Other Climate Initiatives

Roundtable participants are involved in a number of other important initiatives helping to advance the global discussion on climate change. These initiatives include, but are not limited to, the following:

United States Climate Action Partnership

United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) is a group of businesses and leading environmental organizations that have come together to call on the federal government to quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

3C: Combat Climate Change
The 3C Initiative aims at forming a global opinion group consisting of companies showing leadership by demanding an integration of climate issues into the world of markets and trade facilitated by means of a global framework coming into force in 2013.

Climate Change News and Information

The following websites provide frequently updated news and information about developments in climate change science and policy:

www.climateark.org

www.climatechange.com.au

www.climatenetwork.org/uscan.htm

www.climatewire.org

www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/atmospheric.php

www.iisd.org/climate/coverage.asp

www.energycommission.org

www.realclimate.org

The following organizations and websites provide detailed information on different aspects of climate science and policy.

Alliance of Small Island States:

http://www.sidsnet.org/aosis/

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme:

http://www.amap.no

Chicago Climate Exchange:

http://www.chicagoclimatex.com/

Columbia University Graduate Program in Climate and Society

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/

Climate Action Network:

http://www.climatenetwork.org

Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.):

http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/

Environmental Defense:

http://www.environmentaldefense.org/

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.):

http://www.epa.gov

European CO2 Trading System:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/emission.htm

Global Environment Facility:

http://www.gefweb.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:

http://www.ipcc.ch/

International Atomic Energy Agency:

http://www.iaea.org/

International Chamber of Commerce:

http://www.iccwbo.org/

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

http://iri.columbia.edu/

Linkages/Earth Negotiations Bulletin (IISD):

http://www.iisd.ca/

Natural Resources Defense Council:

http://www.nrdc.org

New Partnership for Africa’s Development:

http://www.nepad.org/

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development:

http://www.oecd.org

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries:

http://www.opec.org/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change:

http://www.pewclimate.org

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI):

http://www.rggi.org/

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development:

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd

United Nations Development Programme – Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development:

http://www.undp.org/energyandenvironment/

United Nations Environment Programme:

http://www.unep.org

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:

http://www.unfccc.de

United States Office of Science and Technology Policy:

http://www.ostp.gov/

World Bank:

http://www.worldbank.org

World Business Council for Sustainable Development:

http://www.wbcsd.ch/

World Health Organization:

http://www.who.org

World Meteorological Organization:

http://www.wmo.ch/

World Resources Institute:

http://www.wri.org

World Trade Organization:

http://www.wto.org

Please note that this is an indicative list and that internet addresses can change at any time. Please send suggestions for additions or corrections to: grocc@ei.columbia.edu