Worldwide
EBSCOhost GreenFILE This free research database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.
Climate Change Knowledge Portal - Country Profiles
CCKP’s Climate Risk Country Profiles present a high-level assessment of physical climate risks for a country, providing insight for decision-makers into the potential for increasing, expanding, and emerging risks across space and time, and for different climate futures. Projected climate data is derived from CMIP5, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5. The CMIP efforts are overseen by the World Climate Research Program, which supports the coordination for the production of global and regional climate model compilations that advance scientific understanding of the multi-scale dynamic interactions between the natural and social systems affecting climate.
Citation: World Bank. (2021). Climate change knowledge portal: Country profiles. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country-profiles
CityApp Search for a city to learn what its climate will feel like in 60 years and see a current climate analog. Citation: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. (2024). CityApp. https://fitzlab.shinyapps.io/cityapp/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fact Sheets
IPCC fact sheets by continent include climate change impacts and risks, adaptation options and barriers, and climate resilient development.
Citation: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2023). Fact sheets. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/about/factsheets/
IPCC Explainer: The Science of Climate Change
Understand the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report 2021-22 with this infographic.
Citation: Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU). (2023). IPCC explainer: The science of climate change. https://eciu.net/analysis/infographics/ipcc-science-of-climate-change
Our World in Data: Climate Change Impacts Data Explorer
Our World in Data’s mission is to publish the research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. Select Browse by Topic > Energy and Environment and view data analytics for Climate Change, CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Impacts of Food Production, and much more.
Citation: Global Change Data Lab. (2023). Our world in data: Climate change impacts data explorer. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/climate-change
Climate Time Machine (NASA)
This series of visualizations shows how some of earth's key climate indicators (sea ice, sea level, carbon dioxide, global temperature, ice sheets, and ocean warming are changing over time.
Citation: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2023). Climate time machine. https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/25/interactive-climate-time-machine/
U.S.
U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI) exposes systemic disparities that leave communities vulnerable to climate change and offers a comprehensive tool, developed in collaboration with community leaders, to map vulnerabilities at a neighborhood level, guiding policymakers, and communities in allocating resources and advocating for change. The CVI also identifies data gaps, driving further research in critical areas of climate impact and vulnerability. Citation: U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index. (2023). Overall climate vulnerability: Score combining environmental, social, economic, and infrastructure effects on neighborhood-level stability. https://map.climatevulnerabilityindex.org/map/cvi_overall/usa?mapBoundaries=Tract&mapFilter=0&reportBoundaries=Tract&geoContext=State
Climate Toolbox - University of California Merced
A collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology of the contiguous United States.
Citation: University of California Merced. (2023). Climate toolbox. https://climatetoolbox.org/
Climate Change Indicators - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The EPA has developed more than 50 climate change indicators that show changes over time and include more than 100 figures as graphs and maps. Citation: Environmental Protection Agency. (2023, July 21). Wildfire climate connection. https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/view-indicators
Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation
Provides individuals, local and state governments, and businesses with information about climate-driven events and data, including real-time information about droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat. It presents information about current climate trends and projections through 2099, including risks such as expected revenue losses, annual number of dry days and consecutive wet days, and average daily minimum and maximum temperatures.
Citation: esri. (2023). Climate mapping for resilience and adaptation. https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/assessment-tool/home
Climate Reanalyzer - Explore Climate Change (Climate Change Institute, University of Maine) Provides a selection of template maps and timeseries depicting changes in temperature, precipitation, and other aspects of climate over the past century, and how they are projected to change in the future Citation: Climate Change Institute, University of Maine. (2021). Climate reanalyzer: Explore climate change. https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/explore/
US Climate Reslience Toolkit - Climate Explorer
Explore climate conditions projected for the coming decades for any county in the United States. Charts and maps display temperature, precipitation, heating degree days, cooling degree days, growing degree days, and modified growing degrees days. Includes observed annual averages from 1950-2013; climate model simulations (hindcasts) from 1950-2005; and climate model projections for two possible futures to 2100.
Citation: U.S. Federal Government. (2023). U.S. climate resilience toolkit climate explorer. https://climate-explorer2.nemac.org
CoolClimate Network Carbon Footprint Calculator Calculate your carbon footprint. Citation: UC Berkeley CoolClimate Network. (2013). Carbon footprint calculator. https://coolclimate.org/calculator
CoolClimate Network Carbon Footprint Maps Average annual household carbon footprint by zip code. Citation: UC Berkeley CoolClimate Network. (2013). Average annual household carbon footprint. https://coolclimate.org/maps
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Typical Passenger Vehicle Total annual U.S. emissions and removals by source, economic sector, and greenhouse gas. Citation: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2023, May 30). Greenhouse gas emissions from a typical passenger vehicle. https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator Total annual U.S. emissions and removals by source, economic sector, and greenhouse gas. Citation: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2023, July 21). Greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator. https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
Household Carbon Footprint Calculator Estimate your annual greenhouse gas emissions. Citation: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2023, June 21). Average annual household carbon footprint. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/household-carbon-footprint-calculator
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report: 1990-2014 Convert energy consumption values to carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions. Citation: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2023, May 3). U.S. greenhouse gas inventory report: 1990-2014. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/us-greenhouse-gas-inventory-report-1990-2014
Wildfire Climate Connection | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) The Fourth National Climate Assessment assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States. Track weather events including fire season with NOAA’s Event Tracker. Citation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (2023, July 24). Wildfire climate connection. https://www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfire/wildfire-climate-connection
California
Climate Tools - Cal-Adapt
The Local Climate Change Snapshot tool provides climate projections for temperature, precipitation, and wildfire for addresses, census tracts, watersheds, cities, and counties. Other tools include temperature, precipitation, snowpack, sea level rise, and wildfire projections.
Citation: California Energy Commission. (2023). Climate tools. https://cal-adapt.org/tools/
Fire Hazard Severity Zones Maps View risk level by County > City and learn to protect against wildfires. Citation: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). (2023). Fire hazard severity zones maps. https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones/fire-hazard-severity-zones-maps-2022
Flood Zone Maps Select a location on the map or enter a placename (address, ZIP code, city, county, school name, etc.) in the search box. Citation: California Department of Water Resources. (2023). Bureau of Asset Management (BAM) mapping application. https://gis.bam.water.ca.gov/bam/
Geologic Hazard Maps (earthquake, fault lines, landslide,tsunami, liquefaction zones) Use the interactive web maps and data viewer to explore and access geologic hazard-related information. Citation: California Department of Conservation. (2022). California geological survey - Geologic hazards data viewer. https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/geologichazards/#dataviewer
My Hazard Map Discover local hazards (earthquake, flood, fire, tsunami) and learn how to reduce personal risk. Enter an address or select a location to view identified risks and recommended actions. Citation: California Governor's Office of Emergency Services. (2015). MyHazards. https://myhazards.caloes.ca.gov/
San Diego
County of San Diego Climate Action Plans Update View the County of San Diego Climate Action Plan or select the Progress Dashboard to see how the 2018 Climate Action Plan's 26 quantifiable, achievable, and enforceable measures are performing. Click on each icon to sort by emission sector and click on each 2018 CAP measure to see implementation details. Citation: County of San Diego. (2023). Climate action plans update. https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/sustainability/climateactionplan.html
Oregon
Climate Change Resources Provides a list of resources for climate change materials and information. Includes links to documents, reports, and web sites, and includes resources from local, state, federal, academic, and non-profit organizations. Citation: Department of Land Conservation and Development. (2023). Climate change resources. https://www.oregon.gov/lcd/cl/pages/climate-change-resources.aspx
Climate Change: Resilience Planning Toolkit This toolkit provides local health jurisdictions guidance on how to integrate climate change work into local public health practice. Citation: Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Public Health Division. (2023). Climate change: Resilience planning toolkit. https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/healthyenvironments/climatechange/toolkit/pages/index.aspx
Climate Tools CIRC's Climate Tools are a series of free, online applications that help sort, sift, systematize, visualize, and apply the volumes of data that have resulted from CIRC's and related climate research. These tools help Pacific Northwest residents incorporate climate and weather information—from short-term forecasting (months) to long-term projections (decades)—into adaptation and resource management strategies designed to keep our region’s wildernesses, communities, and businesses resilient and thriving now and into the future. Citation: Oregon State University, Climate Impacts Research Consortium. (2023). Climate tools. https://pnwcirc.org/climatetools