Links
Groups on Campus:
Helpful Links
- Green Campus Consortium of Maine encourages sustainability and environmental awareness on Maine campuses through communication and education.
- Clean Air - Cool Planet creates partnerships in the Northeast to implement solutions to climate change and build communities for effective climate policies and actions.
- Governor's carbon challenge is a Maine voluntary carbon emission reduction program, of which the University of Maine is a proud member.
- Campus climate challenge is a project of 30 leading environmental and social justice organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. The challenge aims to organize and empower North American campuses to reduce emissions – both individually and as an institution.
- Carbon calculators: calculate your climate footprint with these calculators from BP and the Carbon Counter Organization.
- Realclimate.org is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.
Policy Articles
- Kyoto
The Kyoto Protocol is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Countries that ratify this protocol commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these gases.
Map of participation. -
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
(The IPCC ) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess the "risk of human-induced climate change". TheIPCC reports are peer reviewed and attempt to present a scientific consensus on climate change.
- Maine Climate Action Plan
A 2003 Maine law (PL 237) requires the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to develop and submit a Climate Action Plan (CAP or Plan) for Maine. The goals of the CAP are to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2010. This document outlines a plan for Maine to follow in order to meet these goals.
- Maine Climate Action Plan - Progress Report #1 (January 5, 2006)
An overview of actions already implemented, actions in progress, and actions abandoned. One of the actions that the DEP implemented is the Governor's Carbon Challenge, an initiative to reward companies who make an effort to reduce emissions.
- Meeting the Climate Challenge – Recommendations of the International Climate Change Taskforce (January 2005, co-chaired by Senator Olympia Snowe)
In this report, a high level taskforce, brought together from across the globe by three of the world's leading think tanks, set out their conclusions on how to address the threat of climate change. The recommendations of the International Climate Change Taskforce are a blueprint for action and offer a strong foundation for meeting the climate challenge.