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Academic and Research Institutions
Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa CEEPA (SA) http://www.ceepa.co.za/
Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, UK http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/
CICERO: Centre for International Climate and Energy Research Oslo http://www.cicero.uio.no/index_e.asp
CSIR Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (SA) http://www.csir.co.za/
Energy Research Institute, Cape Town (SA)Now merged with EDRC to form ERC (Energy Research Centre) http://www.eri.uct.ac.za/
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/climate.html
GRID – Arendal http://www.grida.no/climate
IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development) Climate Change Programme http://www.iied.org/climate_change/
IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development): Climate Page http://www.iisd.org/climate/
National Research Foundation (SA) http://www.nrf.ac.za/
Stockholm Environment Centre – Ozone Layer Protection http://www.sei.se/atmosphere/ODS
South African Environmental Observation Network http://www.nrf.ac.za/saeon/news.html
UK Climate Impacts Programme http://www.ukcip.org.uk/
University of Cape Town: Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences (EGS) http://www.egs.uct.ac.za/
University of Cape Town: Climate Systems Analysis Group (CSAG) http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/
University of Natal: Pollution Research Group http://www.und.ac.za/und/prg
University of the Witswatersrand: Climate Research Group http://crg.bpb.wits.ac.za/
Water Research Commission (SA) http://www.wrc.org.za/
Did You Know?

The concentration of C02 in the atmosphere has increased more than 30% since the dawn of the industrial revolution and is now higher than it has been in 430 000 years




Climate Change could put 25% of all land animals and plants on a path to extinction over the next 50 years




With global warming, water availability is expected to decrease. 5 billion people are expected to be living in water stressed areas by 2050




1998 was the hottest year (globally) on record - followed by 2002, 2003 and 2004



Alaska's glaciers have melted more in the last 100 years than at any time in the past 10 centuries



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