Greenhouse Gas General Resources

Greenhouse Gas General Resources

General Resources:

http://unfccc.int/national_reports/items/1408.php/ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: national reports on greenhouse gas inventories (do a little digging)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas Complete overview of what’s going on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Energy_by_country Energy info (consumption and renewable stuff) for different nations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions Emissions info for different nations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita Emissions info for different nations

https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php Good explanation of the protocol, ratifications, amendments, who’s participating

http://www.wri.org/publication/climate-science Overview of latest developments in climate science

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/category.html#Climate+Change Wunderground meteorologist’s blog, all entries related to climate change

http://ozone.unep.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions/ FAQs about the ozone layer and CFC regulation

http://ozone.unep.org/Publications/MP_Handbook/Section_1.1_The_Montreal_Protocol/ Part of the Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (i.e., CFCs)

General Alternative Energy Resources:

http://www.altenergy.org/

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

http://www.absak.com/library/alternative-renewable-energy

Greenhouse Gas Resources by Nation

China:

http://www.pbl.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/moreinfo/Chinanowno1inCO2emissionsUSAinsecondposition.html 2007 Netherlands government report on China

http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/2010/No-growth-in-total-global-CO2-emissions-in-2009.html More recent publication from Netherlands on China (and India)

http://www.ccchina.gov.cn/en/ China Climate Change Info-Net

http://www.chinafaqs.org/ FAQs about China energy, policy, emissions, etc.

http://iopscience.iop.org/1748-9326/5/3/034012 Study about possible crop failures in China

http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/215641.htm 2007 News piece about CFC ban

http://www.wri.org/publication/scaling-up-low-carbon-technology-deployment Report on new technologies in China

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas News opinion piece from late 2009 on climate policy talks

U.S.A.:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/brochures/greenhouse/Chapter1.htm Energy Information Administration

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/aggi The NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI)

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/index.html EPA, major gases and sources

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sunday-review/whatever-happened-to-global-warming.html Recent news opinion piece on U.S. policy, with follow-up links

http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/phaseout/index.html Phaseout regulations on CFCs, etc.

India:

http://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/2010/No-growth-in-total-global-CO2-emissions-in-2009.html Netherlands government report on India (and China)

http://www.indiaclimateportal.org/ Policy info and more, news from around the world

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aJPeXhdTRfdc 2010 News piece on policy

http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/taxonomy/term/1937 Articles about climate change in India

http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/taxonomy/term/1935 Articles about ozone and CFCs in India (and world)

Russia:

http://greennature.com/article189.html Resources on permafrost evidence in Russia

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2008081,00.html News piece on heat wave in Russia

http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=1291 Emissions data, policy record, public perceptions

http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2082 Details of Russian energy policy

http://www.gefonline.org/projectDetailsSQL.cfm?projID=74 Summary of project to reduce ozone-depleting substances, searching through www.gefonline.org yields other info, as well

Japan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Japan Good place to start!

http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/warm/cop/index.html Policy and public talks on climate change

http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/ghg/info_ghg_e.html Japanese Meteorological Agency data on gases (poke around the whole site for more info; there’s usually a button to switch to English)

http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/NMHS/indexe_ccmr.html JMA reports on climate change

http://www.env.go.jp/en/earth/ozone/gl199903.pdf 1999 Guide to destruction of CFCs in Japan

Germany:

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2239196,00.html 2006 News piece on Germany’s policies

http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-k/k2974.pdf German government report on climate change data and vulnerable areas in Germany

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=36185&Cr=climate+change&Cr1 News piece on Germany’s statements to the UN (look further for the actual statements)

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ozone/legislation.htm European Union legislation on ozone-depleting substances

http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/produkte/dokumente/ChemOzonSchichtV.pdf German Ordinance on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (in the German language!)

Canada:

http://www.climatechange.gc.ca/ Policy and innovations

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/climatechange Maps and graphs

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/climate-change/community-adaptation/54 Policy and innovations

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2010/2010-05-08-02.html Recent news piece about HFCs

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1404 News article about late 2009 climate talks (search for Canada information)

United Kingdom:

http://www.decc.gov.uk/ Department of Energy and Climate Change

http://www.ukcip.org.uk/ U.K. Climate Impacts Programme

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ozone/legislation.htm European Union legislation on ozone-depleting substances

http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/marketing/glc/documents/aerosolsguide.pdf Guide to CFCs in (and not in) products in the U.K.

South Korea:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/10/113_74372.html News piece on climate change reports in Korea

http://eng.nier.go.kr/eric/portal/eng National Institute of Environmental Research (click on Publications, then Booklets; there will be at least one about climate change)

http://blogs.edf.org/climatetalks/2012/05/02/south-koreas-new-climate-law-signals-growing-global-momentum-to-curb-climate-change/ May 2012 news piece about legislation in South Korea

http://www.letsrecycle.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=38&listcatid=218&listitemid=52952 Article on climate change and biomass issues in South Korea

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/7525/LATEST%20HEADLINES/India+largest+source+of+smuggled+CFCs.html 2008 News piece on CFC production in South Korea (and India)