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UK Government & other initiatives

There is a wide range of relevant information on the Defra web site - the Climate Change index page is a good starting point
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/index.htm
 
Department for International Development (DfID)
www.dfid.gov.uk
 
Department for Transport (DfT)
www.dft.gov.uk
 
Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
The Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development sites are likely to be of interest.
www.bis.gov.uk
 
The Emissions Trading Group
www.uketg.com

Scottish Executive Climate Change
www.scotland.gov.uk
 
Sustainable Energy Policy Network
This network co-ordinates and reports on progress with the UK Government’s Energy White Paper.
http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/2003/sepn/index.html
 
The Tyndall Centre
www.tyndall.ac.uk
 
UK Climate Change Programme
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/cm4913/index.htm 
 
UK Climate Impacts Programme - funded by Defra and based at the University of Oxford - helps organisations assess how they might be affected by climate change, so they can prepare for its impact.
www.ukcip.org.uk

UK Trade & Investment
UK Trade & Investment brings together the organisations Trade Partners UK and Invest UK into a new body. UK Trade & Investment is supported by both the DTI and the FCO.
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk

EU information

EU Climate Change Programme
http://europa.eu.int
 
 EU Emissions Trading Scheme Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2002/com2002_0680en01.pdf
 
 EU Emissions Trading Linking Directive
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/com/pdf/2003/com2003_0403en01.pdf 

Overseas governments

Chinese CDM Office
http://cdm.ccchina.gov.cn

International organisations

Asian Development Bank
www.adb.org

Carbon Finance at the World Bank
www.carbonfinance.org/
 
Climate Change Knowledge Network
www.cckn.net/
 
The Climate Group
www.theclimategroup.org/ 
 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC was set up by the International Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Environment Programme to provide independent scientific advice on climate change.
www.ipcc.ch 
 
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
www.ieta.org/
 
International Energy Agency (IEA)
www.iea.org
 
Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html
 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.oecd.org/home
 
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
www.pewclimate.org
 
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)
www.reeep.org 
 
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
www.rcep.org.uk
 
Royal Institute for International Affairs
www.riia.org 
 
United Nations Development Programme
www.undp.org
 
United Nations Environment Programme
www.unep.org
 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - general
http://unfccc.int
 
UNFCCC information on CDM projects
http://cdm.unfccc.int
 
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
www.unido.org
 
World Bank
www.worldbank.org
 
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
www.wbcsd.ch

Some carbon funds

Clean Energy Fund
www.cleanenergyfund.org 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
www.ebrd.org 
 
ERUPT Dutch programme
www.senter.nl/erupt
 
World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund
www.prototypecarbonfund.org

News and Information Services

BBC NEWS: Climate change
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/ climate_change/default.stm
 
BBC Science and Nature: Climate Change
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/climatechange/ 
 
PointCarbon
News and analysis of the carbon market
www.pointcarbon.com