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The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
AdaptNet is a community of adaptation specialists, sharing the latest information on adaptation strategies, measures, tools, research and analysis, and highlighting best practice and implementation. The network focuses on cities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but nested within the global network of cities.
In the Morning of a Day provides activists and event organizers with an opportunity to announce and promote their events and actions about global warming.
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Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
About the Portal
The Tiempo Climate Portal provides access to carefully selected documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate and sustainable development. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon.
Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
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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Advanced Regional Prediction System
The aim of the Center for Analysis and Predictions of Storms (CAPS) in the USA is to demonstrate the practicability of storm-scale numerical weather prediction with an emphasis on deep convective storms. CAPS is making available a prototype regional forecast system appropriate for operational and research applications.
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
The website synthesizes information on the sectors, systems, and groups studied, methods utilized, and key results of the 24 AIACC (Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors) projects in the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Atmosphere-Ocean Model
Provides access to the computer programme enabling model simulations as well as further data and information files related to climate prediction.
Canadian climate impacts and scenarios
The Canadian Climate Impacts and Scenarios project provides a wide range of scenario data and advice. Intended for climate assessments and educational purposes.
Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies
The Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology conducts research into technologies to capture, utilize, and store carbon dioxide from large stationary sources.
Climateprediction.net
Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century. You can download a climate model from this website that will run automatically as a background process on your computer. As the model runs, you can watch the weather patterns evolve. The results are returned to this site where you will be able to see a summary.
Coastal Typology Development
The global coastal zone typology enables the grouping of the world's coastal zone into clusters of discrete units based on both natural and socio-economic features and processes. The typology dataset can be downloaded.
Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period
Provides a foundation for the World Climate Research Program in cooperation with WMO to establish an integrated global observing system for the water cycle. Access to data sets, schedule of activities and publications and related links.
Ecosystem Informatics
Ecosystem Informatics has been developed to provide data, information and ecological modelling for forecasting changes in Earth's life support systems. The programme has been developed by NOAA's Satellite and Information Services, the Geophysical Data Center, and the University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences.
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment
Supporting a global network on mountain biodiversity research, the site details planned activities including database development and future workshops.
Globalis - interactive world map
Globalis is an interactive world atlas that can be used to plot country-level data on environment and development.
Grants and other funding opportunities
SciDev Net maintains an up-to-date list of funding opportunities in the area of science and development.
Grid Analysis and Display Software (GrADS)
GrADS is an interactive display tool used for the analysis and display of earth sciences data.
Historical hurricane tracks
An interactive mapping tool to search and display historical storm tracks and related data through entering local or regional coordinates. Access available to website for active storm information.
IPPC models
The Climate Change Advisory Team of the Danish Energy Agency makes available a set of models for use over the Internet, duplicating the IPCC emissions - concentrations - temperature simulations. You can use these models to assess the effects of different emissions control scenarios.
Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply
The results of a study of climate impacts on crop yields are available at this site and can be viewed through an interactive query interface.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission coordinates international scientific research on the world’s oceans. The site contains details of current programmes, news and access to scientific expertise.
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
The core mission of the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI), a unit of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is to enhance society's ability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of seasonal climate fluctuations, especially in developing countries. The IRI's current research locations include Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and South East Asia.
LOICZ Basins
The LOICZ Basins approach offers a common, global assessment and synthesis of coastal zone and management issues.
LOICZ Modelling Home Page
Access to methodological guidelines and examples of data and analyses techniques directed towards compilation of global estimates of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the coastal zone, prepared by the IGBP Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Core Project.
MATerials Technologies for greenhouse gas Emission Reduction (MATTER) project
The MATTER project is developing an integrated energy and materials system for western Europe. Model input and output and well as information about the project can be viewed on this site.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment is an international work programme designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.
Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (MECCA)
Hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the MECCA site provides simulations of the greenhouse future and impact assessments.
Monthly temperature analysis
Create a contour map or time series based on monthly temperature data from the Global Historic Climate Network and Monthly Climatic Data for the World courtesy of the National Climate Data Center in the United States.
NASA GISS surface temperature analysis
The NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies surface temperature analysis provides a measure of the changing global surface temperature for the period since 1880.
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
The Paleoclimatology Program's goal is to assist the world share data, software and information on past long-term climate variability.
Octave
GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations, that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It is available at no charge.
R-Project for Statistical Computing
R is free software, providing a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, and so on) and graphical techniques relevant to climate research.
Rainman Streamflow
Rainman contains rainfall data for 3800 locations and streamflow records for nearly 400 locations in Australia and the ability to analyze these data and preidct future variability, based on the ENSO phenomenon and sea surface temperatures.
Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (SPIDR)
A comprehensive collection of data made available by the Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of the US National Geophysical Data Center. Data can be browsed and visualized on-line.
UK Climate Scenarios Gateway
Access to climate scenarios for the United Kingdom.
WaterDome
WaterDome was created for the World Summit on Environment And Development in 2002 by the ‘Hilltops to Oceans’ initiative of UNEP’s Global Programme of Action. The major goal of this event is to increase water awareness during the World Summit. The site contains news and background reports.
Weather Processor
The Weather Processor, developed by Purdue University, is a general purpose weather visualization tool for current, forecast and archived meteorological data.
Weather Shop
A range of weather instrumentation and software for amateurs and professionals can be found at the Weather Shop.
Autogenerated: 25 Jul 2008
Bright Ideas
Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California
TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent
Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss
The CooKit is an inexpensive, lightweight solar cooker that can save scarce fuel in poor communities and be swiftly deployed in emergencies (video)
Kungsbrohuset, a new building to be built by Jernhusen in Stockholm, will be heated partly by body heat from the people who pass through the nearby Central Station
Petrotec produces biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, including waste frying oils, animal fats and virgin vegetable fats and oils
Over 90 per cent of waste materials generated during construction of the eco-friendly Del Sur Ranch House were diverted from landfills
New Belgium's brew kettle is up to 70 per cent more efficient than standard brew kettles because it only heats thin sheets of wort
The Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan presents a community-based strategy for coming down from the oil peak
The Efficiencity virtual world shows how decentralized energy production leads to lower emissions, more secure supply and reduced bills
Climate Savers corporations are partnering with WWF to establish ambitious targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily
Energy collected from an asphalt road and parking lot heats an apartment building in Avenhorn, The Netherlands (further information from Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV, 0.3Mb download)
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