science and impact

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a scientific intergovernmental body that serves as an objective source of information about the causes and impacts of climate change. The main activity of the IPCC is to provide in regular intervals Assessment Reports of the state of knowledge on climate change. Visit the IPCC website >>

2007 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory: Executive Summary (PDF) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leads U.S. environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. As part of this mission, the EPA develops an annual greenhouse gas inventory for the United States. In preparing the annual emissions inventory report, the EPA collaborates with hundreds of experts representing more than a dozen U.S. government agencies, academic institutions, industry associations, consultants and environmental organizations. Visit the EPA Climate Change website >>

The Science of Climate Change

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Physical Science of Climate Change (PDF) - IPCC

Economic Impacts of Climate Change

• The Economics of Climate Change - A Primer - U.S. Congressional Budget Office


• Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data

• Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) - Center for Global Development


• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center - U.S. Department of Energy


• Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) - U.S. EPA


• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


• U.S. Energy Information Administration


• U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory - U.S. EPA