Links on the Science/Causes of Global Climate Change

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the international scientific advisory body responsible for assessing the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding the risk of human-induced climate change.

• 2001 Summary for Policymakers: The Science of Climate Change - Working Group I 

• 2001 Summary for Policymakers: Scientific-Technical Analyses of Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change - Working Group II

• 2001  Summary for Policymakers: The Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change - Working Group III
  

• IPCC Report on Emissions Scenarios

• IPCC Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry

• Presentation of Robert T. Watson, Chair, IPCC Watson's preview of the upcoming IPCC report (2001) delivered to the World Climate Summit (COP6) at the Hague.

Common Questions about Climate Change UNEP and WMO overview of climate change.
Solcomhouse - Global Warming educational introduction to the science and latest news on climate change.

Woods Hole Research Center -- the Global Carbon Cycle a nice overview, including discussions of carbon and land use, the "missing carbon sink," and forest sequestration of CO₂

The White House - Climate Change: State of Knowledge

Online Trends a compendium of global carbon dioxide data from the U.S. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.  Includes Greenhouse Gas Emissions data, charts and graphics for individual countries and regions.  Excellent reference!

World Forest Resources Assessment 2000 the latest world and individual country data on forests from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).