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	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
		The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and 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.
		Joint IPCC WG II and III Expert Meeting on Integration of Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development into the Fourth Assessment Report
		It is open to all Members of the UN and of WMO.
	www.ipcc.ch (175 words)

	J.M. Wallace on Greenhouse Warming
		Whether adaptation to a prescribed level of greenhouse warming should be viewed as a viable option is conditioned by perceptions concerning the resilience of the biosphere and the ability of human society to adapt to changing conditions.
		The amount of global warming at the time of peak greenhouse gas concentrations in the more distant future could be two or three times larger than this doubled carbon dioxide scenario.
		The scientific controversy surrounding this modest and relatively harmless temperature rise centers on whether it should be viewed as an early indicator of much more pronounced human-induced climatic change in the 21st century and beyond, as greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise.
	www.cimms.ou.edu /~doswell/Wallace_Greenhouse.html (3276 words)

	Consequences (vol. 1, No. 2) - Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Supply
		Either of these potentially misleading notions, along with the convenient expectation by some plant scientists that the physiological effects of enhanced CO will be overwhelmingly positive, may lull decision makers and the public at large into complacency regarding global warming and--at the very least--could delay effective action.
		Agricultural adaptation to climatic variation is not now and may never be perfect, and changes in how farmers operate or in what they produce may cause significant disruption for people in rural regions.
		Understanding the potential impacts of global environmental change on this sequence of interlocking elements is a first step in modeling what will happen when any one of them is changed as a result of possible global warming, and a prerequisite for defining appropriate societal responses.
	www.gcrio.org /CONSEQUENCES/summer95/agriculture.html (5685 words)

	11th Global Warming International Conference and Expo
		Cooperative Research - Adaptation of Technology and Mitigation of Environmental Issues,
		The objective of GWXI is to provide a comprehensive international and interdisciplinary review forum for resource and technology managers on global warming, its impacts on all economic sectors, its effective mitigation and each nation's Kyoto compliance.
		Network with colleagues working on global warming mitigation worldwide.
	www2.msstate.edu /~krreddy/glowar/details/gw11cdetails.html (825 words)

	The Chemtrail Smoking Gun - Geoengineering
		In Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Bases conclusion, the N.A.S. found that the most effective global warming mitigation turned out to be the spraying of reflective aerosol compounds into the atmosphere utilizing commercial, military and private aircraft.
		This preferred mitigation method is designed to create a global atmospheric shield which would increase the planet's albedo (reflectivity) using aerosol compounds of aluminum and barium oxides, and to introduce ozone generating chemicals into the atmosphere.
		Authorized by Congress and sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, a monumental and in-depth study on global warming and possible corrective measures (mitigations) was undertaken in the early 1990s.
	www.lightwatcher.com /chemtrails/smoking_gun.html (4181 words)

	Global Warming: The Scientific Consensus
		Our response to the threat of global warming at this time should be one of adaptation, improved knowledge, and mitigation.
		Of the projected consequences of global warming to society, I see the threat of midlatitude drought, and resulting crop failures in the breadbaskets of the world, as a significant potential danger.
		This means stopping the global growth in the emission of carbon dioxide, and slowly reducing it.
	climate.envsci.rutgers.edu /robock/testimony.html (4181 words)

	RealClimate » Just what is this Consensus anyway? En quoi consiste le “Consensus” ?
		Global warming is already influencing the intensity of rainfall according to observations in the Midwest and elsewhere.
		The current IPCC consensus on the cost/benefits of adaptation/mitigation seems to be that there is very little consensus.
		As Thomas Kuhn observed, scientific truth is what scientific consensus says it is. Many people want certainties to persuade them, and those science does not to have to offer; science is a human project, not the word of god.
	www.realclimate.org /index.php?p=86 (4181 words)

	Site References
		Lee, J., 2003: & Warming is Global but the Legislating, in the U.S., is All Local”, New York Times, 29 October: A20.
		Crichton, M., 2003: "Aliens Cause Global Warming", Caltech Michelin Lecture, Pasadena, CA., 17 January.
		Hansen J.E., et al., 2000: “Global Warming in the 21st century: An Alternative Scenario", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 97(18)9:875-880.
	stephenschneider.stanford.edu /References/References.html (4181 words)

	Global Warming: State of the Science
		Our response to the threat of global warming at this time should be one of adaptation, improved knowledge, and mitigation.
		Reduced usage of energy will have many positive benefits to society, even if projected global warming turns out to have been exaggerated (which is just as likely as that the warming turns out to have been underestimated).
		This means stopping the global growth in the emission of carbon dioxide, and slowly reducing it.
	www.house.gov /science/robock_10-7.html (3383 words)

	J.M. Wallace on Greenhouse Warming
		Whether adaptation to a prescribed level of greenhouse warming should be viewed as a viable option is conditioned by perceptions concerning the resilience of the biosphere and the ability of human society to adapt to changing conditions.
		Although greenhouse warming and the ozone hole have tended to be viewed by the scientific community as largely separate issues, they are not entirely unrelated.
		The amount of global warming at the time of peak greenhouse gas concentrations in the more distant future could be two or three times larger than this doubled carbon dioxide scenario.
	www.cimms.ou.edu /~doswell/Wallace_Greenhouse.html (3383 words)

	ENVIRONMENT: Guess Who Extreme Weather Hits Hardest?
		For one, it adds, that means rich countries must aim much higher than the pledges many of them made in the Kyoto Protocol, a global agreement to cut the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
		One case study looked at a project that included the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and 17 villages in Sudan's western Bara province, whose people were asked to suggest and then help develop methods to rehabilitate the overexploited rangelands in the drought-hit region.
		For example, says Spanger-Siegfried in a telephone interview, locals were given incentives to replace herds of goats with sheep, because the latter have a smaller impact on rangelands and provide villagers with more options for setting up cottage industries, such as making wool.
	www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=26104 (3383 words)

	Global Warming: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
		Global Warming: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
		Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 550, Arlington, VA 22201, (703) 516-4146
		Coping with Global Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the United States (June 2004)
	www.pewclimate.org (3383 words)

	StudyWorks! Online : What will the Earth look like if the polar ice caps melt?
		Relating to polar ice caps — if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disintegrated it could result in a rise in global sea level of up to 3 meters over the next 1,000 years.
		In general, as a consequence of an enhanced greenhouse effect, we are most likely to experience a rise in global mean sea level of 0.09 to 0.88 meters between 1990 and 2100.
		Similarly, if the Greenland Ice Sheet melted, it could also result in a rise in global sea level of up to 3 meters in the next 1,000 years.
	www.studyworksonline.com /cda/content/article/0,,EXP957_NAV2-79_SAR958,00.shtml (429 words)

	Climate Change - Tuvalu
		Tuvalu’s plan includes the selection of a climate change research committee, conducting a greenhouse gas inventory, communicating with the UN on climate change and rising sea levels, studying island vulnerability and adaptation strategies and then developing a national implementation strategy for climate change.
		Tuvalu's Prime Minister gave this address, which mentions global warming, when his country joined the United Nations.
		This article in Britannica.com discusses global warming in Tuvalu.
	www.acfnewsource.org /environment/Tuvalu.html (672 words)

	IPCC, the Mythmaker; US Rep. Calls for Kyoto Vote; EU to Blame for Hague Failure; Ford Makes Nice with Greens
		Several ludicrous claims are made in the Summary, which purports to show the impacts of global warming.
		And it ensures that the conventional wisdom about global warming will be shaped by the outlandish claims of the summaries and not the more-reasoned scientific reports.
		This summary claims to reflect the Working Group II report, Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
	www.globalwarming.org /article.php?uid=302 (672 words)

	Woods Hole Climate Report (local)
		Thus, the climate of the North Atlantic region may rapidly return to one that more resembles today’s—even as other parts of the world, particularly less-developed regions, experience the unmitigated brunt of global warming.
		These disruptions may be exacerbated because the climate changes occur in a direction opposite to what is commonly expected, and they occur at a pace that makes adaptation difficult.
		Indeed, greenhouse warming is a destabilizing factor that makes abrupt climate change more probable.
	www.eprida.com /hydro/climate/woodshole/WHclimatereport.htm (3851 words)

	Overview of the Climate Change Issue, by Sir John Houghton
		John Houghton, "Global Warming: the complete briefing", 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 1997 provides a comprehensive account of the science, impacts and mitigation of Climate Change.
		He has written several books including Global Warming: the complete briefing and The Search for God: can science help?
		Sir John Houghton was Co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and was formerly Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office, and a member of the Government Panel on Sustainable Development, and from 1991 to 1998 was Chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
	www.jri.org.uk /resource/climatechangeoverview.htm (3851 words)

	21st Century Vision: September 2004
		In response to out letter and posting on September 1st on Global Warming & London, Peter Hulme-Cross tells us that the Greater London Assembly has been asked to produce an “adaptation” strategy for London to respond to climate change.
		Peter Hulme-Cross tells us that although he sent us the views of the London Assembly regarding London & Global Warming, he believes that much more should be done.
		Peter has described the GLA position well but gives us no indication as to whether he agrees with it or not.
	mpwatch.blogs.com /21st_century_world/2004/09 (6787 words)

	World-Wide Sustainability Resources Inventory - The Commons/Kyoto World Cities
		Climate Care offers organisations and individuals a way to reduce their impact on global warming.
		Global to Local (UK) -l is a leading sustainable development consultancy.We work with Government agencies, local authorities and companies to help them meet the challenge of sustainability.Although our main work is in the UK, increasingly we are involved in projects across the European Union and beyond.
		Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland) The IPCC has been established by WMO and 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.
	www.ecoplan.org /kyoto/challenge/resources.htm (15835 words)

	portland imc - 2004.09.09 - Our Changing Climate : a summary review
		Sometimes it seems to me that people have been misled by climate modeling computer software and consequently believe that climate change and global warming are problems that will develop over 50 or 100 years (and so you sometimes hear people talking about our 'responsibility to our grand children').
		Adaptation of coastal dwellers to rapid climatic changes or a high background "noise level" of natural variability would be more difficult relative to slowly occurring changes or smoothly varying climates (e.g., West et al., 2001).
		In general the tone of your comment would indicate that this sort of understanding is quite common place in scientific circles, but this conflicts with what was written in the Climate Change 2001:
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/09/297018.shtml (15835 words)

	Global Warming: The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
		What will the impacts on the United States be? Is Alaska already being affected? Find out with this FAQs on the impact of global warming on the environment.
		Coping with Global Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the United States (June 2004)
		Now that Kyoto will soon enter into force, attention must turn to strengthening international climate efforts beyond 2012.
	www.pewclimate.org (15835 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Global Environmental Change: Understanding the Human Dimensions (1992)
		Over decades or centuries, human societies adapt to their environments as well as influence them; human values tend to promote behavior consistent with adaptation; and values and social organization affect the way humans respond to global change, which may be by changing social organizations, values, or the environment itself.
		For example, the effects of regulating automobile fuel economy (a type P mitigation of global warming) can be compared with the effects of taxing gasoline (a type H mitigation); the ef-
		Sometimes, the term adjustment is restricted to what affected systems would do in the absence of policies of adaptation, as part of assessments of the benefits of those policies.
	www.nap.edu /openbook/0309044944/html/101.html (8183 words)

	Climate Change and Global Warming
		Responding to Climate Change was invited to make a presentation at the UNFCCC Kiosk on the "adaptation and mitigation" themed day (13:00 - 15:00, Wednesday, 3rd December, 2003) at COP 9 in Milan.
		Adam Bumpus of Responding to Climate Change was also invited by the UNFCCC secretariat to moderate the day on "adaptation and mitigation".
		Adam Bumpus, Responding to Climate Change (RTCC), and Valentin Barta, Peru, and Sharon Taylor, during an event at the Climate Change Kiosk (right)
	www.rtcc.org /html/events/cop9_kiosk.htm (367 words)

	King County Forestry Topics
		Review a summary report describing anticipated affects of global warming on forestry in Washington State with proposed adaptation strategies.
		This page summarizes the benefits of biosolids as fertilizer in forestry applications, describes how biosolids are applied to forests, and provides info about environmental safeguards, stream monitoring, and opportunities for public comment.
		Forestry breakout session results, King County Climate Change Conference
	dnr.metrokc.gov /topics/forestry/FORtopic.htm (524 words)

	Books on natural health, healing, natural medicine, mind/body/spirit, environmental and global issues, natural living reflexology from publisher Gaia Books
		The environmental news index has a Gaian slant on up-to-date news items on planetary and global issues, containing many news stories on global warming, large scale biological feedback mechanisms and ecological adaptation and change.
		There are links to environmental, spiritual and health sites.
		Gaia Books on natural health, mind body spirit, environmental issues and natural living.
	www.gaiabooks.co.uk (182 words)

	King County Sustainable Building
		Review background materials describing climate conditions, trends and outlook, read summary reports describing anticipated affects of global warming on sectors including agriculture, coastal lands, fish and shellfish, forestry, flooding, stormwater and wastewater, hydropower and water supplies with proposed adaptation strategies for King County and other local governments in Washington state.
		Look up recycling and disposal options for common materials including construction leftovers, demolition debris, landscaping waste, and appliances.
		Look up how to apply the LEED Green Building Rating System with current King County building codes.
	dnr.metrokc.gov /topics/sustainable-building (1135 words)

	National Anxiety Center - Warning Signs!
		Not to be outdone in the endless cycle of idiotic research, scientists at the University of Oregon found that the pitcher-plant mosquito can sense global warming.
		They warned that genetic adaptation could "dominate a mosquito population in as little as five years", this time ignoring that insects, among the oldest living creatures on Earth, routinely adapt to various threats to their survival.
		Not to be outdone, the US Food and Drug Administration put into effect regulations that would outlaw various ways of preparing eggs, from sunny-side-up to their use in Caesar salads.
	www.anxietycenter.com /warning/v4n1.htm (1135 words)

	Environmental Law Programme
		IUCN – The World Conservation Union celebrates today’s entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement aimed at slowing global warming, but warns much deeper cuts in CO2 emissions and adaptation measures in natural resource management are needed to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.
		Law for a Green Planet Institute, an IUCN member active in the area of environmental law, paid tribute to Prof.
		The University of Witwatersrand, one of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law's "partner centres," focuses on training and education in water law to fill an urgent need to provide a high standard of training, research and education in the field of water law.
	www.iucn.org /themes/law (1135 words)

	Deltoid
		Global warming skeptics play this game as well and a recent Calgary Herald column Tim Ball is a good example of the practice.
		Advances in climate science since the 2001 IPCC Assessment have provided more evidence supporting the need for action and development of a strategy for adaptation to projected changes.
		Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
	scienceblogs.com /deltoid (2186 words)

	data logging
		Provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global warming related educational resources for users worldwide.
		Opportunities and Trends in Data Storage andamp; Retrieval.
		The site features unbiased data on: pay search engines, free-for-all link programs, ezines, web awards, free classifieds, affiliate programs, banner ads, or web cards, email promo.
	www.emfind.com /QWdata_logging.htm (662 words)

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