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Umweltbundesamt
(Austrian Federal Environment Agency)
Lebensmininsterium
Gateway
to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
ProClim
Swiss forum for climate and global change issues
Fondazione
Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Non-profit, non-partisan research institution
established to carry out research in the field of sustainable
development.
Schweizer
Klimaportal
German
Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Center
for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO)
interdisciplinary institute for environmental
and climate research on behalf of the Norwegian government
PEW
Center on Global Climate Change
a group devoted to climate protection, composed
of multinationalenterprises as BP, Toyota, 3M or Boing.
International
Institute for Sustainable Develpoment (IISD)
Ressources
for the future (RFF)
RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank
located in Washington
United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Scientific body on the issue of climate change
which assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate
change
UK
Climate Impacts Programme
The UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) helps
organisations assess how they might be affected by climate change,
so they can prepare for its impact.
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Science and Research:
Austria:
Institute
for Meteorology
Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna
Institute
for Meteorlogy und Geophysics, University of Innsbruck
climate research in the area of the Antarctic
peninsula and of Patagonian glaciers
Austrian
Research Center Seibersdorf (ARCS)
Joanneum
Research
IIASA
Laxenburg
ÖGUT
- Austrian Society for Environment and Technology
Österreichische
Energieagentur (Austrian Energy Agency)
Seibersdorf
Research - Climate Impact Research
Bundesamt
und Forschungszentrum für Wald (BFW)
Wegener
Zentrum für Klima und Globalen Wandel
Das Wegener Zentrum für Klima und Globalen
Wandel vereint als interdisziplinäres und international orientiertes
Forschungszentrum die Kompetenzen der Karl-Franzens-Universität
Graz im Forschungsbereich "Klimawandel, Umweltwandel und
Globaler Wandel".
alpS
- Zentrum für Naturgefahren Management
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International:
PEW
Center on Global Climate Change
a group devoted to climate protection, composed
of multinationalenterprises as BP, Toyota, 3M or Boing
Resources
for the Future (RFF)
a nonprofit research institution conducting
independent research on natural resoruces and the environment
World
Resources Institute
Weathervane
subsidiary institution of RFF with research
focus on climate policy
International
Research Center on Environment and Development (C.I.R.E.D)
Consortium
for International Earth Science Information (CIESIN)
interdisciplinary research on climate change
Tata
Energy Research Institute -TERI (Indien)
National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
Goddard
Institute for Space Studies (GISS)
NASA Institute on climate research
Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
research on weather and climate, forecasts,...
Institute
of Global Environment and Society (IGES)
CSIRO
Atmospheric Research
provides scientific advice and solutions on
issues involving the atmospheric environment and the climatic
system.
Center
for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University
National Climate Data Center (NCDC)
The NCDC is the world's largest active archive
of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and
responds to data requests from all over the world.
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Europe:
Wuppertal
Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
German
Climate Research Programme (DEKLIM)
The
National Center of Competence in Research on Climate (NCCR), Switzerland
Center
for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO)
Interdisciplinary institute for environmental
and climate research on behalf of the Norwegian government
Oxford
Institute for Energy Studies
Tyndall
Center for Climate Change Research
Potsdamer
Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Deutsches
Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ)
Hadley
Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
climate research on behalf of the British government
European
Science Foundation (ESF)
Russian
Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information - World
Data Center (RIHMI-WDC)
ECN
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
Physics
of Weather and Climate (PWC) Section
at the Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
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Institutions on Climate
Change and Climate Policy
Austria
Umweltbundesamt
(Austrian Federal Environment Agency)
Bundesministerium
für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wassermanagement:
Klimaschutz
Zentralanstalt
für Meteorologie und Geodynamik
Independent Institutions:
Klimabündnis
VCÖ
- Verkehrs Club Österreich
Greenpeace
Österreich
Global
2000
WWF Österreich
Austrian
Buisness Council on Sustainable Development
Nachhaltigkeit.at
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International:
United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Scientific body on the issue of climate change
which assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate
change
World
Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Information
Unit for Conventions (IUC)
by UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program)
OECD
and Climate Change
World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) National
Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
the worldwide biggest archive on weather data
International
Energy Agency
Center
for Environmental Science and Policy (CESP)
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA describes and forecasts changes in the
atmospheric and marine environment
The
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Cities
for Climate Protection Campaign (CCP)
CCP is a global campaign of the International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). More than
475 local governments worldwide participate in the Campaign, including
over 100 cities and counties in the United States.
Australian
Greenhouse Office (AGO)
Global
Environment Information Center, Japan
Global
Change Master Directory
user-friendly processed weather data by NASA
(atmo-, hydro-, biosphere, oceans,...)
California
Energy Commission
Website
on climate change of the Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Government of India
NGOs:
Tiempo
Climate Cyberlibrary
Country profiles: climate, emissions, economic development
Enda
Third World, Senegal
International organisation supplying information
on climate change and energy
efficiency
The
Climate Action Network
an umbrella group formed by more than 250 environmental
NGOs worldwide
Germanwatch
One
World.net: Climate Change
Europe:
German
Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
Advisory
Body on Climate Change (OCCC)
in Switzerland
European
Space Agency (ESA)
DG
XII: Research Directorate General
Community
Research and Development Information Center (CORDIS)
Research Centre of the EU
European
Environment Agency (EEA)
European
Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change
assists EEA in supporting EU environmental
policy and legislative frameworks and allow for adequate responses
to emerging needs.
MIES,
la Mission interministérielle de l'effet de serre
National Plan to combat Climate Change in France
ADEME
French Energy Agency
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Climate
Protection: Environmental Agencies and Ministeries worldwide
Australia:
Department of Environment and Heritage
Austria:
Ministry of Forestry, Environment, and Watermanagment
Belgium:
Flemish Environment Agency
Canada:
Department of Natural Resources
Croatia:
Energy Institute
The Czech
Republic: Ministry of the Environment
Denmark:
Environmental Agency
European
Evironment Agency
Finland:
Ministry of the Environment
Finnland:
Finnish Environment Centre
France:
Ministry of Regional Planning and the Environment
France: Federal Office
for Environment
Germany:
Federal Environmental Ministry
Germany:
Federal Office for Environment (Umweltbundesamt)
Germany:
The German Council of Environmental Advisors (Der Rat von Sachverständigen
für Umweltfragen)
Iceland:
Ministry for the Environment
Ireland:
Department of the Environment and Local Government
Italy:
Ministry of the Environment
Japan:
Environment Agency
Luxembourg:
Ministry of the Environment
Mexico:
Ministry for Environment, Natural Resources, and Fisheries
The
Netherlands: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment
New
Zealand: Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment
Norway:
Ministry of the Environment
Norway:
Directorate for Nature Management
Poland:
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, and Forestry
Portugal:
Ministry of Environment
Spain:
Ministry of the Environment
Sweden:
Environmental Protection Agency
Schweiz:
Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation
Switzerland:
Federal Agency for Energy Economics
United
Kingdom: Department for Environment, food and rural affairs
United Kingdom: Environment Agency of England and Wales
United Kingdom: Department for the Environment, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
USA:
Department for Energy
USA:
Environmental Protection Agency
USA:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Topics
Flexible Mechanisms
Emission Trading Links
CO2e.com
The Carbontrader
Prototype
Carbon Fund
International Emission
Trading Association (IETA)
dedicated to the establishment of effective systems
for trading in greenhouse gas emissions by businesses that is
demonstrably fair, open, efficient, accountable and consistent
across
national boundaries
IEA:
International Emission Trading - From Concept to Reality
the International Energy Agency offers for purchase
a review of international emission trading, from the "perfect"
system envisaged in economic models to a more realistic view of
how trading can actually work
Emissions Marketing
Association
Australasians Emissions
Trading Forum
EcoCarbon,
a non-profit industry organisation aimed at
collaboration on emissions trading activities
Emissions
Trading in the Kyoto Protocol – Finished and Unfinished Business
H. Ott, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment
and Energy
European
Union Views on International Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading
P. Chasek et al., Columbia University, Environmental
Policy Studies, Working Paper No.3
International
Emissions Trading
A Primer, R. Kopp and M. Toman, Weathervane,
Oct., 1 1998
Applicability
of Tradable Emissions Permits to a Global Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Program
by Jesse Alan Gordon
Point
Carbon
Norwegian based company, which provides analysis
on the global carbon market.
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Clean Development Mechanism
UNFCCC
Page zu CDM
Österreichisches
JI/CDM-Programm
Der
Clean Development Mechanism
HWWA, 2003
Carbon
Finance at the World Bank
CDM
Watch
Monitoring the Clean Development Mechanism of
the Kyoto Protocol
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Joint Implementation
Joint
Implementation-Koordinierungsstelle (JIKO)
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie
UNFCCC Page zu JI
Joint Implementation
zwischen Theorie und Praxis
Austrian Energy Agency
Einfürung
in Joint Implementation
HWWA
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Climate Models
Atmospheric Models
CHRM
The Climate High Resolution Model (CHRM) is the
Regional Climate Model (RCM) presently used at the Institute for
Atmospheric and Climate Science of the ETH Zürich. It is largely
based on the High Resolution Model (HRM) of the German Weather
Service (DWD) and was adapted for use in climate studies (Lüthi
et al. 1996, Vidale et al. 2003).
CLM
The Climate Version of the Local Model (CLM) is a nonhydrostatic
regional climate model developed from the LM by the CLM-Community
. Since 2005 it is the Community-Model of the german climate research.
The model has been used for simulations on time scales up to centuries
and spatial resolutions between 1 and 50 km.
CRCM
The Canadian RCM (CRCM), locatable over any part of the globe,
recently emerged from the conjoining of the semi-Lagrangian semi-implicit
MC2 (Compressible community mesoscale model) dynamical kernel
with the CCCma atmospheric GCM physics parameterization package.
Hadley
Centre model configurations
The computer climate models used for the majority
of the work at the Hadley Centre are detailed three-dimensional
representations of major components of the climate system. They
are mostly run on the Met Office's NEC SX-6 supercomputers. We
use these models in various different configurations, which are
explained below.
Simple models of the climate system
have been developed and used both to gain physical insight into
major features of the behaviour of the climate system, and to
produce climate projections for a range of assumptions about emissions
of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
HIRHAM
A modeling group has been established at AWI
to improve our understanding of the Arctic climate system. The
aim is to simulate the coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean system
in the Arctic. The coupled model system includes:
* Atmosphere, represented by HIRHAM
* Ocean, represented by MOM-2
* Sea ice, represented by a dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model
[Lemke at al, 2000] with elastic-viscous plastic rheology according
to Hunke & Dunkowicz [1997].
The model domain includes the whole Arctic north of about 60°N.
MM5
The PSU/NCAR mesoscale model (known as MM5) is
a limited-area, nonhydrostatic, terrain-following sigma-coordinate
model designed to simulate or predict mesoscale atmospheric circulation.
PRECIS
PRECIS stands for "Providing REgional Climates
for Impacts Studies." Developed at the Hadley Centre at the
UK Met Office, PRECIS is a regional climate modelling system designed
to run on a Linux based PC. PRECIS can be easily applied to any
area of the globe to generate detailed climate change projections.
RACMO
Regional Atmospheric Climate Model (RACMO) Version 2 Single Column
Model
RCAO
RCAO is the Rossby Centre regional Atmosphere-Ocean model (Döscher
et al. 2002), incorporating the Rossby Centre Regional Atmosphere
Model, RCA (Rummukainen et al. 2001, Jones et al. 2004), and the
Rossby Centre Regional Ocean Model, RCO (Meier et al. 2003). It
also includes a river routing routine based on a large-scale application
of the HBV hydrological model from Bergström et al. (1973)
and Lindström et al. (1997), and accounts for lakes and lake
systems following Ljungemyr et al. (1996) and Omstedt (1999).
The coupler software is based on Valcke et al. (2000).
RegCM
RegCM is a 3-dimensional, sigma-coordinate,
primitive equation regional climate model. Version 3 of RegCM
is the latest. It is developed and supported by scientists inside
and outside of PWC/ICTP.
REMO,
the Regional Model of Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie,
Hamburg
REMO was developed upon the request of the reviewers
within the BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt Wasserkreislauf as the
atmospheric component of the coupled atmosphere-hydrology model
system. Development and application of this system was considered
a central task within the international BALTEX (BALTIC Sea Experiment).
RSM
NCEP Regional Spectral Model
WRF
The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model is a next-generation
mesocale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve
both operational forecasting and atmospheric research needs. It
features multiple dynamical cores, a 3-dimensional variational
(3DVAR) data assimilation system, and a software architecture
allowing for computational parallelism and system extensibility.
WRF is suitable for a broad spectrum of applications across scales
ranging from meters to thousands of kilometers.
S.
Baum, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
Overview on climate models and relevant research
institutions
Global
Models Bibliography
P. Brecke, International Affairs Faculty, Georgia
Insitute of Technology
MARKAL-MATTER
model by ECN, Netherlands
(=MATerials Technologies for greenhouse gas Emission
Reduction).
The complete model's technology database is now available via
Internet. It covers all GHG emissions in Western Europe. The complete
energy and materials system is characterised in detail "from
cradle to grave" for the period 1990-2050.
Economic Models on Climate Change
Integrated
Assessment of Climate Protection Strategies (ICLIPS)
Projekt des PIK Potsdam
RICE
and DICE Models of Economics of Climate Change
William D. Nordhaus, Yale University
AIM
Project Team
The AIM Project Team has been developing a large-scale
computer simulation model. This model has been used to assess
policy options for stabilizing global climate, particularly in
the Asian-Pacific region.
Socioeconomic
Data and Applications Center (SEDAC,CIESIN)
The Model Visualization and Analysis Service
Socioeconomic
Data and Applications Center (SEDAC,CIESIN)
Model Profile
Energy
Modeling Forum, Stanford University
Climate Change Impacts- Integrated Assessment
GEMIS
Austria
Global Emission Model of integrated systems,
© Umweltbundesamt
IPE
POLES (Prospective Outlook on Long-term Energy Systems)
PACE
The PACE Policy Analysis based on Computable Equilibrium model
is a comparative-static multi-region, multisector CGE model.
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Climate Change, Insurance and Financial Sector
Swiss
re
Global Insurer
Emissions
Reductions: Main Street to Wall Street"
© Swiss Re Conference in July, Download
Papers
Financial
Risks of Climate Change
June 2005, © Association of British Insurers
Climate
Change & The Financial Services Industry (Module 1 –
Threats and Opportunities)
July 2002, © UNEP
Prepared for the UNEP Finance Initiatives Climate Change Working
Group by Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
Financial losses resulting from natural disasters seem to be doubling
each decade and have reached $1 trillion over the last 15 years,
but few financial companies are taking seriously the risks associated
with the related problem of climate change.
Climate Change & the Financial Services Industry - Summary
July 2002, © UNEP
Munich
re
Global Insurer
Climate
Change and the Financial Sector (Experts workshop, 2002)
© Germanwatch
Österreichische
Hagelversicherung
Innovest
Strategic Value Advisors
Innovest’s Carbon Finance Practice provides
clients with clear, company-specific research into the business
risks and opportunities that global climate change presents at
the corporate level. Insurers, investors, analysts and company
executives alike should find it a powerful and unique aid to strategic
decision-making.
Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
© IPCC
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Online Media on Climate Change
International
Institute for Sustainable Develpoment (IISD):
- Earth
Negotiation Bulletin (ENB)
neutral coverage of of multilateral environmental
conferences, i.e. conferences of the parties (COP)
- Linkages
analyses on sustainability, resume and claimer
of international conferences
Climate
Ark
Climate Change Portal and Internet Search Tool
that provides access to reviewed climate change and renewable
energy news and information.
Climatewire
Environmental
News network
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