Research Guides: Climate Change: Policy

Climate Policy Resources

United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change Website
UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty. On this website, find greenhouse gas emissions inventories by country, national communications that report on countries' climate change policies and measures, and other information.
UN Sustainable Development Goals: Climate Change
Find quick facts, information briefs, and videos on the COP21 Paris Agreement and other international actions to address climate change.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Climate Change
Find reports and other resources on OECD work on climate finance, negotiations, carbon markets, and other topics.
OECD: Environment Data
Access this platform to download OECD datasets on air, climate, forests, waste, and water.
OECD Climate Actions and Policies Measurement Framework (CAPMF) database
This is an extensive climate mitigation policy database to date, currently covering 49 countries (OECD, G20, OECD accession countries), time period: 1990-2022, and 130 policy variables, grouped into 56 key climate policies. You can use this database to track climate policy trends or explore climate policy-related questions.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Climate Change
Find information on the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+), and other UNEP climate-focused initiatives.
Georgetown Climate Center
GCC works with states, power companies, and non-profit organizations on climate issues related to clean energy and transportation. GCC also helps states and communities prepare for climate change impacts and works to integrate adaptation planning into all levels of government decision-making.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Focus on the research literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy. 1975-present.
ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
Collection of congressional documents, regulations, laws, legislative histories. Coverage: 1789-present.
Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new window
Translated news broadcasts, reports, and publications from around the world cover topics related to immigration and refugees. Subset of Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Focused on public policy research and issues. Includes international journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, and publications of international agencies. Does not include newspapers. Coverage: 1915-present.
Refinitiv ESG via WRDS This link opens in a new window
The datasets covers Environmental, Social, and Governance score and performance. The ESG score covers 10 main themes including emissions, environmental product innovation, human rights, shareholders, etc. and measure a company’s relative ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness, based on company-reported data. Coverage: 2002 – present. Funded by the Anderson School of Management.
Access via WRDS requires a registered username and password.