Resources

Attribution Science for Reporters

Climate change attribution science

Carbon Brief

Database of climate scientists in the Global South

Climate Attribution

Climate Attribution Database

Climate Central resource page

Climate graphics and tools

Climate Change and Weather-related Extreme Events

Collection of nine concise fact sheets on climate and weather

Climate Literacy Guide 2024

Essential principles for understanding and addressing climate change

Climate Matters

Climate communication research and tools

Climate Nexus Polling

Climate change opinion data

Climate Shift Index tool

Climate change attribution tool

Climate Visuals

Climate visualization best practices and image library

Consensus Handbook

Scientific and public consensus on climate change

Covering Climate 101

Recording of a USC Annenberg panel introducing climate journalism leaders and resources

Covering Climate Now

Best practices, tip sheets, explainers, and regional guides

Crosstown

Community-level data and analyses on Los Angeles neighborhoods

Dataset Search

Dataset search engine

Debunking Handbook (2020)

Research on misinformation and debunking

Environmental Insights Explorer

Research on misinformation and debunking

ESG Awareness and Narratives

USC Annenberg / Zignal Labs communications data report

First Street Foundation

Property-level climate risk information

Fishing Watch

Visualization of global fishing activity

Forest Watch

Tools and data for the management and monitoring of forests

Global Surface Water

Data and mapping on water distribution

Good Energy Playbook

Climate storytelling primer

Google Earth Timelapse

Timelapse footage of Earth

Global Time Series

Global-scale temperature information using data from NOAA’s Global Surface Temperature Analysis

Media and Climate Change Observatory

Data on climate media coverage

Pinpoint

Tool that organizes and analyzes research

Program on Sea Level Rise

Data on sea levels

Reporting on Unnatural Disasters

A resource to communicators for when extreme weather strikes

SciLine

Service connecting media-trained scientists with journalists on deadline

Temperature Check 2023-2024

First annual report on key issues for climate communicators 

The All We Can Save Project X Gen Dread

Resources created specifically for navigating the emotional terrain of climate

The Climate Dictionary 

United Nation’s everyday guide to understanding climate change

The Disinformation Playbook 

Tricks that businesses employ to evade responsibility for the harm caused by their products or practices

The Journalist’s Resource

Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment

World Weather Attribution

Real-time attribution analysis of extreme world weather events

UCDavis Climate Terms

Definitions of words and phrases used to describe climate change

Yale public opinion polls

Data on public opinion on climate change