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The following list of websites provides sources of information on climate change. Some are organisations that address climate change specifically or as one of a number of work streams, some are Government resources and some are multi stakeholder initiatives/working parties that have been set up to work on climate change.

• 'Seal the Deal! Campaign' 
• The United Nations has launched a new campaign to encourage governments to seal the deal on a fair, balanced and effective climate agreement when they meet in Copenhagen this December. Titled Seal the Deal!, the campaign is mobilizing political leaders, business leaders and civil society on an ambitious, global scale to raise a strong call for urgent and united action on climate change. Campaign activities include: - A global tree-planting drive for World Environment Day on 5 June 2009. - A call to all organizations to join Seal the Deal! - Seal the Deal! rallies around the world where supporters can dip the “People’s Seal” in paint and add their stamp to a global petition. - Seal the Deal! Climate Week – 20-26 September 2009 – targeting 100 cities around the world.
• Acclimatise 
• Acclimatise specialises in climate change adaptation risk management. They have a portfolio of tools that enable businesses to assess and manage the risks and opportunities of inevitable climate change. Whether it is reviewing regulatory or government policy, stakeholder positions, or guiding corporations on the business and financial threats and opportunities that stem from climate change, their network of specialists can bridge the gap between the urgent need to adapt and the business requirements of the corporate and commercial worlds.
• Australian Government Department of Climate Change 

• The Department of Climate Change was established on 3 December 2007 as part of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio. Its actions on climate change include the forthcoming emissions trading scheme, setting challenging federal targets, investing in research and development and introducing a national greenhouse and energy reporting system.

• CERES 

• CERES is a US based, national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. One of its main project streams is that of climate change, and several useful research publications are available on climate change.

• Carbon Disclosure Project 

• The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation which holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world.

  The data is obtained from responses to CDP's annual Information Requests, issued on behalf of institutional investors, purchasing organisations and government bodies. Since its formation in 2000, CDP has become the gold standard for carbon disclosure methodology and process, providing primary climate change data to the global market place.

• Carbon Disclosure Standards Board 

• The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CSDB) was convened at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in response to increasing calls for action from corporations and financial markets to address global warming and the associated growth of climate change information collection and reporting initiatives. Its members include the CDP, WEF, World Resources Institute and CERES.

• Carbon Reduction Commitment (via UK Government website) 

• In addition to the Climate Change Act, UK Government has also introduced a new legally binding climate change and energy saving scheme called the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). It will cover large business and public sector organisations and will have a significant impact on reducing UK carbon dioxide emissions from these organisations.

• Climate Change Bill (via UK Government website) 

• In November 2008, the UK Government passed the world's first legally binding framework to address climate change. Its aims are to:

  - to improve carbon management and help the transition towards a low carbon economy in the UK; and
  
  - to demonstrate strong UK leadership internationally, signalling that it is committed to taking its share of responsibility for reducing global emissions in the context of developing negotiations on a post-2012 global agreement at Copenhagen next year.

• Confederation of British Industry 

• The CBI has recently launched a new climate change microsite. It covers CBI's work on climate change, the role of business, public policy, consumers and research reports and the commitments of the climate change board.

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

• The IPCC is a scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It provides scientific technical and socio-economic information in a policy-relevant but policy neutral way to decision makers. It publishes regular Assessment Reports, the findings of which are well publicised and quoted around the world.

• Renewable Energy Association 
• The Renewable Energy Association represents the UK's renewable energy industry, covering all renewable power heat and fuels. Established in 2001, the REA represents British renewable energy producers and promotes the use of sustainable energy in the UK. Members consist of a wide variety of organisations, including generators, project developers, fuel and power suppliers, equipment producers and service providers. Members range in size from major multinationals to sole traders. The REA provides a service to business, local authorities, consumers and individual sectors including policy development, inputting into governmental consultations, training, information resource, delivering carbon emissions targets and providing a central point for all relevant stakeholders to meet and discuss renewable energy issues.
• Resource Efficiency and Reporting - a legislative review of all climate change and resource efficiency regulation in Australia 

• This document, compiled by sustainability research and consultancy Net Balance Management, summarises all the existing and forthcoming Australian Federal and State level regulation pertaining to climate change and resource efficiency.

• The California Climate Change Registry 

• The California Climate Action Registry is a private non-profit organization originally formed by the State of California. It serves as a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry to protect and promote early actions to reduce GHG emissions by organizations. It provides leadership on climate change by developing and promoting credible, accurate, and consistent GHG reporting standards and tools for organizations to measure, monitor, third-party verify and reduce their GHG emissions consistently across industry sectors and geographical borders. Its members voluntarily measure, verify, and publicly report their GHG emissions, are leaders in their respective industry sectors, and are actively participating in solving the challenge of climate change.

• The Carbon Trust 
• The Carbon Trust's mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies. It offers advice and assistance to companies trying to reduce their carbon footprints. It has offices in the UK, USA and China.
• The Climate Group 

• The Climate Group's aim is to help government and business set the world economy on the path to a low-carbon, prosperous future. It partners with innovative thinkers and world leading organisations to deliver 'game-changing' initiatives - projects that will make the biggest difference in the least amount of time.

• The Pew Centre on Global Climate Change 

• The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to global warming. It produces analysis of climate change issues, engages with the business community, keeps policy makers informed and educates key audiences.

• UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 

• The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008, bringing together energy policy (previously with BERR - the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) with climate change mitigation policy (previously with Defra - the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

  DECC exists to tackle the challenges climate change poses. Its three overall objectives are:

  - Ensuring our energy is secure, affordable and efficient;

  - Bringing about the transition to a low-carbon Britain ;

  - Achieving an international agreement on climate change at Copenhagen in December 2009.

• United Nations Conference of Parties (COP15) website 

• The COP15 conference is the fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations' Climate Change Convention. The conference will take place from 7 December to 18 December 2009. It is the highest body of the United Nations Climate Change Convention and consists of environment ministers who meet once a year to discuss the convention's developments. The main area to be discussed is the Bali Action Plan (decided on at COP13), which outlines plans for 'post kyoto'. This plan is to be negotiated at COP15.

• United Nations Convention Framework on Climate Change 

• The UNCFCC is an international treaty created over a decade ago and joined by most countries. It was set up in order to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable. A subsequent addition to the treat was the Kyoto Protocol, which has more powerful (and legally binding) measures. The UNFCCC secretariat supports all institutions involved in the climate change process, particularly the COP, the subsidiary bodies and their Bureau.

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development 

• The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led, global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.

  The Council provides a platform for companies to explore sustainable development, share knowledge, experiences and best practices, and to advocate business positions on these issues in a variety of forums, working with governments, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations.

  One of its main work streams is Energy and Climate, the objective of which is to promote and facilitate interaction and dialogues on energy sustainability and its related policy frameworks.

  The WBCSD, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, published the most widely used (at the moment) guidance document for carbon reporting. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol outlines how organisations should be reporting on and assuring carbon emissions in the form of inventories.

• World Economic Forum’s climate change initiative 

• The WEF's climate change initiative includes the CEO Climate Policy Recommendations to G8 Leaders launched in 2008, which was co-ordinated by WEF and the WBCSD. International business leaders, together with governments and climate specialists, drew up a comprehensive set of recommendations on a post-2012 framework for global climate policy.

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