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The Global Warming Petition Project, also known as the Oregon Petition, is a group which urges the United States government to reject the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and similar policies. Their petition challenges the scientific consensus on climate change. Though the group claims more than thirty-thousand signatories across various scientific ...
Environment News Service —environmental news agency and website—based in Lincoln City, Oregon. Environmental Research Letters (ERL)—based in California—publishing peer-reviewed research across the whole of environmental science. The Environmentalist —public interest news site covering politics, business, climate, history, lifestyle ...
Fondation Pacifique. Foundation for Environmental Education. Forest Stewardship Council. Forests and the European Union Resource Network. Frankfurt Zoological Society. Friends of Nature. Friends of the Earth. Global Footprint Network. Global Landscapes Forum.
Climate target#Global climate targets. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Kyoto Protocol. International Carbon Action Partnership. Global Environment Facility. Muslim Seven Year Action Plan on Climate Change. Paris Agreement. Plant-based action plan. Conference of Parties.
Effects. Climate change — Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline circulation • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Urban heat islands • Flooding. Environmental degradation — Loss of biodiversity • Habitat destruction ...
In the 1980s, the terms global warming and climate change became more common, often being used interchangeably. [118] [119] [120] Scientifically, global warming refers only to increased surface warming, while climate change describes both global warming and its effects on Earth's climate system, such as precipitation changes. [117]
As of 2021 the remaining carbon budget for a 50-50 chance of staying below 1.5 degrees of warming is 460 bn tonnes of CO 2 or 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 years at 2020 emission rates. [11] Global average greenhouse gas per person per year in the late 2010s was about 7 tonnes [12] – including 0.7 tonnes CO 2 eq food, 1.1 tonnes from the home, and 0.8 tonnes from transport. [13]
The Global Warming Policy Foundation. / 51.50639°N 0.13194°W / 51.50639; -0.13194. The Global Warming Policy Foundation ( GWPF) is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom whose aims are to challenge what it calls "extremely damaging and harmful policies" envisaged by governments to mitigate anthropogenic global warming. [ 2]