uk/
New report on climate change from MIT
The Royal Society; the independent academy of
science in the UK:
The
royal society document (pdf) about climate change
'in the long term, rising levels of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere could set in motion large-scale and potentially abrupt changes in our
planet's natural systems and some of these could be irreversible.'
The UK Met Office on
climate change
'The evidence is clear – the long-term trend is that global
temperatures are rising, and humans are largely responsible for this rise'
'Anyone who thinks global warming has stopped has their head in the sand'.
The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental
body set up by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change report on the probable effects of climate change
'The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this
century by an unprecedented combination of climate change,
associated disturbances (e.g., flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean
acidification)'
The
Tyndall centre (Manchester University)
is the UK network for generating sustainable responses to climate change
Tyndall Centre
latest research (Manchester University)
'However, recently published research illustrates that the rate
of growth of CO2 emissions between 2000 and 2005
exceeds that of even the ‘‘highest’’ (4 1C) IPCC scenario'
The Stern Report: 2006 by economist Lord Stern for the British
government,
The Stern
Report (key points)
'All countries will be affected by climate change, but the
poorest countries will suffer earliest and most.'
DEFRA UK Department for Environment Food and Rural affairs
DEFRA UK on Climate Change
'Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges facing the
world.'
UK Government Committee on Climate Change
UK Government Committee on Climate Change:
workplan
'Very large sea-level rises that would result from widespread
de-glaciation of Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets imply
major changes in coastlines and ecosystems, and inundation of low-lying areas,
with greatest effects in river deltas.'
Climate Change Denial by
George Marshall
A mixture of the serious and the lighter side of climate change
campaigning
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