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Climate and Neutral
The original Climate Neutral Network was an Oregon based non-profit organization founded by Sue Hall and incorporated in 1999 to persuade companies that being climate neutral was potentially cost saving as well as environmentally sustainable.
It developed both the Climate Neutral Certification and Climate Cool brand name with key stakeholders such as the US EPA, The Nature Conservancy, Rocky Mountain Institute, Conservation International, and the World Resources Institute and succeeded in enrolling the 2002 Winter Olympics to compensate for its associated greenhouse gas emissions.
Interestingly, the for-profit consulting firm, Climate Neutral Business Network, lists the same Sue Hall as CEO and lists many of the same companies who were participants in the original Climate Neutral Network, as consulting clients.
Few companies have actually attained Climate Neutral Certification, applying to a rigorous review process and establishing that they have achieved absolute net zero or better impact on the world's climate.
Shaklee Corporation announced it became the first Climate Neutral certified company in April 2000.
Climate Neutral Business Network states that it certified Dave Matthews Band's concert tour as Climate Neutral.
The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) announced it was becoming climate neutral in 2008 and established a Climate Neutral Network to promote the idea in February 2008.
In February 2008, Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Norway were the first four countries to join the Climate Neutral Network, an initiative led by the United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) to catalyze global action towards low carbon economies and societies.
These include website neutralization projects like CO < sub > 2 </ sub > Stats and, the similar European initiative CO < sub > 2 </ sub > neutral website as well as the Climate Neutral Network, Caring for Climate, and Together campaign.
Climate Neutral Certification was established and trademarked originally through the Climate Neutral Network, an Oregon based non-profit organization, not to be confused with the UNEP's Climate Neutral Network.

Climate and Network
* Climate History Network, network of historical climatologists, updated 2012
Rearing a relatively small number of grazing animals can be beneficial, as the Food Climate Research Network at Surrey University reports: " A little bit of livestock production is probably a good thing for the environment.
* Climate History Network, network of historical climatologists, updated 2012
* Indian Network on Climate Change Assessment
Frankfort Climate Action Network, Working to raise awareness about the threat of climate change and solutions for it.
* Climate Action Network, an international non-governmental network to limit human-induced climate change
The Ecology Club works as a part of the Campus Climate Challenge and is affiliated with the Virginia Climate Action Network.

Climate and also
This project has also been approved by the Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) for reduction of emission of methane gas into the climate and has been registered with a capacity of reducing 108, 686 metric tonnes CO2 equivalent per annum.
Climate change may also affect the biological pump in the future by warming and stratifying the surface ocean, thus reducing the supply of limiting nutrients to surface waters.
Climate also includes statistics other than the average, such as the magnitudes of day-to-day or year-to-year variations.
In some cases, the term is also used with a presumption of human causation, as in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ).
Climate also affects the supply of fuel for cooking ; a common Chinese food preparation method was cutting food into small pieces to cook foods quickly and conserve scarce firewood and charcoal.
In 2009, the university had also signed the University and College Presidents ’ Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada, which commits the university to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1, 500 Years ( 2007 ) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered ( 2009 ) with Craig Idso.
Climate also varies dramatically with altitude and with location on the Pacific Ocean or on the Sea of Japan.
See also: North Korea # Climate
Climate change in the Arctic | Arctic shrinkage s of 2007 compared to 2005 and also compared to the 1979 – 2000 average.
See also Arctic, Temperate zone, Tropics, Seasons and Climate
See also: Climate
Global warming as an aspect of climate change also became a major concern, and the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) after the Earth Summit helped coordinate efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
The Medieval Warm Period ( MWP ), Medieval Climate Optimum, or Medieval Climatic Anomaly was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region, that may also have been related to other climate events around the world during that time, including in China, and other countries lasting from about AD 950 to 1250.
Climate also indirectly influences soil formation through the effects of vegetation cover and biological activity, which modify the rates of chemical reactions in the soil.
See also: Climate of Malta
Climate change is also a significant issue ; it was recently realised that this has caused the extinction of the endemic snail Rhachistia aldabrae.
See also: Climate
Its previous Director, Professor Judith Rees, is also chair of the school's Grantham Institute on Climate Change, an adviser to the World Bank as well as sitting on the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation and the International Scientific Advisory Council ( ISAC ).
It is also the first " Climate Smart Community " and the first " Tree City " in Rockland County.
He also wrote two travelogues that were widely read at the time, entitled Florida: Its Scenery, Climate and History ( 1875 ) and Sketches of India ( 1876 ) ( although he never visited India ).
Climate also affects which organisms are present, affecting the soil chemically and physically ( movement of roots ).
The declaration also criticised the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, saying: " Energy is essential for all economic growth, and fossil fuels provide today's principal global energy source.
The SNP also agreed to nominate Patrick Harvie, one of the Green MSPs, to convene one of the Holyrood committees: Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.
Sununu opposed the Climate Stewardship Act of 2003, which would have also created a cap-and-trade program.

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