Publications from external organisations
Below is a list of links to key publications on air pollution, climate change, ozone depletion and sustainability issues (including energy, waste and transport). Where the full publciation is available in PDF, a direct download link is provided. Where there is no PDF version, or it is split into many downloadbale sections, a link to the website is provided instead.
The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (January 2000): Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Addendum to the Air Quality Strategy (February 2003): PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Working Together for Clean Air - Leaflet: PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
UK Emissions of Air Pollutants 1970 to 2000 (July 2002): Website
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory.
UK Emissions of Air Pollutants 1970 to 1999 (November 2001): Website
UK National Air Quality Archive.
Transboundary Air Pollution - Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone in the UK (2001): Website | PDF
National Expert Group on Transboundary Air Pollution (NEGTAP).
Status of UK Critical Loads - Critical Loads Methods Data & Maps (2003): Website
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Climate Change 2001 - The Scientific Basis: Website
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - The Scientific Basis (Summary for Policymakers): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - The Scientific Basis (Technical Summary): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Website
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Summary for Policymakers): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (Technical Summary): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Mitigation: Website
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Mitigation (Summary for Policymakers): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change 2001 - Mitigation (Technical Summary): PDF
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Climate Change - The UK Programme (November 2000): Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Climate Change - The UK Programme - A Summary (November 2000): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom Scientific Report (April 2002): Website
UK Climate Impacts Programme.
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom Briefing Report (April 2002): Website
UK Climate Impacts Programme.
The Impacts of Climate Change: Implications for Defra (February 2003): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom (October 1998): PDF
UK Climate Impacts Programme.
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom Summary (October 1998): PDF
UK Climate Impacts Programme.
Regional Studies of Climate Change in the UK: Website
UK Climate Impacts Programme.
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK (April 2001): Website
Department of Health.
Climate Change and UK Nature Conseravation (2001): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Hadley Centre Communications to the Conference of Parties: Website
Hadley Centre.
The United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change (1992): Website | PDF
United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change.
The Kyoto Protocol (1997): Website | PDF
United Nations Framework Conventionon Climate Change.
UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory, 1990 to 2000 (April 2002): Website
UK National Air Quality Archive.
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion Executive Summary (2002): PDF
World Meteorological Organization.
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion (2002): Website
World Meteorological Organization.
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion Executive Summary (1998): Website | PDF
United Nations Environment Programme / World Meteorological Organization (hosted by NOAA).
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion Executive Summary (1994): Website
United Nations Environment Programme / World Meteorological Organization (hosted by NOAA).
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (updated 2000): Website | PDF
United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat.
The Vienna Convention (updated 2001): PDF
United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat.
Action on Ozone (2000): PDF
United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat.
The Ozone Story (for children, updated 2000): PDF
United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat.
Digest of Environmental Statistics (2002): Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
The Environment in your Pocket (2002): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Achieving a better quality of life (2002 update): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Achieving a better quality of life (2001 update): Website | PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Achieving a better quality of life (2000 update): Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
A better quality of life - a strategy for sustainable development for the UK (1999): Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Waste Strategy 2000 for England and Wales: Website
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Our energy future - creating a low carbon economy (February 2003): Website | PDF
Department of Trade and Industry.
Energy - The Changing Climate (RCEP's 22nd Report, June 2000): Website
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
The Government Response to the RCEP's 22nd Report, 'Energy - The Changing Climate' (February 2003): PDF
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
Energy Consumption in the UK (July 2002): PDF
Department of Trade and Industry.