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Background Research
- Fundamentals of NegotiationTips on UN-style negotiations from Model United Nations
- United Nations Climate Change research guideLinks to United Nations publications, initiatives, and resources on climate change.
- "Protecting the Biosphere and Its Inhabitants" in Fasulo, Linda, An Insider’s Guide to the UN. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.Overview on UN efforts to protect the environment, written in 2003.
- UNFCCC reports from Copenhagen (2009)Documents from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change proceedings in Copenhagen, December 2009. Includes agenda, reports, documents, and decisions from the conference.
- UN Member States documentsOrganized by country name, this page provides documents, mission statements, speeches, and more reflecting the views of United Nations Member States.
- BBC News Country ProfilesProvides a guide to the history, politics and economics of countries and territories. Use it to locate background information on important international institutions and NGO's. You can also find audio and video from the BBC archives.
- CIA World FactbookUpdated on a bi-weekly basis, the CIA Factbook, give a quick snapshot of each nation's demography, economy, government, geography, and other sectors such as transportation, communication, transportation and military.
- World Bank Open DataOpen access to data about development in countries around the globe. Note: use "browse by Country" to find information on your assigned country.
- IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K. and Reisinger, A. (Eds.)
IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. - CO2 ScienceThis site provides information on the up side of climate change and the benefits of added CO2. This group receives major funding from energy industries.
- Skeptical ScienceA summary of global warming and climate change myths, sorted by recent popularity vs what science says.
- Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
The successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change and a credible, independent force for pragmatic climate action.
Additional Background Research
For political, social, and economic background information:
- Council on Foreign Relations ExplainersThe CFR provides succinct explanations of current political and economic issues. Can be browsed by issue, region and year. The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowAn excellent source for background information and getting started on a topic, CQ Researcher encompasses original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news. It offers in-depth, unbiased coverage of political and social issues.
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new windowFull text of working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
U.S. Government Information
- Congressional Research Services Reports from UNTThe Congressional Research service issues reports to Congress on important topics. The Univ. of North Texas makes reports available.
- U.S. Energy Information Agency; Natural GasProvides data on exploration and reserves, storage, imports and exports, production, prices and sales.
- United States Environmental Protection AgencyOfficial Website of the EPA. A quick way to drill down to info on your topic is to use the popular topics list. You can also search the website by Keyword in the top right searchbox.