Updated 16 May 2002
Understanding the Negotiations
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UNFCCC Secretariat: The Secretariat's "Issues In The Negotiating Process," provides updates on the status of negotiations and links to relevant documents. Also see the UNFCCC Technical Paper, "Tracing the origins of the Kyoto Protocol: An Article-by-Article textual history," prepared by Joanna Depledge.
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Climate Change Knowledge Network (CCKN): "On Behalf of My Delegation,...": A Survival Guide for Developing Country Climate Negotiators by Joyeeta Gupta. This online module, also available in hard copy and on CD-ROM, is intended to assist developing country negotiators navigate their way through the climate negotiations, the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol.
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Pew Center: "The Basics of Climate Change--Straight Facts, Innovative Solutions" provides a comprehensive overview of key climate change issues.
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US CRS Global Climate Change Briefing Book: This Briefing Book, compiled by the Congressional Research Service, features issue briefs, glossary, frequently asked questions, and additional readings.
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CO2e.com Carbon Briefings: This site features "carbon briefings" on issues, activities, corporate response and national developments.
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Resources for the Future (RFF): The RFF Climate Change Reader compiles a series of articles, in PDF format, on the run-up to the Kyoto Protocol, the contents of the Protocol and the post-Kyoto negotiating process.
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UNEP: "UNEP's Beginner's Guide to Climate Change" from UNEP's Information Unit on Conventions, provides brief overview of climate science and the negotiation process.
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Springer-Verlag Publishing: "The Kyoto-Protocol: International Climate Policy for the 21st Century" by Sebastian Oberthür, Hermann E. Ott. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the history and content of the Kyoto Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation.
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Royal Institute for International Affairs (RIIA): "The Kyoto Protocol: A Guide and Assessment," by Michael Grubb with Christiaan Vrolijk and Duncan Brack. A concise and authoritative guide to the evolution, terms and implications of the Kyoto Protocol. It provides an economic and political account of key policy debates and their outcome.
Tracking the Negotiations
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UNFCCC Secretariat: The Secretariat produces a web site for each COP. They provide official meeting schedules and schedules for "side events." See the web sites for COP 3, COP 4, COP 5, COP 6, COP 6 PART 2, and COP 7
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IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin: IISD publishes the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), a daily summary of the discussions and debates. ENB is available on the Linkages web site. The Linkages site also contains "ENB on the Side," IISD's daily coverage of COP-6 "side events," as well as photos, interviews, recordings of speeches and presentations and ENB archives dating back to COP-1 in 1995.
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ECO: ECO, the newsletter of Climate Action Network, contains progress reports from the climate change negotiations. The newsletter is produced by environmental NGOs, leading independent scientists and political analysts
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UNEP's Information Unit on Conventions: Offers press releaseson the negotiations and other public information
Climate Change Glossaries and Acronym Guides
Online Newsletters, Databases and Libraries
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