Environmental Science: Climate Change

The IPCC is the scientific group assembled by the United Nations to monitor and assess all global science related to climate change. Every IPCC report focuses on different aspects of climate change, the threats we already face today, and what we can do to limit further temperature rises and the dangers that poses for the whole planet.

The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.

This mapping tool features data from Climate Ready Boston. Explore which areas of the city are projected to be at risk of flooding (due to sea level rise and increased precipitation) and extreme heat (due to rising temperatures and the urban heat island effect). Overlay climate data with population demographics to better understand the social factors that intersect with and contribute to vulnerability.

Find interactive maps of potential coastal flooding of public facilities and infrastructure developed by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) StormSmart Coasts Program.

A regional climate vulnerability index that shows which neighborhoods in Metro Boston are more vulnerable to climate hazards than others. This mapping tool – which combines sociodemographic, public health, housing, and workforce data with climate exposure data – can be used to help identify which populations should be centered in climate preparedness and resiliency work.

Over the last several decades, the Northeast U.S. continental shelf has warmed faster than any other U.S. ocean region. Part of NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict the impacts of this ocean change on the ecosystem and its living marine resources.

As a new 501c3, Intersectional Environmentalist (IE) is committed to developing and improving transparency and reciprocity with our community and partners in an effort to co-create meaningful impact for people + planet. Our commitment to shifting the narrative of environmental storytelling to center diversity and joy will continue to be rooted in the values of the environmental justice movement and our community.

Isaias Hernandez, founder of Queer Brown Vegan, provides education on the intersectional nature of the climate crisis.

SustainedAbility is a Disability Led network working with grassroots movements and organisations on Disability and climate justice.

Oxford Open Climate Change is a broad reaching interdisciplinary journal that aims to cover all aspects of climate change, including its impacts on nature and society, as well as solutions to the problem and their wider implications.

In many ways, it is an extremely appropriate time to be launching PLOS Climate with the mission of making rigorous, peer-reviewed climate research available to all.

Climate is a scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal of climate science published online monthly by MDPI.

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.

Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) is an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across the country. We believe that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice.

This network is led by Indigenous women across North America who are on a mission to identify and enforce federal environmental laws and customary international law.

Forest Peoples Programme is a human rights organisation working with forest peoples across the globe to secure their rights to their lands and their livelihoods. We work alongside more than 60 partner organisations representing indigenous peoples and forest communities from across the globe.

The Native American Rights Fund holds governments accountable. We fight to protect Native American rights, resources, and lifeways through litigation, legal advocacy, and legal expertise.

ITEP strengthens tribal capacity and sovereignty in environmental and natural resource management through culturally relevant education, research, partnerships and policy-based services.