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Government

• Garnaut Climate Change Review
  The Garnaut Climate Change Review was commissioned by Australia's State and Territory Governments on 30 April 2007. The recently elected Prime Minister of Australia has confirmed the participation of the Commonwealth Government in the Review. The Review will examine the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy, and recommend medium to long-term policies and policy frameworks to improve the prospects for sustainable prosperity.
• Australian Greenhouse Office
  The Australian Greenhouse Office has a range of programs from household and community to industry and government action that are making significant progress in reducing Australia’s greenhouse emissions.
  • Greenhouse Challenge
    The Greenhouse Challenge - launched in 1995 - is a joint voluntary initiative between the national Government and industry to abate greenhouse gas emissions. Participating organisations sign agreements with the Government that provide a framework for undertaking and reporting on actions to abate emissions.
  • Australasian Emissions Trading Forum (AETF)
    The AETF is a free information service supported by a range of Australian private and public agencies to provide information and foster debate on emissions trading and greenhouse policy developments.
• Department of the Environment and Heritage: Environment Portal
  The Environment Portal provides access to online services and information provided by Commonwealth, State and Local Governments. Information is organised by seven broad environmental themes - Atmosphere, Biodiversity, Coasts and Oceans, Environment Protection, Heritage, Inland Waters, and Land. These themes correspond to the Australian State of the Environment Reporting categories.
  • State of the Environment Australia
    The national SoE report is the major mechanism in which resource management and environmental issues are comprehensively reported and analysed on scales that transcend State and Territory boundaries. National SoE reporting is carried out at a continental scale on the land and for coastal and marine environments, and includes Australia's external territories. The environment is covered in seven major themes: Atmosphere, Land, Inland Waters, Coasts and Oceans, Biodiversity, Human Settlements, and Natural and Cultural Heritage.
    
• Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
  • International Greenhouse Partnerships
    International Greenhouse Partnerships is a cooperative effort by Australian industry and government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects overseas. An International Greenhouse Partnerships Office has been set up within the Department of Industry, Science and Resources to promote and implement the program and provide policy advice on the project-based Kyoto mechanisms.
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (AFFA)
  • Greenhouse Science
    The Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS) is the scientific bureau within the department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia (AFFA). BRS provides scientific advice to AFFA on the effects of changes in land use, forest, agricultural and pastoral management on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions.
• Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting
  The CRC is an unincorporated, independent collaborative research and development venture between nine prominent Australian institutions. It was established in 1999 for seven years under the Commonwealth Government's CRC Program. Our administrative head office is located in our Canberra premises.
  
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical organisation. We assist and encourage informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service.
  

Industry

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)
  ABARE was established in 1945 and is Australia's largest applied economic research agency specialising in commodities. Our vision is to be a world leader in economic research. Our goal is to provide high quality research to enhance Australia's economic performance. ABARE undertakes research into agriculture, minerals and energy, fisheries, forestry, global climate change, land and water, and economic modelling.

Research

• Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
  • Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre (BMRC)
• Meteorology, Oceanography and Fluid Dynamics at at the University of New South Wales (Sidney)
  Home page for the Meteorology, Oceanography and Fluid dynamics Group of the School of Mathematics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. We conduct research and teaching in physical oceanography, meteorology and atmospheric sciences, and in general fluid dynamics
• The Australian Institute of Marine Science
  The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) was established by the Commonwealth government in 1972 to generate the knowledge needed for the sustainable use and protection of the marine environment through innovative, world-class scientific and technological research.
• Climatic Impacts Centre (CIC), Macquarie University, Australia
• Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES)
  CRES of the Australian National University Institute of Advanced Studies in Canberra is an interdisciplinary research and postgraduate training centre focussing on resource and environmental issues at local, national and global scales.
• Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology, Sydney
  The Institute for Sustainable Futures works with industry and the community to develop solutions leading to sustainable futures through programs of research, teaching and consultancy. The Institute is developing four major interrelated programs or themes which focus on a significant urban, national or global problems. Each program has a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary team of researchers, consultants and advisers drawn from Institute staff, staff of the UTS faculties, professional organisations, business, government and community groups.
• Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
  • CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
    CMAR aims to advance Australian climate, marine, and earth systems science. CMAR’s research effort is structured into four major themes: Climate, Weather and Ocean Prediction; The Living Atmosphere; Marine Ecosystems and Resources; and Integrated Coastal and Oceans Management.
  • Sharing Knowledge
    This site focuses on the impacts and adaptation strategies for Indigenous Australian communities living in northern Australia. Here you can find information on climate change projections for regional areas in the north as well as suggested direct and indirect impacts that may occur as a result. We are also compiling resources (reports, web links, data sets) on relevant issues so you can find out about what is happening in Australia and overseas.

NGOs

• Australia Institute
  The Australia Institute promotes a more just, sustainable and peaceful Australian society through research, publication and vigorous participation in public debate

» New Zealand

• New Zealand Ministry for the Environment
  • New Zealand Climate Change Office
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
  EECA works with others to implement the New Zealand National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy, with two key targets to be met by 2012.
• Statistics New Zealand
  • Environment
    A range of statistics is becoming available about the natural environment, and how economic and social activities impact on the environment. This includes information about natural resources, expenditure on environment protection, sustainable development, and socio-economic indictors for the environment.
• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA)
  • National Climate Centre
    The National Climate Centre (NCC) provides regular public information on current climate conditions across New Zealand including soil moisture and river flows, and outlooks for coming seasons. Scientists at the Centre keep track of global influences on New Zealand's climate, particularly the El Niño–La Niña cycle and sea surface temperatures.
• Centre for Environmental and Resource Studies (CEARS) at Waikato University, New Zealand
  CEARS, established at Waikato University in 1990, is an interdisciplinary cross-schools unit administered in the School of Social Sciences. As an interdisciplinary centre, the central theme of CEARS is managing environmental change. In promoting this theme, CEARS seeks to facilitate an understanding of the interactions between people and their environments in a way that cuts across the conventional disciplinary boundaries between the natural and social sciences. A strong element of cooperation is therefore entailed, which CEARS has recognised and fostered in building a network of national and international collaborators in the pursuit of its goals.
• New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
• GtripleC Global Climate Change Consultancy
  Global Climate Change Consultancy is a specialist consultancy founded by Murray Ward in 2003.

» Pacific Regional Organizations

• The Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet)
  SIDSnet was initiated in 1997 as a follow up to the Barbados Programme of Action of 1994. It was recognised that all islands share common issues. SIDSnet was initiated by UNDP/SDNP and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
  
• South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
  The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is a regional organisation established by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region to look after its environment. This is reflected in the Mission Statement of SPREP which calls on the organisation, "to promote co-operation in the South Pacific region and to provide assistance in order to protect and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations". SPREP’s members total 26, consisting of all 22 Pacific island countries and territories, and four developed countries with direct interests in the region.
• South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
  The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) is an independent, inter-governmental, regional organisation established by a few South Pacific nations in 1972. Today Most members are developing Pacific Islands Countries. Australia and New Zealand do not receive Work Program assistance but are major donors. Through its Secretariat, SOPAC carries out a wide range of geoscience activities in the region. The Secretariat is located in Suva, Fiji Islands.

» Micronesia

• Sustainable Development Institute
  Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam