Links
On this page you can find links to events and organisations with particular relevance for the World Wide Views on Global Warming project.
COP15
The Cop15 takes place in Copenhagen in Dec 7 - Dec 18, 2009. This is the official homepage for the event:
COP14
The Cop14 took place in Poznan in Poland in December 2008. The debate and results made at this conference is the stepping stone for the COP15.
http://www.cop14.gov.pl/index.php?lang=EN
IPCC
The homepage of The Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC is a UN organisation - the IPCC conducts the COP meetings and negotiations. The IPCC has also done extensive research in climate change.
UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the predecessor to the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC secretariat supports all institutions involved in the climate change process, particularly the COP, the subsidiary bodies, and their Bureau.
UNEP
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) works to facilitate the transition to low-carbon societies, to support climate proofing efforts, to improve understanding of climate change science, and to raise public awareness of this global challenge. UNEP has also been involved in creating the IPCC and UNFCCC.
People's Climate Action
PCA is funded by the Danish Foreign Ministry and was founded in November 2008 to prepare
for COP15. The People's Climate Action is an umbrella organisation of more than 40
large and small Non Governmental Organisations and individual projects
related to the COP15.
350.org
350.org is a campaign founded by U.S. author and amabassador for this project, Bill McKibben. The purpose of this campaign is to highlight the efforts of existing organizations and knit these many efforts together for a powerful global, scientific, and specific call to action.
C-40
C40 is a group of the world's largest cities committed to tackling climate change, based on the thought that cities have a central role to play in tackling climate change,
particularly as cities bear a disproportional responsibility for
causing it.
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