Government Resources

The United Nations Climate Action website contains data regarding climate change, clean energy, and information for cutting emissions.

The Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) supports OAS Member States in efforts to accelerate the transition to sustainability through policy and technical assistance; capacity building; enabling improved practices that lead to tangible environmental, social, and economic gains that foster sustainable development and Inter-American cooperation. Visit the website for a variety of reports and data regarding climate change, sustainability, and special projects.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for protecting and conserving natural heritage, predicting weather and environmental conditions, preventing and managing pollution, and promoting clean growth and a sustainable environment for present and future generations. Visit the website for data and reports.

A website of the Government of Canada that contains data and information about weather, climate change, agriculture, wildlife, energy, natural resources, pollution, environmental protection and fishing.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. Visit the site for a variety of data and reports on climate change.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries. It is a forum and knowledge hub for data, analysis and best practices in public policy. They have a variety of publications and data on climate change, inflation, household incomes, GDP, and much more.

The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.

The United Nations Children's Fund is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. They provide a variety of data on climate change, health, education, gender equality, nutrition, poverty, mortality, and sanitation for countries throughout the world.

The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention has universal membership (198 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global average temperature rise this century as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The ultimate objective of all three agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame which allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development. Visit this site for information regarding climate change and climate change data.

As the lead United Nations agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnerships and institutional capabilities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Our work is centred around six core development areas, known as our signature solutions: poverty and inequality, governance, resilience, environment, energy and gender equality.

This is an unofficial copy of the CEJST that was once hosted by the U.S. government, but is now hosted by EDGI. The tool has an interactive map and uses datasets that are indicators of burdens in eight categories: climate change, energy, health, housing, legacy pollution, transportation, water and wastewater, and workforce development. The tool uses this information to identify communities that are experiencing these burdens. These are the communities that are disadvantaged because they are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution.

The Climate Change Transparency Project of the National Security Archive focuses on uncovering previously closed and classified documents that illuminate the policy debates and decisions that have guided the United States through more than 40 years of climate change negotiations and global environmental issues.

The Climate Mirror Project is trying to mirror and safely archive U.S. Govt. websites and datasets related to climate, climate change, and global warming. This is an ongoing effort and ideally it should be completed before the Trump Administration takes office. The Project started from a tweet of journalist Eric Holthaus. Quickly after that tweet, a Google Docs Spreadsheet was published and scientists from around the world immediately started submitting datasets to archive before it's too late. Soon after some datasets were published, individuals started mirroring them. This website, climate.daknob.net, was one of the first to help and currently a lot of datasets are hosted here. The project is currently being lead by the Data Refuge Project of the University of Pennsylvania.

The Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI) is a research collaborative and network of diverse professionals promoting evidence-based policy-making and public interest science that advances the Environmental Right-to-Know (ERTK). Visit the website for a variety of reports and publications regarding climate change. EDGI is also hosting the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool.

The Environmental Defense Fund is a non-profit committed to climate justice. Visit the site for informational videos, recent published research, and more.

EDGI’s website monitoring team is monitoring thousands of federal government webpages to track changes under the Trump administration. The Federal Environmental Web Tracker makes these changes publicly available and searchable. Specifically, the Tracker is a collection of documented changes to environment-related federal webpages that EDGI’s team deems noteworthy. It will be updated weekly.

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada. It is a global network of independent campaigning organizations that use peaceful protest and creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green, just, and joyful future. Visit the website for a variety of research and reports.

Visit the CSU Stanislaus Library's Indigenous Studies & Sustainability Guide for resources in Indigenous sustainability.

The Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP) leverages the spirit of collaboration to create multi-sector strategies that strengthen the role of data in environmental and climate governance. Through pilots, workshops, research, and narrative building, OEDP works to [re]build trust between communities, government, civil society, and science. OEDP articulates improved processes within current environmental governance, while also envisioning generative environmental futures -- leading to the goal of healthier communities, robust natural systems, and collective action paired with matching policy levers.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. Visit their Climate, Energy, and Environment page for research and analysis regarding climate change.

The Public Environmental Data Partners are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. They are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work.

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that works to improve policy and decision making. Visit the site for reports and data on a variety of topics including climate change, public health, and more.

RFF is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC with a mission to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions. Visit the site for research, publications, and data tools regarding climate change.

A running event focused on the importance of salmon to the Winnemem Wintu and their ancestral watershed near Mt. Shasta, California. The site includes information about the movement, but also includes information regarding the history of salmon migration in the area and curriculum for K-12 students.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is a national nonprofit organization founded more than 50 years ago by scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future. Visit the site for a variety of reports on climate, energy, transportation, food, nuclear weapons, and more.

The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. They provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance and help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to tackle today’s intertwined development challenges. Access World Bank Group's Open Data platform for free and open access to global development data.