Trusted sources

Analysis & data sources

• United Nations Climate Change. The UN entity tasked with “supporting the global response to the threat of climate change” - has information e.g. on COP27

• The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Data. The UN body responsibe for assessing the science related to climate change

• NASA Global Climate Change. Aims to provide accurate, accessible and actionable information about the rapidly changing climate

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO). An agency of the UN, dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources.

• Berkeley Earth - Data. US non-profit focused on environmental data science

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) (NOAA) - Data. US government agency tasked with informing public of the changing environment

• 2 Degrees Institute. Home of open source carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide data and graphs

• Met Office - Data. Source of UK weather data, with its own major Climate Research programme

• National Grid ESO. Open data from Great Britain’s Electricity System Operator on e.g. daily renewables use

• Carbon Brief. A UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy

• Cosmos. From Carbon Brief. Containing more than 1.8 million unique publications, the database represents the most complete and expansive mapping of human knowledge on climate change ever assembled.

• Our World in Data. Academic group in Oxford, providing research and open access data “to make progress against the world’s largest problems” - example report on historical CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions

• Reuters Climate Monitor. Choose your location and see how today’ temperatures compare to the historic average. Dashboard of graphs and table. Link works on phone only.

Sustainability

• The International Energy Agency (IEA) - Data and Statistics. The IEA works with governments and industry to shape a secure and sustainable energy future for all

• UN Environment Programme - Publications and Data. UN agency for sustainable development - Blog

• International Science-Policy Platform for People and Nature (IPBES). Biodiversity and ecosystem reporting

• Global Footprint Network. “Measure what you treasure”: home of “Earth Overshoot Day” visualisation - the day each year when we have collectively consumed a year’s worth of the Earth’s resources

• MIT Joint program on the science and policy of global change. Risk and policy analysis. Home of Greenhouse Gamble (TM)

• Union of Concerned Scientists. member-supported non-profit “fighting for a safer and healthier world”. Good explainers

Wider reporting

• Open Democracy. Independent international media platform - example project: “Dark Money Investigations” - who pays for what

• The Conversation. Pairing academics with independent journalists - example piece: “Five climate change science misconceptions - debunked”

• Politico. “Nonpartisan journalism and actionable intelligence about European politics and policy” - includes section: “Energy and Climate”

• Byline Times. Investigative journalists - example archive: “The Climate Emergency”

• Social Change Lab. Analysis of social protest

Debunking

• Skeptical Science. Skeptical Science is a well-respected non-profit science education organisation, run by a global team of volunteers, which aims to explain what peer-reviewed science has to say about global warming.

• Desmog UK. Investigative media outlet dedicated to cutting through the spin clouding the debate on energy and environment in Britain

• Climate Feedback. Worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage

Other tools & resources

• Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change

• Climate Tipping Points. A blog providing clarity on climate tipping points by a researcher and writer at Future Earth

• ACS - Climate Science Toolkit . Non-profit, mainly US chemistry academic society

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Information on global food security

• World Health Organisation - Data on health inequality. Explainers on e.g. air pollution

• 5 Gyres. Information on plastic pollution

• World Wildlife Fund. Has sections on e.g. Climate and Sustainability

• Climate Psychology Alliance. Psychology for understanding and facing climate change and difficult truths – responding to ecological crisis and helping each other engage

• Grantham Research Institute. Based at the LSE, this is a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment. See their Frequently Asked Questions on climate change.

• Climate Action Tracker. An independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C." A collaboration of two organisations, Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute (sic), the CAT has been providing this independent analysis to policymakers since 2009

• Climate Interactive. A group that is seeking effective and equitable climate action. Makes the online En-ROADS climate solutions simulator. Play around with energy, transport, carbon pricing etc. and see what happens

• Current vs Future Cities. Interactive visualiation (using Pageflow) of what your city will be like at 1,2,4,6 or 8 degrees of warming

• XKCD - Earth’s temperature timeline. Very informative and also a true work of art…