Helpful links 

The internet provides a valuable resource for learning about climate and climate change. The list below includes a selection of helpful links.
Climate Action

The UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Henley Media Group’s Sustainable Development International division have joined forces to produce Climate Action. On the website, you can find:

  • Information about how various business sectors affect the climate
  • Climate in various regions
  • News
  • Events
  • Climate leaders
COP15 Copenhagen 2009

The world's eyes turn to Copenhagen December 2009 for UN's COP15 climate change conference. This official website explains the event's historical background and provides the latest updates and links.

European Union – Climate Change Unit (CCU)

CCU is part of the European Commission’s common research centre under the auspices of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability. CCU offers scientific support for developing and monitoring European policies that influence regional and global air pollution as well as climate change.

European Commission Research Centre for LCA

This website offers help to integrate “Life Cycle Thinking” in product development and planning with complimentary and unbiased information.

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the UNEP.

OECD’s Environment Directorate

The Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that are effective and economically efficient, through country performance reviews, data collection, policy analysis, projections and modelling, and the development of common approaches.

The website also includes:

The OECD's environmental strategy for the first decade of the 21st Century (pdf)

Climate Lectures at University of Copenhagen

This lecture series presents an interesting mix of viewpoints on climate change. Politicians, business leaders and scientists offer their take on how to tackle climate change.

International Scientific Congress on Climate Change

Experts gather in Copenhagen in March to gather knowledge and develop strategies for addressing climate change.

LAST UPDATED: 13.05.2012