Useful links
NB. All websites are in English except where otherwise stated.
European Union
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment
The European Commission’s main environmental website. - Climate Action – Energy for a changing world
- Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign
Content in 23 languages - European Environment Agency
EU agency supplying sound, independent data on the environment. The EEA has 32 member countries.
Content in 24 languages - Mobgas
mobGAS© is the first mobile application about climate change with wide distribution in Europe and world.
Content in 22 languages - Climate Broadcasters Network-Europe
Network of popular meteorologists and weather presenters who committed themselves to raise awareness on climate change. - EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas’ personal blog
- Green Spider Network
The Green Spider Network (GSN) is an active network of communication and information officers from environment ministries and national environmental agencies in Europe. The network was established in 1995 and is supported by DG Environment of the European Commission.
International
- Gateway to the United Nations system’s work on Climate Change
Covering the activities of all UN programmes.
Content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol
The UNFCCC sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to tackle the challenge of climate change.
Content in English, French, Spanish - United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The IPCC collects and assesses the latest scientific, technical and socio-economic literature on climate change.
Content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish - United Nations Environment Programme
UN authority coordinating global environmental policy.
Content in English, Chinese - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
A list of easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
Content in English, Chinese, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai - United Nations World Meteorological Organization
Forum for cooperation on climate, weather and water.
Content in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian - World Environmental Organisation
List of 100 top climate change websites. - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
The OECD addresses climate change by conducting research and analysis on topics such as mitigation of GHG emissions, adaptation policies, analysis of the connections between sustainability and climate change, and how to achieve long-term policy objectives.
Content in English and French - World Bank
Efforts focus on issues such as sustainable development, energy efficiency, adaptation, and preventing deforestation.
Content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
National
Austria
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Content in German and English - Austrian Council on Climate Change
Austrian Climate Portal with latest news from around the world
Content in German and English
Belgium
- Federal Public Service – health, food chain safety and environment
Content in English, French, Dutch, German - Federal Public Service – economy
Content in English, French, Dutch, German
Czech Republic
- Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
Content in Czech and English - Green Circle (Zelený kruh)
An association of 27 environmental NGOs working in the Czech Republic, founded in 1989.
Content in Czech and English
Cyprus
- Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Content in English, Greek and Turkish
Denmark
- Environment, Energy and Climate official website
Information about Danish policies regarding environment, energy and climate, including oil, renewable energy, climate change and environmental research projects in Denmark. - Danish Meteorological Institute
Continuous monthly reporting to the international community on various climate parameters from selected land stations in Denmark, the Faroes and Greenland.
Content in Danish and English
Estonia
- Ministry of the Environment
Content in Estonian and English - Estonian Student Society for Environmental Protection ‘Sorex’
A voluntary non-profit NGO for young people aged 16 years and over. Founded in October 1998, it currently comprises mainly 20 to 26-year-old students at Estonian universities.
Content in Estonian and English
Finland
- Finnish Environmental Administration
Content in Finnish, Swedish and English - Finnish Environment Institute Climate Change Mitigation Project
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has launched a Climate Change Mitigation Project (SYKE-CCM) and offers information on a range of topics.
Content in Finnish, Swedish and English
France
- ADEME – French Environment and Energy Management Agency
Public agency under the joint supervision of French Ministries for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (MEDAD) and for Higher Education and Research.
Content in French and English - Reseau Action Climat France (French Climate Action Network)
RAC-F is an association of organisations specialising in the greenhouse effect and climate change.
French only
Germany
- Federal Environment Ministry
Content in German and English - Federal Environment Agency
Founded in 1974, the UBA is Germany’s central federal authority on environmental matters.
Content in German and English - Kliminfo.net
Information portal on climate change.
German only - Klimawandel Global
Independent website aimed at raising awareness and proposing emission-cutting measures.
German only
Greece
- Hellenic Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works
Content in Greek and English - National Observatory of Athens (NOA): Institute of Environmental Research and Sustainable Development Climate Change site
Content in Greek and English
Hungary
- Ministry of Environment and Water
Content in Hungarian and English - International Energy Agency
Addressing climate change – policies and measures (Hungary)
Ireland
- Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Content in English and Gaeilge - Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA protects Ireland’s environment through its licensing and enforcement activities, and monitors changes in environmental trends, including climate change, to detect early warning signs of neglect or deterioration.
Italy
- Department for the Environment
Italian only - Agency for New Technology, Energy and Environment
ENEA promotes research and innovation in clean energy technologies
Content in Italian and English - Legambiente
Founded in 1980, Legambiente is today the most widespread environmental association in Italy with more than 1000 local groups, 20 regional committees, and over 115,000 members and supporters.
Italian only - Osservatorio Ambiente Italia
Regularly updated independent reporting on the state of the environment in Italy, based on 100 indicators selected by the research institute Ambiente Italia.
Italian only
Latvia
- Ministry of Environment
Content in Latvian and English - Baltic Environmental Forum
The BEF was founded by the Baltic Ministries of Environment, Germany and the European Commission as a technical assistance project to strengthen cooperation among the Baltic environmental authorities.
Content in Latvian and English
Lithuania
- Ministry of Environment
Content in Lithuanian and English
Luxembourg
- Ministry of Environment
Content in French and some German - Klimabündnis Lëtzebuerg
Luxembourg Climate Alliance brings together 34 local authorities plus NGOs, with the twin aims of reducing the country’s carbon emissions by 10% each five years, and protecting the populations of the rain forests.
Content in German and some French
Malta
- Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Content in Maltese and English
Netherlands
- Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Content in Dutch and English - ClimateXChange
Access to the Wageningen University Earth System Science and Climate Change Team and Alterra, the research institute for a green living environment, website.
Content in Dutch, English and Chinese
Poland
- Ministry of the Environment
Content in Polish and English - Polish Wind Energy Association
Non-governmental organisation established in 1999 by a group of people interested in implementation of wind power technologies in Poland.
Content in Polish and English
Portugal
- Ministry of the Environment
Content in Portuguese and English
Slovakia
- Ministry of the Environment
Content in Slovakian and English
Slovenia
- Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Content in Slovenian and English - Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe
Facilitating environmental dialogue, networking and regional cooperation.
Slovenian only
Spain
- Spanish Office of Climate Change (OECC), Ministry of Environment
Content in Spanish and some English
Sweden
- Swedish Ministry of the Environment
Content in Swedish and English - Swedish Climate Policy Research Programmes
Four Swedish organisations, The Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research and the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, together fund climate policy research programmes of around €5 million annually.
United Kingdom
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- BBC Weather Centre
Climate change evidence, impacts, adaptation and policies.
Norway
- State of Environment Norway
State of the Environment Norway, run by Norwegian agencies led by the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority, aims to provide the latest information about the state and development of the environment.
Content in Norwegian and English
United States
- US Environmental Protection Agency
Climate change site - Pew Center on Global Climate Change
The Pew Center brings together business leaders, policy-makers, scientists and other experts to work together to protect the climate.
Content in Japanese, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish