Climate Change Policy & Communication

Responsible for administering laws and regulations related to air quality, water quality, water supply, renewable energy and land protection, DEQ is the environmental agency in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is the state's lead natural resource conservation agency.

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission is a state agency charged with overseeing Virginia's marine and aquatic resources, and its tidal waters and homelands

The agency’s mission is to protect and develop healthy, sustainable forest resources for Virginians.

To protect and restore the environment for the health and well-being of all Marylanders.

The Department of Natural Resources leads Maryland in securing a sustainable future for our environment, society, and economy by preserving, protecting, restoring, and enhancing the State’s natural resources.

The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is the leading authority on energy and environmental issues affecting the District of Columbia. Using a combination of regulations, outreach, education, and incentives, our agency administers programs and services to fulfill our mission

The U.S. Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and provides scientific and other information about those resources

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

The United States' environmental regulatory agency. The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.

A federal program mandated by Congress to coordinate federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society

Their mission is to engage the world with accurate, accessible, and actionable information about our rapidly changing climate, from the global perspective of NASA.

The USGS investigates the causes and consequences of climate change and helps people create strategies to navigate this global crisis.

NOAA's Climate branch, has resources on news, teaching, maps and data, and the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

The IEA provides authoritative analysis, data, policy recommendations and solutions to ensure energy security and help the world transition to clean energy

The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change.

One of the world's largest mission-driven multidisciplinary science and research organisations, focusing on the environment.

The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) is the UN knowledge and advisory platform on the forest solutions to the climate crisis.

Climate-ADAPT aims to support Europe in adapting to climate change helping users to access and share data and information.

Explore the state of the climate, what’s happening now, the progress made and what needs to be done to tackle the climate emergencies.

Contains various relevant climate change reports and resources

The world’s largest and most used source of climate adaptation case studies and resources. Share lessons, ideas, and opportunities with others in the field

A global network of more than 1,900 civil society organisations in over 130 countries driving collective and sustainable action to fight the climate crisis and to achieve social and racial justice.

Founded in 1986, the Climate Institute is the world's first organization focused solely on climate change.

A global research nonprofit working on six critical goals that the world must achieve this decade in order to secure a sustainable future.

Works to secure a safe and stable climate by accelerating the global transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and a thriving, just, and resilient economy.

NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.

Collaborative programs for the environment sponsored by Canada, Mexico and U.S.

"Putting research and scholarship into action to support a just, prosperous, and sustainable world."