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Research Organizations

The activities of research organizations active at the national, regional or international level on the climate issue or related subjects

African Centre for Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
The objective of ACMAD, located in Niamey, Niger Republic, is to contribute to sustainable development in different socio-economic sectors in the continent of Africa through investigations of meteorological and climatological domains. Main activities include short- and medium-range weather forecasting, climate monitoring and seasonal forecasting and training.

Australia: CSIRO Atmospheric Research
The CSIRO Atmospheric Research site contains information about air pollution, El Niño, the greenhouse effect, ozone depletion and remote sensing and related CSIRO research activities. Includes animations and a quiz.

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, based in Dhaka, is an independent non-government research organization working on three themes: integrating environment and development, governance and people's participation, and rapid economic growth. It has an active climate change programme.

Biosphere 2 Center
The Biosphere 2 Center, in Oracle, Arizona, is a national user facility for earth system science, engineering and education.

Center for Environment Research Education and Development
The Center for Environment Research Education and Development is a non-governmental organization based in Hanoi, Vietnam, undertaking research and information provision on global environmental issues including climate change.

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO)
CICERO has underway a number of projects related to the climate issue covering, amongst other topics, energy technology development, flexibility mechanisms, and El Niño. It is a partner in the South-North Knowledge Network on Climate Change.

Centre for Rural Technology
The Centre for Rural Technology is committed to developing and promoting appropriate rural technologies aimed at improving the quality of life and economic conditions of rural peoples.

Climate Prediction Center
The mission of the US National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center is to maintain a continuous watch on short-term climate fluctuations and to diagnose and predict them. Site includes comprehensive collection of current data on atmospheric and oceanic conditions, including outlook.

Climatic Research Unit
Based at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, the Unit is recognized as a leading authority on natural and anthropogenic climate change.

Coral Reef Research Institute
The mission of the Coral Reef Research Institute is to enhance the conservation and good management of coral reefs through education and research.

Earth Institute
The Earth Institute at Columbia University is a leading academic center for the integrated study of Earth, its environment, and society. Through its research training and global partnerships, it mobilizes science and technology to advance sustainable development, while placing special emphasis on the needs of the world's poor.

Energy Research Centre for the Netherlands (ECN)
ECN develops high-level knowledge and technology for the transition to sustainable energy management.’Site contains summary information on new forms of energy technology.

Environmental Change Unit
The Environmental Change Unit is Oxford University's centre for the organization and promotion of research and teaching on the environment.

Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG)
ESIG is a multidisciplinary research group focusing on the impacts of society on the environment and of the environment on society, based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. The site contains the Network Newsletter, weather and climate/crops impact information, links to related sites, a bibliography and other resources.

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
The Hadley Centre is one of the world's leading climate research groups, specialising on observational and model-based studies.

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
INSTAAR, based in Boulder, Colorado, United States, is concerned with the study of mountain and northern regions, including the dynamics of environmental and climatic variability.

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources (ICLARM)
ICLARM is an international research organization devoted to improving the productivity, management and conservation of aquatic resources for the benefit of users and consumers in developing countries. It has outreach sites in Bangladesh, the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, Eqypt, Malawi and the Solomon Islands.

National Centers for Environmental Prediction
The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, based at nine locations in the United States, provide timely and accurate worldwide forecast guidance products.

Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
Located at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. Acts as a focal point for integrated regional and global studies of environment and development issues affecting small island states. Covers teaching, research and consultancy.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
The mission of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is to investigate the consequences of global climate change as a paradigm for the unfolding fundamental crisis between the ecosphere and the human society. Particular attention is paid to regional aspects such as the consequences of changed temperature and rainfall pattern for Central European agriculture and forestry.

SEKEM
Egyptian initiative based on biodynamic methods of agriculture. Holistic vision encompasses the economic, social and cultural development of people through education, health care and applied research.

Southeast Asian Impacts Centre (IC-SEA)
The Southeast Asian Impacts Centre is the first of what will be a network of impacts centres set up by the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. IC-SEA has also established the Southeast Asian Science Policy Advisory Network (SEASPAN).

Stockholm Environment Institute
The Stockholm Environment Institute (based in Stockholm, Sweden) is an independent, international policy research institute specializing in environment and development issues. The collaborative network consists of scientists, research institutes, project advisors and field staff in around 20 countries.

Sustainable Development Institute
Established by the Menominee Nation and located at the College of the Menominee Nation. Uses the unique Menominee model of sustainable development as a basis in research, education, commerce and community development.

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
The Tyndall Centre, based in Norwich, United Kingdom, brings together climate scientists, social scientists, economists and engineers to identify solutions to the climate problem.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
WCMC (located in Cambridge in the United Kingdom) provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources and helps others to develop information systems of their own.

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
The Wuppertal Institute in Germany addresses the conflict between economics and environment, looking for ways of achieving increased prosperity with lower consumption. The Climate Policy Division is involved in a number of studies covering, amongst other things, instruments, the role and the biosphere, and local and regional issues. In German. Translate this site.

Autogenerated: 25 Jul 2008

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