Environment: Government Sources - Climate Change

Local Resources

U.S. Government Resources

Climate Change and Public Health - Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
The CDC’s Climate and Health Program is helping state and city health departments prepare for the specific health impacts of climate change that their communities will face.
Climate Science Special Report
The Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) is designed to be an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States, to serve as the foundation for efforts to assess climate-related risks and inform decision-making about responses.
NASA - Global Climate Change
Provides the public with accurate and timely news and information about Earth’s changing climate, along with current data and visualizations, presented from the unique perspective of NASA.
National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
Federal science and technology reports.
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy - Department of Energy
Their mission is to create and sustain American leadership in the transition to a global clean energy economy.
Science.gov
Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 13 federal agencies.
Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2)
SOCCR2 is an authoritative decadal assessment of carbon cycle science across North America, developed by over 200 experts from the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governments, national laboratories, universities, private sector, and research institutions.
U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
U.S. Energy Information Administration
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Climate Change
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. Be sure to check out their content on Climate Change Science and Climate Change Indicators.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGCRP conducts state-of-the-art research to understand the interactive processes that influence the total Earth system—which includes the atmosphere, oceans, land, ice, ecosystems, and people.

Washington State Resources

Intergovernmental/International Resources

International Energy Agency
United Nations Environment Programme - Climate Change
United Nations Human Development Reports
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ECOLEX - gateway to environmental law
ECOLEX is a resource for environmental law, operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP and includes information on treaties, national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature.
World Bank Data - Open Data
World Bank - Climate Change

Non-governmental Resources

Center for Climate Change and Energy Solutions
Their mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts.
Climate Central
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public.
Climate Reality Project
Their mission is to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society.
The Consensus Project
Their mission is to communicate the overwhelming scientific agreement on anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming to the public at large.
Lancet Countdown
An international research collaboration, dedicated to tracking the world's response to climate change, and the health benefits that emerge from this transition.
Power Scorecard
A tool for consumers that grades the types of generation resources used to produce electricity according to their effects on the environment.
Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is facilitating a broad coalition of researchers, scientists, graduate students, PhDs, post-docs, policy makers, business leaders and activists to assemble and present the best available information on climate solutions in order to describe their beneficial financial, social and environmental impact over the next thirty years.
Sightline Institute
An independent, nonprofit research and communications center.
Solutions Project
The Solutions Project accelerates the transition to 100% clean energy by championing a movement that is more inclusive, more collaborative, and more celebratory.
Union of Concerned Scientists
UCS scientists and engineers develop and implement innovative, practical solutions to some of our planet’s most pressing problems.
World Resources Institute
A global research organization whose work focuses on critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, societies, oceans, and cities. Check out their data dashboards.