Topic directory
Climate
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing climate.
- ALT EFF
Climate action and awareness through the emotive power of cinema.
Organisation ClimateEnvironment India, Maharashtra
Go straight to ALT EFF - ATREE
Environmental research, conservation, and socially just development across key landscapes.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana
Go straight to ATREE - Berkeley Earth
High-resolution global land and ocean temperature datasets with full uncertainty quantification, assembled from more stations than any other global product
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Berkeley Earth - Bhoomi College
Charitable learning institution offering fellowships, workshops and public programmes on ecology and sustainable living
Organisation EducationEnvironment India, Karnataka
Go straight to Bhoomi College - Biodiversity Collaborative
Interdisciplinary biodiversity knowledge, dialogue, and public learning across ecological systems.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Biodiversity Collaborative - Carbon Brief
UK-based climate science and policy news site — data-driven explainers, fact-checks, and analysis that set the standard for climate journalism worldwide
Publication ClimateEnergy Global
Go straight to Carbon Brief - Carbon Monitor
Near-real-time daily CO₂ emissions estimates for countries and sectors, updated within weeks — the closest thing to a live global emissions pulse
Data source ClimateEnergy Global, India
Go straight to Carbon Monitor - CEEW
Policy research on energy transition, clean air, water security, climate risks, and sustainable resource use in India
Organisation EnergyClimate India
Go straight to CEEW - Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
India's national groundwater agency — aquifer maps, water level and quality data, resource assessments, and reports on a critical water resource
Data source WaterAgriculture India
Go straight to Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) - Centre for Policy Research
Independent public policy think tank conducting empirical research on urbanisation, climate governance, state capacity, and federalism
Organisation GovernanceClimate India
Go straight to Centre for Policy Research - Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA)
Independent research organisation tracking air pollution, health impacts of fossil fuels, and clean energy transitions — with significant India analysis
Organisation EnergyClimate Global, India
Go straight to Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) - Centre for Science and Environment
Public-interest research and advocacy organisation advancing environmental governance, clean air, water management, and sustainable development
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Global
Go straight to Centre for Science and Environment - Centre for Social and Economic Progress
Independent public policy research institution conducting empirical scholarship on energy transition, finance, and human development in India
Organisation EconomyEnergy India
Go straight to Centre for Social and Economic Progress - CHIRPS Rainfall Data
High-resolution rainfall estimates combining satellite observations and gauge data — 40+ years of quasi-global precipitation at 0.05°, updated daily
Data source ClimateAgriculture Global, India
Go straight to CHIRPS Rainfall Data - Climate RISE Alliance
Climate resilience alliance connecting vulnerable communities with adaptation knowledge, finance, and action.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Climate RISE Alliance - Climate TRACE
AI-powered inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from 745 million individual assets worldwide — power plants, ships, factories, farms, and forests
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Climate TRACE - Climate Watch
WRI's open climate data platform — country-level greenhouse gas emissions, NDCs, climate policies, and linkages across development indicators in one interface
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Climate Watch - Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Global atmospheric composition — aerosols, reactive gases, greenhouse gases, wildfire emissions, and air quality forecasts, from the EU's Copernicus programme
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) - Copernicus Climate Data Store
The EU's climate data warehouse — ERA5 reanalysis, seasonal forecasts, projections, satellite observations, and sectoral indicators, all with documented APIs
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Copernicus Climate Data Store - Dakshin Foundation
Marine and coastal conservation linked to livelihoods, wellbeing, and environmental justice.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep
Go straight to Dakshin Foundation - Deloitte India
Sustainability, climate, and systems-change partnerships spanning business, philanthropy, and public problem-solving.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Deloitte India - Documentaries on Labour, Capitalism, and Development
Curated directory of documentaries on labour, caste, land dispossession, agrarian movements, and climate justice across India and the world
Directory LabourCaste India, Global
Go straight to Documentaries on Labour, Capitalism, and Development - ECMWF ERA5
Fifth-generation global climate reanalysis from ECMWF — hourly atmospheric, land, and ocean variables from 1940 to near-present at 0.25° resolution
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to ECMWF ERA5 - Ecological Restoration Alliance
Collaborative network for ecological restoration practice, learning, and open knowledge across Indian ecoregions.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Ecological Restoration Alliance - EM-DAT International Disaster Database
The global reference for disaster impact data — 27,000+ records of natural and technological disasters with deaths, affected people, and damage since 1900
Data source DisastersClimate Global, India
Go straight to EM-DAT International Disaster Database - Ember Energy Data Explorer
Open electricity data for 200+ geographies — generation by source, capacity, emissions, and imports, with monthly data for key countries including India
Data source EnergyClimate Global, India
Go straight to Ember Energy Data Explorer - env.wiki
Directory of organisations working on environment and sustainability across India, sorted into some thirty-six categories
Directory EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to env.wiki - ERA5-Land
Enhanced-resolution land-surface reanalysis — temperature, rainfall, soil moisture, and evaporation at 9 km, from 1950 to near-present, complementary to ERA5
Data source ClimateLand Global, India
Go straight to ERA5-Land - FAO flagship publications
FAO flagship series on food systems, fisheries, climate resilience and market outlooks for food security work
Publication AgricultureClimate Global, India
Go straight to FAO flagship publications - FAOSTAT
FAO's food and agriculture statistics — production, trade, land use, food balance sheets and emissions, by country since 1961
Data source AgricultureNutrition Global, India
Go straight to FAOSTAT - Forest Survey of India
The India State of Forest Report — biennial satellite assessment of forest and tree cover, state by state and district by district
Publication LandEnvironment India
Go straight to Forest Survey of India - ForRivers
Interactive basin-scale river maps, ecological storytelling, and historical baseline documentation for living river recovery
Publication WaterEnvironment India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to ForRivers - Global Carbon Budget
The authoritative annual budget of CO₂ sources and sinks — fossil fuel emissions, land-use change, and ocean/land carbon uptake from the Global Carbon Project
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Global Carbon Budget - Global Drought Observatory
The EU's global drought monitoring system — precipitation, soil moisture, vegetation stress, and drought risk indices updated every 10 days at 0.1° resolution
Dashboard ClimateDisasters Global, India
Go straight to Global Drought Observatory - Global Energy Monitor
Open datasets mapping energy infrastructure — power plants, coal mines, solar farms, wind, oil and gas, and steel facilities, all at the facility level
Data source EnergyClimate Global, India
Go straight to Global Energy Monitor - Global Forest Watch
Near-real-time satellite monitoring of forest loss, with alerts you can subscribe to for a specific area
Dashboard LandClimate Global
Go straight to Global Forest Watch - Global Report on Food Crises
FAO’s flagship annual assessment of hunger, food insecurity and climate-related food system stress
Publication AgricultureNutrition Global, India
Go straight to Global Report on Food Crises - Google DeepMind WeatherLab
Interactive AI weather observatory and cyclone tracker showcasing WeatherNext 3, GenCast, and GraphCast global forecasts
Dashboard ClimateDisasters Global, India
Go straight to Google DeepMind WeatherLab - Google Earth Engine
Planetary-scale cloud computing platform pairing a 90+ petabyte Earth observation catalog with parallel geospatial analysis APIs
Tool EnvironmentTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Google Earth Engine - Google Earth Engine Data Catalog
Google's multi-petabyte catalog of geospatial datasets — satellite imagery, climate, terrain, land cover, and population data — queryable at planetary scale
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to Google Earth Engine Data Catalog - Google Flood Hub
Daily AI forecasts of riverine flooding up to seven days ahead, with gauges, water trends, alerts and inundation maps worldwide
Dashboard DisastersWater Global, India
Go straight to Google Flood Hub - The Grove
Rainmatter-hosted forum for afforestation, agroforestry, and climate work through practitioner discussions.
Community EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to The Grove - Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary
Community-based plant conservation, habitat restoration, and ecological learning in the Western Ghats.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala
Go straight to Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary - Himalaya Unnati Mission
Himalayan conservation, livelihoods, and ecological stewardship rooted in mountain communities.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Go straight to Himalaya Unnati Mission - Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology
Community-led science-based solutions for climate resilience and ecological stewardship in Kerala.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India, Kerala
Go straight to Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife Biology - HydroGNSS
Global satellite observations of soil moisture, freeze-thaw state, inundation, forest biomass, ocean winds and sea ice
Data source WaterClimate Global, India
Go straight to HydroGNSS - IMF PortWatch
Daily port calls and maritime trade estimates from vessel movements, with disruption monitoring and supply-chain simulations
Data source EconomyTransport Global, India
Go straight to IMF PortWatch - India Climate Collaborative
Climate philanthropy collaborative unlocking capital, priorities, and connective infrastructure for climate action.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to India Climate Collaborative - India Meteorological Department
Official weather observations, forecasts, warnings and long-run rainfall records for India
Dashboard ClimateDisasters India
Go straight to India Meteorological Department - Institute for Transportation and Development Policy India
Non-profit advancing complete streets, bus rapid transit, cycle networks, and sustainable public transit across Indian municipal corporations
Organisation TransportCities India
Go straight to Institute for Transportation and Development Policy India - IPCC Data Distribution Centre
The official archive for all IPCC assessment datasets — observed climate, future projections, socioeconomic scenarios, and impacts data with consistent metadata
Archive ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to IPCC Data Distribution Centre - Landscape Explorer
Interactive dashboard for social-ecological indicators across Indian landscapes to support climate resilience planning.
Dashboard EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Landscape Explorer - Malabar Wildlife Rescue
Wildlife education, rescue, and rehabilitation.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala
Go straight to Malabar Wildlife Rescue - Mongabay India
Independent nonprofit reporting on India's forests, wildlife, oceans, climate, conservation and environmental governance
Publication EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Mongabay India - Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub
Climate storytelling and narrative-change hub connecting communicators, creators, funders, and civil society.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Narrative Hub / The Climate Narrative Hub - NASA Earthdata
NASA's gateway to Earth observation data — fires, vegetation, rainfall, temperature, oceans, ice, and 1,000+ imagery layers through Worldview
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to NASA Earthdata - NASA FIRMS
Satellite-detected fires and thermal anomalies in near-real-time — the standard source for tracking forest fires, crop burning, and industrial hotspots
Dashboard EnvironmentClimate Global, India
Go straight to NASA FIRMS - NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis
NASA Goddard Institute's global surface temperature record — one of the four canonical datasets used to measure global warming, with monthly updates since 1880
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis - NASA POWER
NASA's solar and meteorological data — daily temperature, precipitation, radiation, wind, and humidity from 1981, for renewable energy and agriculture
Data source ClimateEnergy Global, India
Go straight to NASA POWER - NASA Worldview
Interactive browser for over 1,000 global satellite imagery layers, updated within hours of observation, nearly 30 years back
Tool EnvironmentClimate Global
Go straight to NASA Worldview - National Power Portal
Daily and monthly electricity generation, capacity, demand, fuel, outages, reservoirs and transmission reports
Data source EnergyEconomy India
Go straight to National Power Portal - Nature Conservation Foundation
Research-driven conservation across wildlife, habitats, and human-nature relationships.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
Go straight to Nature Conservation Foundation - NOAA Climate Data Online
NOAA's archive of historical weather — station-level daily summaries, global hourly data, and normals for tens of thousands of stations worldwide
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to NOAA Climate Data Online - Open-Meteo
Free open-source weather API — forecasts and historical weather from 1940 using the best global models, with no API key or registration required
Data source ClimateDisasters Global, India
Go straight to Open-Meteo - Operational WeatherBench
Independent daily-scored skill leaderboard evaluating AI and physics-based global weather forecast models
Dashboard ClimateDisasters Global
Go straight to Operational WeatherBench - Our World in Data
Long-run global data on health, poverty, energy and emissions, with every chart downloadable and every source cited
Publication HealthClimate Global
Go straight to Our World in Data - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
Independent research institute analysing global energy markets, policy and transition across oil, gas, electricity and carbon
Organisation EnergyClimate Global, India
Go straight to Oxford Institute for Energy Studies - Palar Guttahalli Eco-restoration Program
Eco-restoration of the upper Palar River basin through riverine afforestation, groundwater recharge, and community-led landscape recovery.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka
Go straight to Palar Guttahalli Eco-restoration Program - Palluyir Trust
Nature-based outdoor education in Chennai schools.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to Palluyir Trust - PPAC Petroleum Statistics
Petroleum and natural-gas production, imports, refining, consumption, prices, taxes and industry infrastructure
Data source EnergyEconomy India
Go straight to PPAC Petroleum Statistics - Prayas (Energy Group)
Non-profit research collective shaping Indian electricity sector governance, renewable energy tariffs, distribution reforms, and efficiency standards
Organisation EnergyClimate India
Go straight to Prayas (Energy Group) - Rainmatter Foundation
Funds and connects Indian organisations working on climate action, ecological restoration, and environment-linked livelihoods
Organisation PhilanthropyClimate India
Go straight to Rainmatter Foundation - RCRC
Rights-based natural resource governance, climate justice, and resilient rural livelihoods.
Organisation AgricultureLabour India, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh
Go straight to RCRC - Restor
Open data platform mapping restoration and conservation sites worldwide, with ecological and land-cover data attached to each
Dashboard LandEnvironment Global
Go straight to Restor - A Rocha India
Conservation of nature and wildlife through research, education, and sustainability.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Go straight to A Rocha India - Sahjeevan
Empowering self-sustaining communities with grassroots leadership.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Gujarat
Go straight to Sahjeevan - School of Ecological Nurturance (SEN)
Apprenticeship-based ecological learning emerging from Gurukula and allied landscape organisations.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
Go straight to School of Ecological Nurturance (SEN) - Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Clean energy and climate transitions that are affordable, inclusive, and scalable.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation - The Shola Trust
Nature conservation in the Nilgiri region, focused on shola-grassland ecosystems.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
Go straight to The Shola Trust - Slowform Media
Independent climate and environment journalism.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Slowform Media - State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
FAO's annual flagship on hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity trends with country-level comparisons and outlook for policy
Publication AgricultureHealth Global, India
Go straight to State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World - Sustainable Futures Collective
Climate strategy, energy transition, and public-interest systems change for a just future.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Sustainable Futures Collective - UN SDG Data Portal
Official country-level series for all Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with metadata on how each is defined
Data source GovernanceWelfare Global, India
Go straight to UN SDG Data Portal - UNDRR Global Assessment Report
UNISDR/UNDRR flagship assessment of global disaster risk patterns, prevention progress and resilience outcomes
Publication DisastersClimate Global, Asia, India
Go straight to UNDRR Global Assessment Report - UNEP Adaptation Gap Report
UNEP's annual assessment of global adaptation financing needs, risk preparedness and climate resilience progress
Publication ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to UNEP Adaptation Gap Report - UNEP Emissions Gap Report
UNEP flagship analysis of current and projected emissions versus climate targets and pathway gaps
Publication ClimateEnergy Global, India
Go straight to UNEP Emissions Gap Report - VAHAN Public Dashboard
Vehicle registrations by class, fuel, maker, model, state and registering office across India's VAHAN system
Dashboard TransportCities India
Go straight to VAHAN Public Dashboard - Watershed Organisation Trust
Non-profit research and development organisation pioneering participatory watershed management, climate adaptation, and water budgeting in rural India
Organisation WaterAgriculture India
Go straight to Watershed Organisation Trust - Western Ghats ESA Atlas
Interactive atlas and open data mapping 4,331 village polygons across 6 states for the Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Area notification
Data source EnvironmentLand Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, India
Go straight to Western Ghats ESA Atlas - Wildlife Conservation Society India
Conservation science, communities, and biodiversity protection across key landscapes.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland
Go straight to Wildlife Conservation Society India - WMO State of Global Climate
WMO's annual synthesis of global climate observations, extremes and atmospheric trend indicators
Publication ClimateEnvironment Global
Go straight to WMO State of Global Climate - World Bank Atlas of Global Development
The World Bank's data storytelling platform — curated visualisations tracking progress on people, prosperity, planet, infrastructure, and digital globally
Dashboard EconomyDemography Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Atlas of Global Development - World Bank Global Economic Prospects
World Bank global and developing-economy outlook on growth, inflation, debt and climate-sensitive development risks
Publication EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Global Economic Prospects - World Bank Group Blogs
Official World Bank Group blog network covering poverty, climate, infrastructure, finance and development practice updates
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Bank Group Blogs - World Development Report
The World Bank's flagship annual publication since 1978 — each edition examines a specific aspect of development with data, analysis, and policy recommendations
Publication EconomyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to World Development Report - World Inequality Lab
Global research centre producing evidence, datasets and tools on income, wealth, political and environmental inequality
Organisation EconomyPublic finance Global, India
Go straight to World Inequality Lab - WorldClim
Global gridded climate data — monthly temperature, precipitation, and 19 bioclimatic variables for past, present, and future conditions
Data source ClimateEnvironment Global, India
Go straight to WorldClim - WRI India
Urban planning, climate resilience, nature-based solutions, and urban water.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to WRI India - Youth Conservation Action Network (YouCAN)
Fellowships and nature education to build a new generation of community-rooted environmental educators.
Organisation EnvironmentClimate India
Go straight to Youth Conservation Action Network (YouCAN)