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Cap and Trade Primer

Cap and Trade 101: A Climate Policy Primer
from the Sightline Institute

Of or relating to an emissions trading scheme in which a cap is set for allowable emissions in a particular area, and individual emitters are given their allocation of emission permits which they can use or sell provided the overall cap is not breached.

-from the Macquarie Dictionary

Climate Change links

Climate Action Tracker
Detailed information on individual country pledges for greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 Report
This UN project reports "Current trends are bringing us closer to a number of potential tipping points that would catastrophically reduce the capacity of ecosystems to provide.. essential services...The conservation of biodiversity makes a critical contribution to moderating the scale of climate change and reducing its negative impacts by making ecosystems -- and therefore human societies -- more resilient."
Climate Change Indicators in the United States
This report from the Environmental Protection Agency presents various indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change. It focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison.
Climate Bathtub Simulator
What happens if we cap carbon emissions at current levels? Or continue their growth? Or reduce them? This simple animated simulation of the global carbon system is great for helping people explore the relationship between carbon emissions and atmospheric CO2.
Climate Interactive
[Joseph Romm's] Climate Interactive blog, a project of the liberal Center for American Progress, counters bad science and inane rhetoric with original analysis delivered sharply, usually with either humor or incredulity or both. -- Time Magazine, 4/28/2008
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This is the group that won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore in December 2007 "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” Reports, graphics and speeches, including the most recent, definitive assessment of climate changes.
Real Climate
“Climate science from climate scientists.” Compendium of resources for everyone from the complete beginner to climate scientist. If you have a question and can’t find the answer here, we’d like to know about it. Includes fascinating comments section.
What is Global Warming? from National Geographic
The basics of global warming is the highlight of this page. If you don’t understand what it all means, start here.