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	NASA: Goddard Institute for Space Studies - http://www.giss.nasa.gov/ Includes a spotlight on global warming, and information on their research into the climate and climate modelling.
	NOAA Climate Program Office - http://www.climate.noaa.gov/ Assists by sponsoring focused scientific research aimed at understanding climate variability and it predictability.
	International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - http://www.igbp.kva.se/ Project from the Swedish Academy of Sciences tracks the interaction of biology and chemistry of the earth as they relate to global change.
	International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - http://www.igbp.net/ Studies the interactions between biological, chemical and physical processes and interactions with human systems and collaborates with other programmes to develop and impart the understanding necessary to respond to global change.
	US Global Hydrology and Climate Center - http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/ A joint venture between government (NASA) and academia to study the global water cycle and its effect on weather and climate.

	World Climate Research Programme - http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcrp/ Research to develop a fundamental scientific understanding of the physical climate system and climate processes to support studies of global change.
	ArcticNet - http://www.arcticnet-ulaval.ca/ Collaborative effort joins Canadian university researchers and government officials with scientists from Japan, Europe, Russia and the US to study the impacts of climate change in the coastal Canadian Arctic.
	Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford - http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford University's centre for the study of environmental change: causes, impacts and remediation.
	CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research - http://www.dar.csiro.au/ Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation studies weather, climate and atmospheric pollution.
	Grantham Institute for Climate Change - http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/climatechange/ Research center based at Imperial College London, UK. Includes details of research, people, news, events and publications.

	UK Climatic Research Unit - http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/ Widely recognised as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. Site provides a introductory-level information sheets, extensive downloadable data sets, information on research projects and programmes, and information on academic programmes, climate conferences, and climate links.
	International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska - http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/ Fostering international collaboration in global climate change research in the Arctic.
	Center for Global Environmental Research, Japan - http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/index.html Conducts diverse research on the consequences of human activities on the earth system. Includes information about capabilities, projects, data, and publications.
	NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder - http://www.scp.byu.edu Microwave radar scatterometers measure wind over the ocean from space. Their data is usefule for monitoring climate conditions. This site provides access to climate record data from the Seasat, NSCAT, ERS-1/2 and SeaWinds scatterometers in image form to support climate change studies.
	Professor Alex Hall's Climate Sensitivity Research Lounge - http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/csrl/index.html From the UCLA's Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Provides information on research, publications and courses, as well as an 'information exchange' that provides links to a range of published articles.

	Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative - http://climatechange.rutgers.edu/ Describes the university-wide effort to understand the impacts of climate change on our society and the environment.
	Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts - http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/climate.html Research is focused on the climate system, climate variability and global change issues, from contemporary climate variations, their causes and consequences, to paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes. Includes news of recent research.
	Climate Change Research Center: University of New Hampshire - http://www.ccrc.sr.unh.edu/hipp/hipphp.html Research is focused on the chemical and dynamical environment of the Earth's atmosphere using sophisticated observational and modeling tools.
	Hamburg University: Sustainability and Global Change - http://www.fnu.zmaw.de/ Multi-disciplinary research and education on human-induced environmental change, sponsored by Departments of Geosciences and Economics.
	Northern Climate ExChange - http://www.taiga.net/nce/ Yukon-based exchange point for climate change study in the circumpolar north. Topics include climate predictions, impacts, and energy efficiency.

	BC3: Basque Centre for Climate Change - http://www.bc3research.org Research center based in the Basque Country which aims at contributing to long term research on the causes and consequences of climate change.
	EPIC Lincolnshire - http://www.epic-lincolnshire.org/ UK based centre of environmental innovation, exploring low carbon technologies and responses to global warming. Events and newsletter.
	Clean Development Mechanism Study Centre, Sri Lanka - http://www.cdmlk.co.cc Undertakes research and coordinates all involved in the development of national strategy on climate change and the Clean Development Mechanism in Sri Lanka.
	Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) - http://www.apn.gr.jp/ An inter-governmental network for the promotion of global environmental change research and links between science and policy making in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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