About the Climate Change Data Center

People are always asking questions like “Where can I find data on US emissions of greenhouse gases?”, “How much renewable energy can we expect in the US in 2020?”, and “How does my state’s energy usage compare to California’s energy usage?”

In most cases, the data is somewhere on the Web, but there are several problems:

• Finding the data you are looking for
• Understanding the validity of the data
• Separating the information from the misinformation and disinformation
• Visualizing the data

We are hoping that the Climate Change Data Center will mitigate these problems by providing (1) tools to help users visualize data, and (2) a searchable database of links to data sources.   The latter contains links to both Web sites of organizations which contain climate change information and to the specific Web page that provide the data.  Each link is categorized to enable the user to more easily search for specific data items.  In addition, users can display the categorization before examining the Web page in detail, thus potentially saving considerable time and effort.  Also, users can comment on each data source and submit recommendations for changes to the categorization.  We encourage all users to register so that they can share their favorite links and data.

We are also hoping that people interested in climate change issues will take the time to share their research with others by adding data sources to our site.  If we all work together, we can pool our knowledge and allow other people to more easily share that knowledge. 

This Web site is run by volunteers.  Please let us know if you can help by filling out the survey (click the ‘Survey’ link to the left).