VCE Global Politics Unit 2: Global Connections: Cooperation in Climate Change

CAN is a global network of over 1500 civil society organisations and focusses on centering people and climate impacts, ending fossil fuels, transformative national climate action plans and multilateral action and advocacy by convening UN climate negotiations and other international forums.

Greenpeaace is global network of 26 independent national and regional organisations coordinated by Greenpeace International. This website provides information on issues relating to energy, nature and climate and the associated campaigns for action that individuals and communities can be involved in, to effect change and hold governments and corporations to account.

The Climate Crisis section of this website provides information on climate change and its programs to pressure governments to act, and to provide support for businesses and communities working towards a "net-zero, climate-resilient future".

UN Climate Change, is the UN entity that supports intergovernmental climate change negotiations to advance targets set by the Convention, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol. This website provides a wealth of information on climate action topics, conventions and meetings, and associated publications.

The WMO is a sepcialised agency of the UN, and provides a framework for international cooperation in relation to weather, climate and water.

A coalition of governments, intergovernmental organisations, business, scientific and civil society organisations. It has the common purpose of reducing short-lived climate pollutants (black carbon, methane, HFCs and tropospheric ozone).

The GEF consists of the governments of over 180 countries, and civil society and private sector organisations, with the aim of enabling developing countries and countries with economies in transition to undertake environmental projects.

IPCC is the United Nations' body for assessing science related to climate change.

The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon, calls on signatories to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. There are currently over 300 signatories - find out what taking the pledge entails and what progress the signatories are making.