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News of weather events and climate affairs from around the African continent.
GenderCC is a global network and platform of gender activists and experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. The website provides access to news, information and other resources.
Island Vulnerability explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters. Documents from the landmark Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise held in the Maldives in 1989 are available.
And finally,
>1.5 To Stay Alive, a song written and performed by Barbadian performance poet Adisa "AJA" Andwele, marks the 1.5 degree Celsius limit to which global surface temperatures can rise before Small Island Developing States are severely compromised in their ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
About the Cyberlibrary
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development. It is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. The news stories carried by Newswatch are updated weekly. Comment, features, interviews and other sections of the magazine are updated on a weekly to monthly basis.
The Tiempo Climate Portal is a listing of selected websites covering climate and development and related issues.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is maintained and edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore. The site was developed by Mike Salmon and Mick Kelly.
While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific body established by United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988 to assess the scientific and technical basis of the global warming problem — selected resources in the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary and on the web
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In the Cyberlibrary
A Reason for Optimism
Gary Yohe discusses a significant change in attitude towards climate risk on the part of the international community. Published January 2008
Fourth Assessment of Emissions Mitigation
The Fourth Assessment report on mitigation was finalized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the first half of 2007. Newswatch editor Mick Kelly reports. Published May 2007
Fourth Assessment of Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The Fourth Assessment report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability was finalized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the first half of 2007. Newswatch editor Mick Kelly reports. Published April 2007
Fourth Assessment of Climate Science
The Fourth Assessment report on climate science was finalized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the first half of 2007. Newswatch editor Mick Kelly reports. Published March 2007
A Roadmap for Implementing Adaptation Policy
Gary Yohe discusses the conclusions on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability reached during the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Published April 2007
The IPCC Third Assessment: Mitigation
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to provide the international community with expert guidance regarding scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we present the Panel's latest findings on mitigating global warming. Published March 2002
The IPCC Third Assessment: Impacts
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to provide the international community with expert guidance regarding scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we present the Panel's latest findings on the potential impact of global warming. Published September 2001
The IPCC Third Assessment: Science
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to provide the international community with expert guidance regarding scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we present the Panel's latest findings on the basic science of global warming. Published June 2001
A Lifetime in Climate Research
Professor Bert Bolin has been Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 1988 when the IPCC was established. He relinquishes the position in September 1997. It was an appropriate time to speak with Professor Bolin about his many and varied experiences as an active and influential participant in the international debate on climate change. Published September 1997
IPCC Working Group II
Tiempo surveys the results of the latest assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) with the 1995 report of Working Group II — Scientific-Technical Analysis of Impacts, Adaptations, and Mitigation of Climate Change. Published June 1996
On the Web
IPCC Data Distribution Centre
The IPCC Data Distribution Centre (IPCC DDC) provides climate change scenarios for impacts assessment and related environmental and socio-economic information.
IPCC Secretariat
The IPCC Secretariat site provides access to general information about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its activities, special reports and technical papers, press releases, a newsletter and related sites.
IPCC Working Group I
IPCC Working Group I considers scientific aspects of the global warming problem.
IPCC Working Group II
IPCC Working Group II concentrates on vulnerability and impacts with emphasis on regional, sectoral and cross-sectoral issues.
IPCC Working Group III
IPCC Working Group III is considering the scientific, technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of the mitigation of climate change, and through a task group is assessing the methodological aspects of cross-cutting issues such as equity, discount rates and decision-making frameworks.
Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process (SRES OP)
Researchers can submit their greenhouse gas emissions scenarios to the Open Process at this site, access emissions scenarios and view the work of the SRES OP writing team.
Autogenerated: 12 Mar 2010
Bright Ideas
Hydrogen-powered buses are carrying passengers on the streets of Reykjavik, Iceland (video)
The Esprimo P7000 Series of desktop computers from Fujitsu supports 0-Watt technology
Progressive Lighting and Energy Solutions makes companies green, one light bulb at a time
Ghent, Belgium, has declared Thursday a Veggie Day, promoting a meat-free, climate-friendly diet for one day of the week
The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan is developing elevated bamboo houses that will lift communities above flood zones
WaveRoller captures kinetic energy from ocean waves as they approach the shore using a bottom-mounted moving wing and converts that energy to electricity
New businesses in Tucson, Arizona, must use rainwater harvesting to meet at least half of their landscaping needs
As well as saving energy and reducing waste, The Edge LED lighting fixtures from BetaLED contain no mercury or lead and comply with Dark Sky regulations
The world's first hydrogen fuel cell canal boat will tour Amsterdam's waterways
The Green Foodservice Alliance is encouraging eco-friendly practices, such as use of spent grease for biofuel production and donation of non-sellable but edible food to a food bank or charity
The world's largest solar thermal steam cooking system, providing 50,000 meals per day, has been installed by Gadhia Solar at the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust in India
The role of the Panasonic Eco Technology Center is to recover high-quality recyclable materials from home appliances that have reached the end of the life
Sky Vegetables builds sustainable, commercial-scale hydroponic farms on urban rooftops, providing new jobs and nutritious, chemical-free, locally-grown produce while reducing environmental damage
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: March 12th 2010