Gardening in a Changing Climate: Resources on Global Climate Change

In the 1990s, most countries joined an international treaty — the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable. This Web site contains numerous resources — for beginners or experts — such as introductory and in-depth publications, the official UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol texts.

Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO. The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

Created in 1989 with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), sponsored by DOE's Office of Science, and managed by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research, ARM is a multi-laboratory, interagency program, and is a key contributor to national and international research efforts related to global climate change.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established by Presidential Initiative in 1989 and mandated by Congress in the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990 to “assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change.”

BER advances world-class biological and environmental research programs and scientific user facilities to support DOE’s energy, environment, and basic research missions.

The core purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Global Change Research Program is to develop scientific information that supports stakeholders, policy makers, and society at large as they respond to climate change and associated impacts on human health, ecosystems, and socioeconomic systems.

Resources and information from the EPA on the topic of Climate Change.

Central and Eastern European Countries within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.

The Royal Society has produced this overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science. This is not intended to provide exhaustive answers to every contentious argument that has been put forward by those who seek to distort and undermine the science of climate change and deny the seriousness of the potential consequences of global warming. Instead, the Society - as the UK's national academy of science - responds here to eight key arguments that are currently in circulation by setting out, in simple terms, where the weight of scientific evidence lies.

The Center for Climate Strategies is a nonprofit service organization that works directly with public officials and their stakeholders to identify, design, and implement policies that address climate mitigation, clean energy, and economic development opportunities.

Launched in 2011, C2ES is the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, long recognized in the United States and abroad as an influential and pragmatic voice on climate issues.

Launching in April 2011, Nature Climate Change is a new research journal covering global climate change, its impacts and implications for policy, the economy and society. The journal is accepting manuscripts through its online submission system.

CARMA provides information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about one-quarter of global emissions.

Use this resource to explore the NYBG grounds, including information about specific plants, bloom times, and garden features.

Guides from the Plant Information Office related to specific NYBG gardens, including their history, design, and current plantings.