Global Warming Links

World Resources Institute, Climate Analysis Indicator Tool
http://cait.wri.org

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

U.S. EPA on Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange

United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch

United Nations Framework on Convention Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

The Earth Institute at Columbia University
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu

The Sierra Club Foundation
http://www.sierraclub.org

The Stern Review
http://www.hmtreasury.gov.uk/independent_review

National Geographic
http://green.nationalgeographic.com

Did You Know?

The International Rice Research Institute estimates that global rice production results in 100 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents per year.

Fast Facts

1. Agriculture is the 2nd largest industrial source of global GHGs.

2. Nitrogen fertilizer accounts for 1/3 of GHG emissions from agriculture.

3. GHG emissions from global rice production are equal to GHG emissions from about 18 million average US cars.