Foreign government action

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Foreign government action

• New Zealand

  • New Zealand Climate Change—Ministry for the Environment.
  • New Zealand's Fourth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• Canada
  • Government of Canada Climate change.
  • Canada's Fourth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• USA
  • Environmental Protection Authority—Climate change.
  • US Department of State—Global climate change.
  • US Department of Energy—Climate change.
  • US Climate Change Science Program.
  • US Climate Change Technology Program.
  • US Department of State Bureau of Ocean and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Global warming—Frequently asked questions.
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative—a cooperative effort by nine north-east and mid-Atlantic states to discuss the design of a regional cap-and-trade program initially covering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the region.
  • American Association for the Advancement Science (AAAS) Board releases new statement on climate change.
  • • The National Academies: Joint science academies™ statement—Global response to climate change.
    • California Climate change portal.
    • The United States of America's Fourth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• European Union
  • European Commission—Climate change.
  • On 23 January 2008 the European Commission put forward a package of proposals that will deliver on the European Union's commitments to address climate change and promote renewable energy up to 2020 and beyond. See Climate action and renewable energy package.
  • European Environment Agency—Climate change.
  • Climate Action Network Europe is a non-profit organisation that receives funding from the European Commission, the Austrian, Belgian and Finnish Environment Ministries as well as the Oak Foundation. It is recognised as Europe's leading non-governmental network working on climate and energy issues.
• United Kingdom
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—Climate change and energy.
  • The UK Climate Change Programme.
  • Stern Review on the Economics of climate change.
  • The UK's Fourth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

• China
  • China Climate Change Info-net.
  • China's National Climate Change Programme released June 2007.

• India
  • Ministry of Environment and Forests.
  • Centre for Science and Environment.

• Japan
  • Ministry of Environment—policy.
  • • Ministry of Foreign Affairs Climate Change.
  • Japan's Fourth National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)
  • Ministry of Environment.
  • Korea Environment Institute—Government sponsored 'think tank'.
  • Measures for climate change.

15 July, 2010