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Climate Change Science and Policy

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The UNFCCC is an international treaty to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with temperature increases. A number of nations have agreed on an addition to the treaty: the Kyoto Protocol, which has more powerful measures.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The IPCC has been established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
The ACIA is an international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.

Climate Change and Biodiversity-related Organizations

The Nature Conservancy
Global Climate Change Initiative
The Global Climate Change Initiative of the Nature Conservancy aims at developing solutions to slow the rate of global warming and finding options for the Earth’s natural diversity, human communities and economic investments to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
Climate Change Initiative
IUCN encourages and assists countries to put in place policies that effectively and efficiently combat climate change, by providing technical advice on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate risk, and climate change impacts on nature and society. IUCN convenes dialogue with its members around critical climate policy issues and helps to create partnerships in policy development and implementation.

United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Biodiversity and Climate Change The Biodiversity and Climate Change Programme, established in 1998 has the objective of being cross-cutting and linking together the different areas of expertise of the WCMC.

WWF
Programme on Climate Change
The WWF works with governments and businesses to switch to a clean energy path and helps local communities and conservation groups to build resistance and resilience to the impacts that are already unavoidable.

Conservation International (CI)
Conservation Program on Climate Change
Conservation International (CI) is working with partners in all sectors to better understand the impact of climate change on global biodiversity and to promote conservation as a strategy for mitigating global warming.

Climate Change and Other Organizations and Institutes

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Thematic Area on Climate Change
UNEP has a key role to play in a broad range of activities related to understanding, mitigating and adapting to climate change. The context for UNEP’s activities is provided by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol.

UNESCO – World Heritage Centre (WHC)
Cross-cutting Issue on Climate Change
Recognizing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties, the World Heritage Committee requested the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO to convene a broad working group of experts on the impacts of climate change on World Heritage.

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Climate Change Programme (CCP)
Guided by the UNFCCC COP 7 Decisions 2 and 3, the UNITAR Climate Change Programme assists in enhancing or creating regional pools of expertise in the developing world, as well as strengthening the infrastructure for delivering capacity building activities and developing their human resources.

Food and Agriculture (FAO)
Priority area for interdisciplinary action on climate change
In the area of climate change, the Organization contributes to the debate by assessing the available scientific evidence, participating in observing and monitoring systems, collecting global datasets and by providing a neutral forum for negotiations and technical discussions on climate change and agriculture.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Cross-Cutting Initiative on Climate Change
UNDP is committed to supporting developing countries in responding to climate change concerns as part of their overall sustainable development efforts. UNDP works with developing countries to create integrated solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges, with a primary focus on improving the lives of those living in extreme poverty.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Climate Change and Energy Theme
IISD is dedicated to identifying and promoting innovative solutions that support the transition to a clean, secure and sustainable future. The approach is to bring together developing and developed country issues; corporate and social needs; mitigation and adaptation strategies; and economic, social and environmental well-being.

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Work on Climate Change
The objective of IIED’s work on climate change is to:

• Improve the understanding of climate change impacts for poor developing countries including both policy makers and poor groups;
• Improve the decision making capacities in vulnerable developing countries to cope with impacts of climate change;
• Improve the negotiating capacities of poor developing countries in the climate change negotiations through analysis of issues relevant to them;
• Improve the sustainable livelihoods opportunities of poor communities in developing countries in light of possible climate change impacts.
  

Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC)
The CCRC is a website designed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to deliver science-based information and tools to resource managers regarding climate change and forest management.