Reliable Sources
Reliable, vetted sources for climate science, impacts, solutions, and communication.
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Climate Science
This is a nonprofit reboot of the NOAA Climate.gov website, a trusted source for climate science explainers and updates.
SkS debunks climate misinformation by presenting peer-reviewed science and explaining the techniques of science denial, discourses of climate delay, and climate solutions denial.
The AAAS “What We Know” initiative is about sharing what climate experts have concluded from the evidence about climate change. Many still believe that experts are not yet sure. Find out the facts and what experts think about our present and future climate.
AAAS
From the unique vantage point in space, NASA collects critical long-term observations of our changing planet.
NASA
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
United Nations
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Climate Impacts
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
This short video series by Katharine Hayhoe explains why climate change matters to our health, our lives, and the places where we live.
PBS Digital Series
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Climate Solutions
Understanding climate-related risk and practical ways to address it.
climate.gov
They connect people to their power and rewire energy economics so every household can choose affordable, all-electric living.
Rewiring America
How science can be used in community decision-making, and the range of response options – drawing on specific communities as examples of different approaches.
AAAS
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Climate Communication
An evidence-based, practical guide to help make climate conversations easier and more meaningful – and to come out of them feeling inspired and connected.
Climate Outreach
This report summarizes the current state of the science of misinformation and its debunking. It was written by a team of 22 prominent scholars of misinformation and its debunking, and it represents the current consensus on the science of debunking for engaged citizens, policymakers, journalists, and other practitioners.
George Mason University and Skeptical Science
A program that conducts scientific studies on public opinion and behavior; inform the decision-making of governments, media, companies, and NGOs; and educate the public about climate change.
Yale University
Their research informs programs that activate the most trusted voices in America. Their programs activate trusted voices at scale with proven messages to help build public and political will for equitable climate solutions.
George Mason University