Tools
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| Source | About | Web |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Trace | Al Gore associated project interactively mapping CO2 emissons globally | https://climatetrace.org/ |
| Argonne National Lab Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR) | Massive compute for location-specific climate risk analysis, powerful enough for local governments to use for assessing climate risk. Temperatures, wind, precipitation, and more in the US only. | https://climrr.anl.gov/ |
| Reforestation App | Partnership with UC Santa Cruz to provide transparency on reforestation projects | https://reforestation.app/ |
| Planetary Intelligence | open-data platform that recommends best-practices in climate and sustainability solutions by geo-location and local context.
using AI / DI |
https://www.fpi.earth/ |
| Reef Resilience | Tools for understanding and communicating 20+ ocean climate issues | https://reefresilience.org/toolkits/ |
| Topolytics Waste Map | Fee Based Service to map data regarding waste streams and management geared to circular economy | https://www.topolytics.com/ |
| C Trees | Interactive observation of forest data | https://ctrees.org/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email |
| Climate Finance Tracker | Climate Finance Trackers are designed to help climate funders and ‘ecosystem builders’ better collaborate by easily exploring: who is funding what, who to talk to for shared learnings, where are the gaps, and what type of capital could be most effective where. | https://www.climatefinancetracker.com/ |
| Berkeley Earth Data Viz | Data visualizations of temperature anomalies and more | https://berkeleyearth.org/data-visualization/ |
| Methane Sat | interactive satellite space based methane emission tracker | https://www.methanesat.org/ |
| Visual Capitalist / Decarbonization | Visualizations to power your presentations | https://decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com/gridlock-visualizing-the-u-s-clean-energy-backlog/ |
| Interconnection FYI | Track interconnection queue requests across US ISOs and utilities. Learn what types of projects are being proposed, where, and how long they take to get approved. | https://www.interconnection.fyi/ |
| ChatGPT Sustainability Strategist | GPT on OpenAI trained on best practices for all levels of sustainability action/reporting | https://chat.openai.com/g/g-MKdkpt9Ud-sustainability-strategist |
| Cool Climate | A University - Government - Business - NGO Partnership
at the University of California, Berkeley. A research group that develops smart decision-making tools and programs to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
coolclimate.org |
| UN BioDiversity Lab | Interactive free to access to spatial data and analytic tools as a digital public good; | https://unbiodiversitylab.org/en/about/ |
| SDG Transformation Center | SDG & Sustainability reports for countries, cities and regions using science based methodologies, and investigations into financing action | https://sdgtransformationcenter.org/ |
| Climate Central | Interactive map of climate risk ( sea level rise, storms ) | https://coastal.climatecentral.org/ |
| Electric Car Mapper | density of registered electric vehicle ( could help in planning chargers) | https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/ev-electric-cars-cities-america-most |
| RMI Oil and Gas Emissions Map | The Rocky Mountain Institute is a decades old environmental think tank working with govenerment, business, and educators. This interactive map plots global FF emissions | https://ociplus.rmi.org/ |
| Climate Vulnerability Map | Interactive Map of the US by Texas AM and Environmental Defense fund showing hyper local data sets on environmental risk. | https://map.climatevulnerabilityindex.org/map/cvi_overall/usa?mapBoundaries=Tract&mapFilter=0&reportBoundaries=Tract&geoContext=State |
| Google Sustainability | Interactive Data | https://sustainability.google/technology/tools/ |
| Marine Protected Atlas | Interactive map of the global marine protected areas by the Marine Conservation Inst. | https://mpatlas.org/zones/ |
| Data Commons | Largest knowledge graph for city decision makers | https://datacommons.org/ |
| Google Insights | Google data tools for urban planners ( how much solar potential? where should we have a park? plant trees?) | https://insights.sustainability.google/ |
| Google Earth Map | Interactive google maps over time available for api...shows environmental deforestation drought climate change | https://earthengine.google.com/ |
| Climate Change AI Wiki/ Tutorials | Education/Training | https://wiki.climatechange.ai/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Climate_Change_AI_Wiki |
| *TOP SITE* NOAA Carbon Tracker | source of original empirical carbon data, global concentrations and sources. | https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/carbontracker/index.html |
| NASA | Interactive Data | https://climate.nasa.gov/explore/interactives |
| Climate (US) | Interactive Data | https://toolkit.climate.gov/tools |
| Reforestation Map One Tree Planted | Interactive Data | https://onetreeplanted.org/pages/global-forest-watch |
| Cool Climate Carbon Footprint etc Maps Berkley | Interactive Data | https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/maps |
| Carbon Dioxide Removal Map | Interactive Map of
removal projects and organizations |
https://www.cdr.fyi/carbon-removal-map |
| Carbon Mapper - Methane Tracker | Interactive Data | https://carbonmapper.org/ |
| Cambridge Uni. | University Hub Focusing campus skills on zero emissions | https://www.zero.cam.ac.uk/our-mission |
| World Resources Inst Massive Climate Visualization for report global resources including coral forests, solar installations, crop expansions | Interactive Data | https://resourcewatch.org/ |
| World Database on Protected Areas | UN funded database listing conserved areas around the globe, searchable or interactive; protected areas reviewed for effectiveness | https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/thematic-areas/wdpa?tab=WDPA |
| GHG calculation tool for cities | Calculator | https://ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools |
| Food Waste Policy Tracker Harvard & ReFed | Search for US local and federal food waste related policy | https://policyfinder.refed.org/?mc_cid=9d0896a282 |
| Company Plan Tool for Business ESG Reporting | Business Reporting | https://plana.earth/ |
| Open Source Carbon and Sustainability Calculator | Calculator | https://www.cloudcarbonfootprint.org/ |
| City CLimate Dashboard | climate dashboard comparing cities in California | https://cityclimatedashboard.org/ |
| UN International Panel on CLimate Change Reports | Scientific Reports | https://www.cloudcarbonfootprint.org/ |
| UN IPCC Sustainable Development Goals | Beginning place for basic negotiated global goals/standards | https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change/ |
| Forest Trends | Interactive map of global reforestation project | https://www.forest-trends.org/ |
| World Bank Carbon Pricing | Interactive Map | https://carbonpricingdashboard.worldbank.org/ |
| The Gold Standard | Major Registry & Guide, Carbon Projects Certification | https://www.goldstandard.org/guided-tour/project-developers#project-developers |
| Verra Registry | Major Registry of certified carbon and impact projects | https://registry.verra.org/#/ccb |
| Rho Impact Crane Tool Prime Coalition | Free tool assessing emissions and impact starups to corporations | https://rhoimpact.com |
| 2030n Carbon Footprint Calculator for products | Tool to measure the carbon impact of a product ( great for small business) | https://www.2030calculator.com/ |
| Global Forest Watch | Interactive Map of global deforestation/ places actively being watched. Net Changes. Dashboards. Fires. | https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ |
| Carbon Plan | CDR Verification | https://carbonplan.org/research/cdr-verification |
| Carbon Plan | Interactive Map Seaweed carbon | https://carbonplan.org/research/seaweed-farming |
| Cal CARB | Interactive GHG emissions Map ( reporting tool and guides) | https://www.arb.ca.gov/carbapps/pollution-map/ |
| Carbon 180 Policy Tracker | List of US policies in dev | https://carbon180.org/policy-tracker |
| Web3 Climate Map | Interactive Map of WEB3 tech and carbon credits | https://kumu.io/climate-collective/web3-climate-map |
| Real Climate Science | Journalistic presentation of science by scientists | https://www.realclimate.org/ |
| Trust For Public Land | Interactive US Map of Carbon assets (Forest) | https://site.tplgis.org/carbonmapsecure/viewer/ |
| CDR FYI | Carbon Removal Delivery Transparency project with attempt for capturing all direct capture project numbers | https://www.cdr.fyi/ |
| MIT Simulator | Projects warming degrees based on individual sliders user controls | https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.html?v=23.2.2&p1=24&p7=12&p10=0.5&p30=-0.03&p47=3.4&p50=2.3&p53=46&p57=-6.6&p59=-73&p63=10.3&p235=1.2&p65=62&p67=66 |
| OpenAir Collective | deep collection of resources for carbon removal education | https://openaircollective.cc/resources/ |
| EDF | interactive City tool of utility leaks | https://www.edf.org/climate/methanemaps |
| Lucid energy incentive finder app | search for incentives in your US area | https://www.incentif.app/itc-calculator |
| Speed and Scale John Doer | Interactive Dashboard on 10 things to get to net zero; global progess and measurement charted and described | https://speedandscale.com/tracker/ |
| Solar Impulse | Curated database of eco solutions available for consumers and entrepreneurs | https://solarimpulse.com/solutions-explorer |
| Carbon Price Dashboard | Carbon market data interactive with globe from World Bank | https://carbonpricingdashboard.worldbank.org/ |
| IEA Global Methane Tracker | Mostly a report | https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2022/overview |
| Center for climate security and risk | Areas of extreme weather deserving military action | https://councilonstrategicrisks.org/2023/06/06/ccs-releases-new-tool-military-responses-to-climate-hazards-tracker/ |
| CTVC IRA tax tracker | table of IRA tax incentives | https://airtable.com/shrzbm0uBAWOyP7Sd/tblFzX5IPIamN8zzB?ref=ctvc.co |
| Norton Rose Fulbright | Production and Investment tax reduction cheat sheet ( 2023 ) | https://www.projectfinance.law/media/5823/2023-04-22-db-comments-to-ira-tax-credit-chart-61.pdf?ref=ctvc.co |
| Science Based Targets | Provides companies with a clearly-defined path to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals. | https://sciencebasedtargets.org/ |
| Net Zero Tracker | Tracks the progress of nations towards their net zero goals. How is your country doing? | https://zerotracker.net/ |
| Crane | CRANE is a free tool provided by Prime Coalition and Rho Impact to help you save time and money analyzing company impact | https://cranetool.org/ |
| Offstream | Carbon Credit Calculator for carbon project developers | https://offstream.vercel.app/?123 |
| WRI Aquaduct | Tools to identify global water resource issues Flood, Agriculture risks, drinking | https://www.wri.org/aqueduct/tools |
| WRI Forest Monitoring Global Forest Watch | Deforestation alerts, inventory, with an amazing amount of biodiversity and forest type overlays ( Mangroves) | https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ |
| WRI Energy / Resources Maps | Intense global interactive maps with layers for energy generation types and demand and emissions | https://www.wri.org/initiatives/resource-watch |
| WRI Urban Shift platform | https://www.shiftcities.org/ | |
| Carbon glossary of terms | By Carbon Brief a glossary so that you can be conversant in carbon quickly | https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/carbon-offsets-2023/glossary.html?utm_content=buffer5ead8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer |
| Climate Cabinet Scorecard | US climate policy tracker, and specifics about local elected official, and ROI for investment into campaigns | https://www.climatecabinetaction.org/climate-cabinet-scorecard |