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Chapter 15

The following suggestions are a tiny proportion of even the most useful sites. Generally, surf with care, and consider whether promoters of a site have an axe to grind.

The quality daily newspapers
www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange
www.times.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk

Government departments and related organizations:
DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) provides UK sustainability reports and much more: www.defra.gov.uk
The Department for Transport provides material on environment/transport related issues, including the company travel plans:www.dft.gov.uk
House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/environment__transport___regional_affairs_committee.cfm
UK local authority sites all have the same address format, e.g. Leeds City Council is: www.leeds.gov.uk

European sites
European Union general site: www.europa.eu
European Environment Agency: www.eea.dk
European Union Environment Directorate: http://ec.europa.eu/environment

Various United Nations sites
UN Commission for Environment and Development: wwwoneworld.org/uned-uk
UN Commission for Sustainable Development: www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm
UN Environment Programme (UNEP): www.unep.org

Environmental pressure groups, e.g.:
Friends of the Earth: www.foe.org.uk
Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org.uk

Other environmental websites
www.wri.org
The World Resources Institute. Especially useful for issues related to global warming. You can register to use the Climate Change Analysis Tool which allows you to create your own analyses, looking at particular variables and countries. Figure 15.3 was created using this tool.

Institute for European Environmental Policy: www.ieep.org.uk

Websites of complete courses on sustainable development:
Watch out for reputable sources. The following from which Figure 15.1 was adapted, is a good example:
web.dcp.ufl.edu/ckibert/Poland/index.htm