Useful Links
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UK Government & other initiatives
There is a wide range of relevant information on the Defra web site - the Climate Change index page is a good starting point
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/index.htm
Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment (ACBE)
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acbe
The Carbon Trust
www.thecarbontrust.co.uk
Department for International Development (DfID)
www.dfid.gov.uk
Department for Transport (DfT)
www.dft.gov.uk
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
The Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development sites are likely to be of interest.
www.dti.gov.uk
The Emissions Trading Group
www.uketg.com
Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
From the Environment section details of the Global Opportunities Fund - Climate change & energy programme can be found under 'Funds for Environment Projects'. There is also a Climate change section available on the Environment home page.
www.fco.gov.uk/environment
Scottish Executive Climate Change
www.scotland.gov.uk
Sustainable Energy Policy Network
This network co-ordinates and reports on progress with the UK Government’s Energy White Paper.
www.dti.gov.uk/energy/sepn/index.shtml
The Tyndall Centre
www.tyndall.ac.uk
UK Climate Change Programme
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/cm4913/index.htm
UK Climate Impacts Programme - funded by Defra and based at the University of Oxford - helps organisations assess how they might be affected by climate change, so they can prepare for its impact.
www.ukcip.org.uk
UK Trade & Investment
UK Trade & Investment brings together the organisations Trade Partners UK and Invest UK into a new body. UK Trade & Investment is supported by both the DTI and the FCO.
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
EU information
EU Climate Change Programme
http://europa.eu.int
EU Emissions Trading Scheme Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0680en01.pdf
EU Emissions Trading Linking Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2003/com2003_0403en01.pdf
Overseas governments
Canada's JI and CDM Office
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cdm-ji/menu-e.asp
Chinese CDM Office
http://cdm.ccchina.gov.cn
Dutch JI Programme/ERUPT
www.senter.nl/erupt
International organisations
Asian Development Bank
www.adb.org
Carbon Finance at the World Bank
www.carbonfinance.org/
Climate Change Knowledge Network
www.cckn.net/
The Climate Group
www.theclimategroup.org/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC was set up by the International Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide independent scientific advice on climate change.
www.ipcc.ch
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
www.ieta.org/
International Energy Agency (IEA)
www.iea.org
Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.oecd.org/home
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
www.pewclimate.org
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
www.reeep.org
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
www.rcep.org.uk
Royal Institute for International Affairs
www.riia.org
United Nations Development Programme
www.undp.org
United Nations Environment Programme
www.unep.org
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - general
http://unfccc.int
UNFCCC information on CDM projects
http://cdm.unfccc.int
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
www.unido.org
World Bank
www.worldbank.org
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
www.wbcsd.ch
Some carbon funds
Clean Energy Fund
www.cleanenergyfund.org
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
www.ebrd.org
ERUPT Dutch programme
www.senter.nl/erupt
World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund
www.prototypecarbonfund.org
News and Information Services
BBC NEWS: Climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/ climate_change/default.stm
BBC Science and Nature: Climate Change
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/climatechange/
PointCarbon
News and analysis of the carbon market
www.pointcarbon.com