InfoGuides: Climate Change Policy & Communication: Find Statistics & Data

Polls

Rand Corporation
RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. As a nonpartisan organization, RAND is widely respected for operating independent of political and commercial pressures. Our core values are quality and objectivity.
The Urban Institute
President Lyndon B. Johnson founded the Urban Institute in 1968 to provide “power through knowledge” to help solve the problems that weighed heavily on the nation’s hearts and minds. They focus on developing data and evidence that offer a more nuanced understanding of today’s pressing issues—and illuminate promising ways to address them
Mathematica Policy Research
An employee-owned and mission-driven company, with a deep bench of expertise in both data and social science. They use data, analytics, and technology to address pressing social challenges, from the effects of climate change on communities around the world to disparities in health care, education, and employment across the U.S.
Global Barometer Surveys
This project represents the largest, most careful and systematic comparative survey of attitudes and values toward politics, power, reform, democracy and citizens’ political actions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Arabic region.
World Value Survey
A worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change conducted by a network of social scientist at leading universities all around world.

University Databases

Harris Interactive This link opens in a new window
Surveys measuring public opinions, conducted both by telephone and online. Polls measure and trend the knowledge, opinions, behaviors and motivation of the general public. New survey data on a wide variety of subjects including politics, the economy, healthcare, foreign affairs, science and technology, sports and entertainment, and lifestyles are published weekly.

Survey data on topics including politics, media, religion and social trends. Get data from its research centers: Internet & American Life, Global Attitudes, Hispanic Center, People & the Press, Social & Demographic Trends, and Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Access data from a leader in the field of public opinion research. Search Roper's iPoll for survey questions and datasets from survey organizations such as Gallup, Harris, Pew Research, ABC, CBS, and more. Access Roper Center tutorials, help guides, and educational resources.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

One of the world’s oldest and largest social and behavioral science data archives, ICPSR contains many studies that are of use for research and instruction. First time users need to create a MyData account to download data. Access ICPSR's FAQ for help or contact the Libraries' Digital Scholarship Center. The ICPSR InfoGuide also links to important help topics.

Data

General

Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data)
A searchable catalog / registry / directory / bibliography of research data repositories.
World Bank Data Portal
The World Development Indicators data sets include indicators for many aspects of global development, including agriculture, energy, environment, health, infrastructure and poverty, to name just a few.
United Nations Statistics Division
Provides global statistical information in the areas of economics, environment, energy and more.
United Nations Data
Single entry point for UN statistical databases.
International Statistics and Data
A selection of major global and regional statistical and data sources curated by Mason Libraries librarians
OpenData DC
DC government open data including data stores, data catalogs, data visualizations, and much more
Virginia Open Data
The Virginia Open Data Portal serves to extend access to Commonwealth data empowering our constituents to interpret, analyze, and transform our data into actionable intelligence

Environmental

Climate Watch
Climate Watch offers open data, visualizations and analysis to help policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders gather insights on countries' climate progress.
Environmental Indicators - United Nations Statistics Division
UNSD Environmental Indicators disseminate global environment statistics on ten indicator themes compiled from a wide range of data sources.
EPA Data Finder
Access to EPA environmental data including data available for downloading in a variety of formats.
FAOStat
FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food, agriculture, and forestry for some 200 countries from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
International Energy Agency Data & Stats
IEA has very comprehensive energy production and consumption information for most countries

How to use	Go to their Download Datasets page then select a topical area. Log in to your account (or create one), then pick a survey and click the "Download" arrow on the right. Papers that used the data are also listed.
Data Format	[Zipped] SPSS, converting SPSS to Stata,
Registration	Create an account by providing your name and email and accepting a use agreement and terms of use, which includes agreeing only to use the data for research purposes and not trying to identify individuals.
Focus Fast	Look at the top few studies within each topic, which are the most recent.

How to use	iPOLL Databank Tutorials
Data Format	[Zipped] SPSS, Stata, SAS, Excel
Registration	You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is a Roper Center member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
How to cite:	How to cite

How to use	See our Infoguide: Finding & Using ICPSR Data or ICPSR's YouTube Channel.
Data Format	[Zipped] SPSS, SAS, & Stata or analyzed online using SDA.
Registration	You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is an ICPSR member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
How to Cite:	How to cite the datasets