Editor's Top 20 - COP26

User icon Toby Green
30 October 2021
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Ahead of COP26, hundreds of reports, datasets, charting tools and other resources have been released about the climate crisis, carbon pricing, energy transformation and more. Our editor has made a selection of the top 20.


UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme · 26 October 2021 English

With climate change intensifying and scientists warning that humanity is running out of time to limit global warming to 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, 2021 has been a fraught year for …


CAU: Climate Action Unit · 20 October 2021 English

This handbook expands on the key ideas the UCL Climate Action Unit introduced to a workshop in the build-up to COP26. Its content is designed specifically for those working at …


IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change · 9 August 2021 English

This Summary for Policymakers (SPM) presents the key findings of the Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5ºC, based on the assessment of the available scientific, technical and socio-economic literature relevant …


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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations mandated to provide objective scientific information relevant to understanding human-induced climate change, its natural, political, …


UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change · 1 January 2021

David Attenborough gives his speech at the opening of the world leaders summit at the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26), Glasgow, Scotland, UK. (7'45")


UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change · 1 November 2021

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, makes a powerful speech at the opening of the #COP26 World Leaders Summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Glasgow, Scotland, UK. …


28 October 2021

A searchable dashboard of 193 countries’ historical emissions and future climate targets. The Financial Times has created a searchable dashboard of 193 countries’ historical emissions and future climate targets, as …


TPM Energy Transition Lab · 1 November 2021

Conspiracy theories on climate change and the energy transition have found a stronghold on the Internet. This explorative study provides an overview of the occurrence of extreme beliefs regarding climate …


IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change · 9 August 2021

Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Shows median projections - for six warming scenarios - …


Yale's Michael Svoboda posted this list of a dozen 'timely reports' as 'essential homework for getting the most out of COP26'. (Source: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/10/12-timely-reports-as-start-of-cop26-nears/. Retrieved November 5th 2021)