The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6) brings together Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States of America - representing around half the world's emissions, energy use, GDP and population - to address the challenges of climate change, energy security and air pollution, using private-public task forces in a way that aims to encourage economic development and reduce poverty.

http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org...

http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/english/default.aspx

Includes links to information about air quality, air toxics, global warming and climate change, indoor air, National Pollutant Inventory, ozone protection, and reducing pollution from motor vehicles.

http://www.environment.gov.au...

http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/

The Australian Government is establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme as part of an effective framework for meeting the climate change challenge.

http://www.climatechange.gov.au...

http://www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/cprs.aspx

Climate summarises the average, range and variability of weather elements, e.g. rain, wind, temperature, fog, thunder, and sunshine, observed over many years at a location or across an area. In order to understand the climate better, the Bureau collects a wide range of data from the atmosphere, oceans and land surface.

http://www.bom.gov.au...

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/

The Climate Change Division of the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry manages Australian Government policies and programs to help primary industries and producers make choices and decisions to adapt and respond to climate change.

http://www.daff.gov.au...

http://www.daff.gov.au/climatechange

Provides details about the Otway Project where Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) can play a major part in achieving deep cuts to Victorian greenhouse gas emissions by permanently storing carbon dioxide underground.

http://www.co2crc.com.au...

http://www.co2crc.com.au/

The Garnaut Climate Change Review has been commissioned by Australia's Commonwealth, state and territory governments to examine the impacts, challenges and opportunities of climate change for Australia. A Draft Report was released on 4 July 2008. The Supplementary Draft Report "Targets and trajectories" was released on 5 September 2008. The Final Report was released on 30 September 2008.

http://www.garnautreview.org.au...

http://www.garnautreview.org.au

Provides information about drought in Australia, with links to information on El Nino, climate change and global warming, managing water for the future and a link to a map of Melbourne's rainfall patterns. Also provides links to other sites, for example, CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology, consumer guides.

http://drought.melbournewater.com.au...

http://drought.melbournewater.com.au/

The Managing Climate Variability Program has been helping Australian farmers to manage climate risk on-the-ground for over a decade, providing them with practical tools to incorporate climate information into farm business decisions.

http://www.managingclimate.gov.au...

http://www.managingclimate.gov.au/

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will be phased in from 1 July 2011 and a new, ambitious 25 per cent by 2020 target has been put on the table, as part of a package of new measures announced by the Government.

http://www.climatechange.gov.au...

http://www.climatechange.gov.au/publications/cprs/white-paper/cprs-whitepaper.aspx