International Climate Change Law: Science & Data

★The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) website

• Comprehensive reports on the causes and impacts of climate change, oriented toward policy makers. See, for example:
  • Sixth Assessment Report on Climate Change (2021)
  • Special Report on Climate Change and Land (2019)
  • Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC (2018)

UN Climate Reports

• Reports on climate science, impacts, and economics from a variety of UN organizations.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) climate resources

• Reports on the current state of the climate.

Climate Analytics

• A nonprofit that publishes scientific reports and policy analysis (including evaluations of climate action progress).

Eldis

• A database compiling reports and articles on a variety of climate change-related topics. Includes documents from universities, intergovernmental organizations, and government agencies.

★Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)

• Data on climate, vulnerabilities, and impacts, explorable by country or by watershed.

ClimateWatch

• Country-specific data and policy analysis.

See the section of this guide covering journal articles for advice on finding non-legal scholarship.

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For a more comprehensive list of resources, browse this UN guide, Climate Change - A Global Issue.