A EU-funded research project designed to better understand, quantify and predict under current and future scenarios the carbon balance of Europe.

Website providing information about a joint research project of Princeton University, BP and the Ford Motor Company into impacts of climate change and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The site includes research papers that can be downloaded.

Information on US DOE's Office of Science research and development activities in sequestering carbon underground, in terrestrial ecosystems, in the ocean, and through manipulation of microbes.

U.S. DOE research aimed at enhancing carbon capture and long-term sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems.

Information about the CSLF and its activities, including endorsed projects, papers and presentations.

Texas Bureau of Economic Geology describes its research initiatives on the potential to sequester carbon in saline geologic formations and abandoned oil/gas reservoirs.

Carbon offset projects in tropical forests with combined carbon, biodiversity and social benefits.

Information about syntheses and studies to solve problems of industrial partners regarding greenhouse gases (including taxation, permits for carbon trading, technical-economic studies, feasibility studies for capture and storage of CO2, forecasting studies).

A scheme that lets individuals and companies pay to offset their CO2 emissions by investing in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other projects that reduce emissions. Also provides background information and practical advice.

Describes efforts by eight of the world's leading energy companies to reduce the cost of CO2 capture from combustion sources and to develop methods for safely storing carbon dioxide underground.

United States Department of Energy (DOE) view of techniques for storing carbon in the ocean.

U.S. Department of Energy program of research and other efforts to develop mid- to long-term solutions for reducing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, including sequestration in oceans, geologic formations, and terrestrial ecosystems.

Environmental Synergy, Inc. (ESI) is a service organization providing reforestation and carbon quantification services to corporate clients as a means to offset carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promote sustainable forestry.

U.S. EPA and Southern Research Institute (SRI partnership provides independent verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and monitoring technologies.

Frequently asked questions presented by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A UK company that will plant trees (for a fee) on behalf individuals and companies in order to offset their carbon emissions.

Standards and guidance regarding corporate greenhouse gas accounting and reporting.

Investigating the performance of technologies to mitigate and monitor greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Research overview of the production of carbon sequestering fertilizer made during renewable hydrogen production.

Study of the potential for sequestering carbon from alternative land-use management options in SubSaharan Africa developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

The MGSC will assess the potential for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide in the deeply buried unminable coal seams, depleting oil or gas reservoirs, and brine-filled rock formations found in the Illinois Basin.

Background information and details of research projects.

Information about research by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) into ocean sequestration of carbon dioxide.

A website dedicated to helping business of all sizes to understand and take action on climate change.

Multinational study to demonstrate the viability of full carbon accounting on a regional basis using the environmental tools and systems available to us today and in the near future. Site provides news, data and other information.

Animation showing the separation process of CO2 and natural gas as used by Statoil prior to underground CO2 storage.

The Carbon Fund is financing and promoting the protection, restoration and enhancement of forests all over the world through carbon sequestration, an important tool in preventing global climate change.

The Carbon Trust is an independent not for profit company set up by the UK Government with support from business to take the lead on low carbon technology and innovation in the UK.

Describes U.S. public-private research and development on methods for capture and geologic sequestration of CO2.

A report that highlights the considerable uncertainty in the scientific understanding of the causes, magnitude and permanence of the land carbon sink. The full report (27 pages) and a summary are available.

Paper by Hansen and Sato (PNAS 2001;98:14778) makes the case for an increased focus on methane and aerosols in the short-term in order to mitigate climate change.

A comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks in U.S. agriculture and forests. Provides extensive, in-depth emissions and sinks estimates for livestock, cropland, and forests, as well as energy consumption in livestock and cropland agriculture

EPA methane and utility outreach programs are intended to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.