Chapter 12 Web links

The Ecological Environment

The ‘Ultimate Climate Change Frequently Asked Questions’ page of the Guardian Newspaper’s climate change web pages: 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-ultimate-climate-change-faq

The United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change site is where you will learn about the actual process of negotiations and how these occur:

http://unfccc.int/2860.php

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports are available at:

http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml

The most recent progress on the 5th assessment report is here:

http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGIAR5_WGI-12Doc2b_FinalDraft_Chapter01.pdf

For the website of the Guardian commentator George Monbiot, see:

www.monbiot.com. He is a very influential environmental activist in the UK.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development:

http://www.wbcsd.org/home.aspx

Forum for the Future, an influential UK business environmental pressure group: www.forumforthefuture.org    

The Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, based at the University of Leeds:

http://steadystate.org/ 

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