 Links
& Resources
Following are useful reference sources and links to
information pertaining to greenhouse gases, and specifically
non-CO2 gases. Where available, Web site links
to the pertinent resources have been provided, otherwise
most of the listed items are available through published
literature sources or government printing offices.
The list of links and resources have been grouped
under categorical headings to facilitate searching.
These categories are:
General Climate Science
CDIAC (1993). Trends '93: A
Compendium of Data on Global Climate Change. Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center. Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center (Data and information
on climate change. The center is part of the U.S.
Department of Energy.) www.cdiac.esd.ornl.gov 
Cicerone, R.J., and R.S. Oremland (1988).
Biochemical aspects of atmospheric methane. Global
Biochemical Cycles 2:299-327 (December).
IPCC (2001a). Summary for Policy
Makers: A Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. The Third Assessment
Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, Summary for Policy Makers
approved in Shanghai in January 2001. www.ipcc.ch
IPCC (2001b). Technical Summary:
A Report Accepted by Working Group I of the IPCC
but not approved in detail. A product resulting
from The Third Assessment Report of Working Group
I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
January 2001. www.ipcc.ch
IPCC (2001c). Climate Change
2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working
Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
January 2001. www.ipcc.ch
IPCC (1996). Climate Change
1995: The Science of Climate Change--Contribution
of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report
of the IPCC. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University
Press. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. www.ipcc.ch
IPCC (1995). Climate Change
1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and
an Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios.
Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press. Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change. www.ipcc.ch
IPCC (1992). Climate Change
1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific
Assessment. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University
Press. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. www.ipcc.ch
Oak Ridge National Labs
U.S. Department of Energy site that includes documents on climate change. www.ornl.gov
Oak Ridge National Labs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program (Information
on estimated costs associated with the stabilization of greenhouse gases.) www.ornl.gov/ORNL/Energy_Eff/Energy_Eff.html
U.S.
EPA's Climate Leaders Program
Climate Leaders is a voluntary EPA industry-government
partnership that encourages companies to develop
long-term comprehensive climate change strategies.
U.S. EPA's Global Warming site
Information and reports on climate change. www.epa.gov/globalwarming
Climate Policy & Economic
Resources
Center for Clean Air Policy
The publications section of this site provides information on emissions trading
and other issues related to climate change. The center, which was founded
by a bipartisan group of state governors, focuses on market-based approaches
to environmental problems. www.ccap.org
Climate Protection Initiative (CPI)
Information on policies and business strategies for achieving strong climate
protection goals. CPI is a joint effort between the World Resources Institute
and private firms. www.wri.org/cpi
Environmental Defense
Information on global warming related to environmental incentive mechanisms. www.edf.org/programs/GRAP.html
Environmental Resources Trust (ERT)
Information on creating markets for environmental resources. The nonprofit
works with private companies, other nonprofit organizations and government
agencies to develop market-oriented solutions to environmental problems. www.ert.net
Global Climate Change Policy Book (2002). Policy
book provides executive summary of the Global
Climate Change Initiatives President Bush announced
on February 14, 2002. Highlighting the initiatives
is a plan to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity
of the U.S. economy by 18 percent between 2002
and 2012. www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/climatechange.html
Massachusetts Institute for Technology
The MIT Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change is an interdisciplinary
program focused on independent policy analysis and research on global environmental
change issues. web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/
NRC (2001). Climate Change
Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions. Committee
on the Science of Climate Change, Division of
Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.
National Academy Press, Washington D.C. May 2001. books.nap.edu/openbook/0309075742/html/index.html
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Information on an effort sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts to encourage
major international companies and other organizations to work together in
educating the public on climate change risks, challenges, and solutions.
Among other things, the effort involves exploring beneficial products, practices,
and technologies. www.pewclimate.org
Resources for the Future's Weathervane
The nonprofit RFF's site serves as a digital forum for global climate change
policy. www.weathervane.rff.org
U.S. Department of State site
Information, government statements, and reports on global climate change issues
and greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. www.state.gov/g/oes/climate/.
U.S. Department of State (2002). Climate
Action Report: 2002 Submission of the United
States of America Under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change.
U.S. EPA's Climate Protection Partnerships
Division
IThe Division works with businesses, organizations, governments, and consumers
to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate
change by promoting greater use of energy efficient and other cost-effective
technologies. www.epa.gov/cpd.html
Energy Policy & Mitigation
Resources
Department
of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology
Laboratory
DOE's
Office of Fossil Energy
DOE's
Office of Science
Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University
The EMF (Energy Modeling Forum) was established in 1976 to provide a structured
forum within which energy experts from government, industry, universities,
and other research organizations could meet to study important energy and
environmental issues of common interest. www.stanford.edu/group/EMF/home/index.htm
The Global Energy Technology Strategy
Program
The program is a joint initiative between Battelle, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute and the University of Maryland.
The program focuses on the role that technology can play in addressing the
long-term risks of climate change. www.pnl.gov/gtsp/index.stm
Massachusetts Institute for Technology
The MIT Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change is an interdisciplinary
program focused on independent policy analysis and research on global environmental
change issues. web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/
The International Energy Agency
IEA provides its Member countries with analytical work on energy and climate
change. www.iea.org/envissu/poltech.htm www.ieagreen.org.uk/
U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information
Administration site
Documents on climate change from DOE's independent statistical and analysis
agency. www.eia.doe.gov
Agriculture Policy & Mitigation
Resources
Consortium
for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse
Gases (CASMGS)
Global Climate
Change and Environmental Stewardship by Ruminant
Livestock Producers (PDF, 19 pp., 162 KB, About
PDF).
A comprehensive education program developed in collaboration with the Future
Farmers of America.
Livestock Analysis Model (LAM) Software. Downloadable
software and user manual that allows you to:
- Characterize cattle and buffalo populations
driven by the supply and demand for livestock
products: milk, meat, and draft power.
- Evaluate the impact of changes in production
characteristics on a population of cattle and
buffalo.
- Evaluate baseline and future methane emissions
from cattle and buffalo populations.
Small Steps
Make A Difference Booklet (PDF, 16 pp.,
159 KB, About
PDF).
Texas
A&M University, faculty research on agriculture
and climate mitigation.
Dr. Bruce McCarl’s research on mitigation of greenhouse gases in the
agriculture and forestry sectors. ageco.tamu.edu/faculty/mccarl/
US
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural
Resource Service Program on Global Change
USDA's Economic
Research Service
USDA's Forest
Service
USDA's
Global Change Program Office
USDA's Natural
Resources Conservation Service
U.S.
EPA/USDA's agriculture and forestry Greenhouse
Gas Modeling Forum
Inventory Resources
Draft
Emissions and Projections of Non-CO2 Greenhouse
Gases for Developing Countries: 1990-2020 (PDF,
73 pp., 1.3MB ) Currently, this report is out
for comment. Please submit comments by contacting
Elizabeth Scheehle at scheehle.elizabeth@epa.gov.
IPCC (1997). Guidelines for
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (Revised in
1996). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gl/invs1.htm
IPCC (2000). Good Practice Guidance
and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse
Gas Inventories. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gp/gpgaum.htm
U.S. EPA (2003). Inventory of
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (1990-2001).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 236-R-01-001
Visit yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/ResourceCenterPublications
GHGEmissionsUSEmissionsInventory2003.html
United Nations' Framework Convention
on Climate Change site
Information and documents on the FCCC and climate change. www.unfccc.de
Methane Science
Dlugokencky, E.J., Houweling, S., Bruhwiler,
L., Masarie, K.A., Lang, P.M., Miller, J.B.
and Tans, P.P. (2003). Geophysical
Research Letters 30: 10.1029/2003GL018126.
Dlugokencky, E.J., K.A. Masarie, P.M.
Lange, and P.P. Tans (1998). Continuing
Decline in the Growth Rate of the Atmospheric
Methane Burden. Nature 393:447-450 (June 4).
Etheridge, D.M., G.I. Pearman, and P.J.
Fraser (1994). Historical CH4 record
from the "DE08" ice core at Law Dome,
pp. 256-260. In: Boden et al., 1993. Trends
'93. (See CDIAC, 1993.)
Fung, I., J. John, J. Lerner, E. Matthews.
M. Prather, L.P. Steele, and P.J. Fraser (1991). Three-dimensional
model synthesis of the global methane cycle.
Journal of Geophysical Research 96:13,033-13,065.
Kvenvolden, K.A. (1991). A review
of arctic gas hydrates as a source of methane
in global change. In: Weller, G., C. Wilson, and
B. Severin, eds. Proceedings of the International
Conference on the Role of the Polar Regions in
Global Change. Geophysica Institute, University
of Alaska, Fairbanks. December.
Simpson, Isobel J., Donald R. Blake,
F. Sherwood Rowland and Tai-Yih Chen (2002). Implications
of the recent fluctuations in the growth rate
of tropospheric methane. Geophysical Research
Letters, 29: 10.1029/2001GL014521.
U.S. EPA (1993b). Current and
Future Methane Emissions From Natural Sources.
Reports to Congress. Office of Air and Radiation.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-93-011. Executive
Summary / Table
of Contents / Order
Form
U.S. EPA (1993c). Anthropogenic
Methane Emissions in the United States: Estimates
for 1990. Report to Congress. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-93-003. Executive
Summary / Table
of Contents / Order
Form
U.S. EPA (1993d). Opportunities
to Reduce Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the
United States. Report to Congress. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-93-0012. Table
of Contents / Order
Form
Black Carbon
Air Pollution as a Climate Forcing.
Presentation by Tami Bond.
www.giss.nasa.gov/meetings/pollution02/d2/bond.html
U.S.
Carbon Cycle Science Program
International References & Resources
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and
Resource Economics (ABARE)
Information about climate change. ABARE provides applied economic research
with a specialty in commodities.
www.abare.gov.au
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading
Pilot (Gert)
Information on pilot program for testing the effectiveness of emission reduction
trading for greenhouse gases in the Canadian context. The program involves
the Canadian federal government, a number of provinces, industry, labor, and
environmental groups. The objective of the pilot is to evaluate the environmental
and economic benefits of an emission reduction trading system, as well as the
technical, administrative, and legal aspects. www.gert.org
IIASA
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Research focused on developing
energy resources in an environmentally friendly way for a growing world population. www.iiasa.ac.at
National Institute of Public Health and
the Environment (RIVM)
Information on climate change and other topics. This research institute is
located in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. www.rivm.nl
U.N. FCCC Climate
Secretariat
U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization
U.S. EPA (1993a). Options for Reducing
Methane Emissions Internationally, vols. I & II.
Office of Air and Radiation. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. EPA 430-R-93-006 and EPA 430-R-93-006B.
(Volume
I: Table
of Contents Volume II: Table
of Contents / Order
Form
U.S. Country Studies Program
Information on U.S.-related climate change efforts in specific countries. www.gcrio.org/CSP/webpage.html
U.S. Global
Change Research Program
World
Bank
Information and documents on climate change and the World Bank's Global Carbon
Initiative. www-esd.worldbank.org/cc
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