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[ + ]ABA Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems Committee
[ + ]Canada’s Action on Climate Change
| Title | Canada’s Action on Climate Change |
| Description | This Canadian government website focuses on how the country is working to achieve effective and ambitious climate change goals within their provinces and territories as well as with international partners. Includes Canada’s climate plan, publications including reports, and links to organizations. |
| URL | https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-action.html |
[ + ]Carnegie Melon University - Engineering and Public Policy Department
| Title | Carnegie Melon University - Engineering and Public Policy Department |
| Description | This Department integrates engineering and public policy with energy and environmental systems, working to solve problems at the interface of science, technology, and society. Focus areas include energy systems, climate and environment, technology innovation policy, risk analysis, and information and communication technology. Search content by using the search box or browse by selecting a topic from the menu. To see Carnegie Mellon University’s related resources, select “Research” and then “Research Centers.” |
| URL | https://www.cmu.edu/epp/ |
[ + ]Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
| Title | Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) |
| Description | C2ES, formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, is an international, independent, nonprofit organization working to advance policy and action to address energy issues and climate change. The organization works with policymakers and diverse stakeholders to help meet climate and energy challenges. One of the highlights of the C2ES website is the “Policy Hub,” where you can find the latest energy and climate change policies divided into five categories: international; U.S. federal; state; city and local; and carbon pricing. Other resources include climate basics; proposed climate solutions; and an extensive library with articles, maps, papers, and publications. |
| URL | http://www.c2es.org/ |
[ + ]Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)
| Title | Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) |
| Description | CAKE aims to build a shared knowledge base for maintaining natural and built systems in the face of climate change by providing clear and organized information on the subject. Its Resources section includes case studies, documents, tools, and guides/toolkits for specific environmental law areas. Users can search by keyword or browse by climate change impact, region, scale, sector, adaptation phase, and habitat. |
| URL | http://www.cakex.org/ |
[ + ]Climate Analytics
| Title | Climate Analytics |
| Description | Climate Analytics brings cutting edge science and policy analysis focused on climate change to provide support and capacity building to stakeholders. Climate Analytics addresses various areas, such as: Adaptation, Climate Diplomacy, Climate Finance, Climate Impacts and Risks, Climate Justice, Decarbonization, Loss and Damage, and the 1.5ºC Limit. Each area lists related frequently asked questions, publications, projects, and articles. |
| URL | https://climateanalytics.org |
[ + ]Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST)
| Title | Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) |
| Description | CEJST, developed by the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, provides an interactive map and uses dataset indicators in eight categories: climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development, to identify communities experiencing burdens in these areas. |
| URL | https://screeningtool.geoplatform.gov/en/about#3/33.47/-97.5 |
[ + ]Climate Change Laws (and Litigation) of the World
| Title | Climate Change Laws (and Litigation) of the World |
| Description | The Climate Change Laws of the World is a database that compiles over a decade’s worth of data from the Grantham Research Institute at LSE and the Sabin Center at Columbia Law School. The database compiles climate news and policy developments in energy, transport, land use, and climate resilience areas. The search box will allow users to search via keywords in over 5,000 documents or scroll to the bottom of the site to find featured content. |
| URL | https://climate-laws.org/ |
[ + ]Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: Climate Change Litigation Databases
| Title | Columbia Law School Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: Climate Change Litigation Databases |
| Description | Comprehensive, detailed database organized for easy navigation to cases organized by federal statutory claims, state law claims, constitutional claims, public trust claims, climate protestors and scientists, adaptation, etc. Also searchable by keyword, and cases can be filtered in a number of ways including filing year, court, and principal law. . |
| URL | https://climatecasechart.com/ |
[ + ]Department of Agriculture: National Agricultural Library - Climate Change
[ + ]Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Clean Air Markets Program Data
| Title | Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Clean Air Markets Program Data |
| Description | This website enables the user to search all EPA data related to air emissions and the Clean Air Markets Program. Users may create a search query or access maps and reports regarding the EPA’s air emissions data. Search queries can be used to find data pertaining to emissions, allowance, compliance, and facility/unit collected under EPA’s federal emissions trading programs. |
| URL | https://campd.epa.gov/ |
[ + ]Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change Research
| Title | Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Change Research |
| Description | The EPA’s Climate Change website provides information about “how climate change impacts human health and the environment.” EPA’s Climate Change page focuses research on Air Quality, Community Resilience, Ecosystems & Water Quality, Energy, Human Health, and provides other tools. |
| URL | https://www.epa.gov/climate-research |
[ + ]Global Change Research Program
| Title | Global Change Research Program |
| Description | A federal program that coordinates climate change resources among 15 federal agencies to coordinate federal research and to improve the flow of information to policy-makers, federal, state, and local decision-makers, and the public. A gateway to authoritative science, reports, indicators, key federal resources, websites. |
| URL | http://www.globalchange.gov/ |
[ + ]Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
| Title | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
| Description | The IPCC is the United Nations body for assessing climate change related science. The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change occurs. It also produces Special Reports on topics agreed to by its member governments, as well as Methodology Reports that provide guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories. The “Library” tab will allow users to search through these reports. |
| URL | https://www.ipcc.ch/ |
[ + ]International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
| Title | International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
| Description | IIED is an independent research organization that connects users to a variety of publications including policy briefs, reports, articles, pocket guides, handbooks, working papers, and books. The Publication database hosts topics such as: biodiversity; drylands and pastoralism; fisheries; governance; law; policy and planning; water; climate change; economics; food and agriculture; green economy; monitoring, evaluating, and learning; poverty; forests; communications; energy; gender; land acquisitions and rights; natural resource management; sustainable markets; and urban. Users can search all publications through the database, sign up for the newsletters, or use the search box. |
| URL | http://www.iied.org |
[ + ]International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Climate Change
| Title | International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Climate Change |
| Description | The IISD is an international organization that uses innovative research, communication, and partnerships to promote human development and environmental sustainability. IISD “partners with countries to help them cope with a changing climate” and shares their learned knowledge on this page. Scroll down and find a link to the Climate Change Adaptation page to find the IISD’s recent projects and published articles relating to climate change around the world. |
| URL | https://www.iisd.org/focus-areas/climate |
[ + ]NASA – Global Climate Change
| Title | NASA – Global Climate Change |
| Description | NASA’s Climate Change page curates climate change facts and data collected from earth-observation satellites and scientists. This "Explore This Section” tab features Facts, Vital Signs, Mitigation and Adaption, and Stories. This page is invaluable to find scientific data for climate change claims. |
| URL | https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/ |
[ + ]National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Climate.gov
| Title | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Climate.gov |
| Description | NOAA is the federal agency dedicated to climate, weather, and marine and coastal ecosystems. Their climate page features monitoring tools, reports, case studies, data, news, maps, videos, articles, reports, fact sheets, and presentations. The Resilience Toolkit allows users to select climate hazards and create workable solutions to avoid risks. |
| URL | http://climate.gov/ |
[ + ]Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – Climate Change
| Title | Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – Climate Change |
| Description | NRDC’s page dedicated to climate change includes a variety of news, blog posts, reports, press releases, articles, issue briefs, actions, and links to other organizations. From this page, users can find links to other environmental topics connected to climate change, such as: Agriculture & Food, Industrial Production, Buildings, Climate Adaptation, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Finance, and Transportation. |
| URL | https://www.nrdc.org/issues/climate-change?page=2 |
[ + ]RealClimate
| Title | RealClimate |
| Description | RealClimate is a blog site on “climate science from client scientists” who aim to provide climate context “missing in mainstream commentary.” The “Home” page provides users with blogs, reports, and data sources, while the “Start Here” tab links users to other helpful resources for climate change research. |
| URL | http://www.realclimate.org/ |
[ + ]Sabin Center for Climate Change Law - Columbia Law School
| Title | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law - Columbia Law School |
| Description | The Sabin Center provides an abundance of resources related to all aspects of climate change and the law. The Center aims to train the next generation of climate change lawyers by focusing on regulatory tracking, participation, and the development of model laws and best practices. The Center has four program areas: Renewable Energy, Carbon Management & Negative Emissions, Climate Litigation, and Environmental Justice. The “Resources” tab will lead users to a plethora of climate change related sources, such as the Carbon Dioxide Removal Law Database, Climate Attribution Database, Climate Change Litigation Database, and more. The “Publications” tab will bring users to the Searchable Library to search by different environmental categories. |
| URL | https://climate.law.columbia.edu/ |
[ + ]Society of Environmental Journalists – Climate Change
| Title | Society of Environmental Journalists – Climate Change |
| Description | The SEJ’s mission is to advance public understanding of environmental issues, including climate change, by improving the quality, accuracy, and visibility of environmental reporting. The Climate Change page provides links websites, articles, special reports, and blogs. |
| URL | https://www.sej.org/topic-beat/climate-change |
[ + ]United Nations Environment Programme – Climate Change
| Title | United Nations Environment Programme – Climate Change |
| Description | UNEP is the environmental voice of the United Nations. The climate change section features articles, reports and a climate action newsroom relating to Adaptation & Resilience, Mitigation, Loss & Damage, Climate Finance, Climate Transparency, and Nationally Determined Contributions. |
| URL | http://www.unep.org/climatechange/ |
[ + ]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
| Title | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) |
| Description | The UNFCCC, the precursor to the Kyoto Protocol, is an international treaty to cooperatively consider how to limit global temperature increase and climate change, and to prepare for mitigation and adaptation. Users can access reports, news, and data, as well as information on meetings, topics, and climate action. |
| URL | https://unfccc.int/ |
[ + ]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Kyoto Protocol
[ + ]United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Paris Agreement
| Title | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Paris Agreement |
| Description | The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has a page dedicated to the the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. The website page includes the text of the Agreement (found under “Related Documents”), a brief description of how it works, Nationally Determined Contributions, and Long-Term Strategies. These pages contain recent news and documents related to the topic. |
| URL | https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement |
[ + ]United States Geologic Center: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
| Title | United States Geologic Center: Climate Adaptation Science Centers |
| Description | The USGA Climate Adaptation Science Centers is a program that pairs scientists with resource managers and local communities to “help fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapt to a changing climate.” This site provides news, publications, and data. |
| URL | https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers |
[ + ]Vanuatu's National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
| Title | Vanuatu's National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Description | Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction is an advisory body over climate change programs. This government website hosts climate change tools, research, and information on climate change adaptation, and climate impacts. It also has maps, statistics, forums, news, articles, data, videos, and a glossary of terms. |
| URL | http://nab.vu/ |
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