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The Australian Government Department of Climate Change

  • Carbon pollution reduction scheme – green paper summary
    Summarises the Australian Government’s proposed national emissions trading system
    http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/greenpaper/summary/summary-report.html

  • About National Carbon Accounting System (NCAS)
    Explains the accounting system for land-based sources and sinks of greenhouse gases. Includes links to the following topics:
    • Biomass – plant growth and life cycle analysis
    • Climate – soil moisture and forest productivity mapping
    • Land cover – mapping clearing and revegetation
    • Land use – mapping use and management
    • Soil – carbon measurement and modelling
    • Modelling – carbon stocks and flows
    http://www.climatechange.gov.au/ncas/about.html

  • National greenhouse gas inventory 2006
    Provides a summary of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions for 2006 and a link to the full report.
    http://www.climatechange.gov.au/inventory/2006/index.html


Emissions – who is trading what? (Parliament of Australia)

Provides an overview of emissions trading and existing schemes.
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bn/2008-09/emissions.htm


State Forests of New South Wales (Australia)

  • Carbon credits
    Provides information on the NSW Greenhouse Abatement Scheme
    http://www.forest.nsw.gov.au/env_services/carbon/credits/default.asp

  • Forests and the greenhouse effect: questions and answers
    Explains how planted forests earn carbon credits and how forests help Australia meet its emission target.
    http://www.forest.nsw.gov.au/publication/forest_facts/greenhouse/default.asp


eCarbon news (Australian Climate Forum)

Provides links to the latest stories on climate change, energy, emissions and sequestration from Australia and around the world.
http://www.australianclimateforum.com/ecarbon/


International climate efforts beyond 2012: A survey of approaches (Pew Center on Global Climate Change, USA)

Discusses alternative approaches to mitigating climate change beyond 2012.
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/2012%20new%2Epdf


The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


Climate and atmosphere: Country profiles (Earthtrends, World Resources Institute)

This site provides a map of the world to access climate related information (includes Australia).
http://earthtrends.wri.org/country_profiles/index.cfm?theme=3


Vital climate graphics (United Nations Environment Programme)

Provides links to background information on climate change, observed climate trends and the potential impacts of climate change.
http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/index.htm


Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  • Calculating carbon (Landline, 2 March 2008)
    Discusses the role of agriculture in offsetting Australia’s carbon emissions.
    http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s2176108.htm

  • Britain considers personal carbon quotas (The Science Show, 28 October 2006)
    Reports on the British government's consideration of a carbon taxation system.
    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2006/1772097.htm#

  • The business of climate change (Background Briefing, 16 October 2005, ABC)
    http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1480714.htm

  • Soil may belch out CO2 to warm planet (News in Science, 8 September 2005)
    http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1455886.htm


Timeline of milestones (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Provides a timeline of important dates in the discovery of global warming.
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm

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