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The Australian Greenhouse Office (Commonwealth Government)

• Emissions trading analysis
  Describes the development of a national emissions trading system and the Australian government's policy position on emissions trading.
  http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/emissionstrading/

• 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.greenhouse.gov.au/ncas/background.html

• National greenhouse gas inventory 2005
  Provides a summary of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions for 2005 and a link to the full report.
  http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/inventory/2005/index.html

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 (Cooperative Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Australia)

Provides links to the latest stories on climate change, energy, emissions and sequestration from Australia and around the world.
http://www.greenhouse.crc.org.au/crc/ecarbon/enews_Jun05.cfm

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

• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  The text of the Kyoto protocol.
  http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html

• A summary of the Kyoto Protocol
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/feeling_the_heat/items/2879.php

• Kyoto Protocol status of ratification
  Provides a list of all signatory countries.
  http://unfccc.int/files/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/application/pdf/kpstats.pdf

• Accomplishments to date...and challenges
  Summarises some of the successes and shortcomings of the Kyoto protocol.
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/feeling_the_heat/items/2912.php

• Emissions trading: The 'carbon market'
  Explains the carbon market.
  http://unfccc.int/essential_background/feeling_the_heat/items/2880.php

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

• 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