Climate Change

The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties (Conference of the Parties, COP) to negotiate and agree action on how to tackle climate change, limit emissions and halt global warming. The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are the world's highest decision-making body on climate issues and one of the largest international meetings in the world.

Includes sections on: Climate Action Game Changers (Highlighted Stories), Country Solutions, Publications, and News.

A central hub of information, data and reports about climate change around the world. Here you can query, map, compare, chart and summarize key climate and climate-related information.

World Bank research on climate change.

Main repository for formal World Bank project documents and board/research reports.
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The Adaptation Fund finances projects and programmes that help vulnerable communities in developing countries adapt to climate change. Initiatives are based on country needs, views and priorities. To apply for project and programme funding, countries must submit proposals through an accredited institution.

IFC's work on climate business, including news and publications/reports on this topic.

OECD’s work on environment helps countries design and implement effective policies to address some of today’s major challenges like climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste and water resources.

Aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development.

A hub that draws on the FT’s international editorial network, as well as video, audio and data teams, to cover this all-important theme.

Brief news on climate change from Oxford Analytica.
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Commentaries and opinions by prominent political leaders, thinkers, policymakers, business leaders and academics.
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This Risk.net Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and climate risk section brings together a collection of articles that explore the latest issues in assessing and managing ESG and climate risk.

UNEP Global Assessment Reports

The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about knowledge on climate change, its causes, potential impacts and response options. The IPCC also produces Special Reports, which are an assessment on a specific issue and Methodology Reports, which provide practical guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories.

Global Science Gateway—enables federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals.

A FORCE11 (The Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship) working group, 100% open collaborative research for climate change knowledge—using data mining & open science publishing.

The goal of this multi-year campaign is to promote open access to research to accelerate progress towards solving the climate crisis and preserving global biodiversity. If we are going to solve these global challenges, the knowledge (research, data, educational resources, software) about them must be open.