Research Guides: Environmental Studies: Find Data

Multidisciplinary sources with environmental data

EPA Data
Environmental Protection Agency landing page for exploring and interacting with EPA data resources.
European Environment Agency
Data and maps for the European Environment Agency.

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Note: Patrons can use the 'Access through your institution' option or create an ICPSR account using your Temple email to access this resource from off-campus. Please clear your browser history and cookies if you see an error message. ICPSR provides access to an international archive of digital datasets in social sciences and related areas. Includes the National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) of physical and social environment data, and Open Data Flint.
OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Note: As of 7/1/2024 OECD is a publicly-available resource.
OECD iLibrary (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) provides access to statistical data, books, journals and working papers on subjects such as: Agriculture and Food, Development, Education, Energy, Environment, Finance and Investment, Social Issues, Transport and more. The Statistics channel delivers access to the OECD's statistical databases allowing users real-time access to the latest data. (Updated daily)
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Policy Map is an online mapping tool with a variety of demographic and socio-economic data. It also includes data on environment and disaster risk, food access, social determinants of health including environmental hazards, and clean energy tax incentives.
PolicyMap is an online data and mapping application that provides access to over 10,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, income, crime, mortgages, health, jobs, and more. Data is available at many common geographic entities (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, metro area) as well as unique geographies such as school districts and political boundaries. Data is accessible in interactive maps, tables, charts, and reports and also may be downloaded.
Some PolicyMap datasets are from free government sources (including U.S. Census data), while other datasets are from proprietary sources, including detailed home sales statistics, school district performance from GreatSchools, locations of grocery stores and non-profit organizations, and Nielsen estimates and projections for demographic indicators.

Resource Watch
Resource Watch features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens. Users can visualize challenges facing people and the planet, from climate change to poverty, water risk to state instability, air pollution to human migration, and more.

Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
Note: Temple users must access the Roper platform by creating an iPoll account using their @temple.edu email. Go to Log In --> select Your Affiliation (Temple University) --> Register or Sign In to Roper iPoll account.
Roper iPoll is provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University and offers public opinion poll data from 1935 to the present. iPoll contains nearly 800,000 questions and over 23,000 datasets from both U.S. and international polling firms. Surveys cover any number of topics including, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. When available, results charts, demographic crosstabs and full datasets are provided for immediate download. Includes topic categories for agriculture, energy, envronment, and more.
Sage Data (formerly Data-Planet) This link opens in a new window
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Sage Data provides access to statistical data produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and intergovernmental organizations. It contains charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables. Includes data on agriculture and food, energy, environment, natural resources, transportation, and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista provides data about finance, markets, politics, and society across over 170 industries and over 150 countries. Statista integrates data from many sources into one platform with ready-made data tables and visualizations. Sources of information include market research, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Includes data and reports on Agriculture, Energy, and Environment.
World Bank DataBank This link opens in a new window
DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics: Agriculture & Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness, Climate Change, Economy & Growth, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, External Debt, Financial Sector, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Poverty, Private Sector, Public Sector, Science & Technology, Social Development, Social Protection & Labor, Trade, Urban Development. DataBank includes World Development Indicators (WDI), which is a major source of data on the development of countries and regions.

Topic-specific data sources

Climate Policy Database
The Climate Policy Database aims to gather information on climate mitigation policies and benchmark these against a policy matrix, that represents a comprehensive policy package to mitigate the effects of climate change.
EarthStat
A collaboration between the University of Minnesota and the University of British Columbia that provides geographic datasets related to agriculture and the environment.
Famine Early Warning System Network
A project of the US Agency for International Development, view online maps of famine hot spots and areas of concern and download GIS shapefiles.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statistics
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Our goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With over 194 member states, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. We believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.
Global Forest Watch
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is an online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests. By harnessing cutting-edge technology, GFW allows anyone to access near real-time information about where and how forests are changing around the world.
Little Sis Fossil Fuel Finance Hub
Resource for researching the money behind fossil fuels. Each of the 4 topic pages links to more resources, some of which have searchable databases about Bank, Asset Manager, Insurance, and Private Equity links to financing fossil fuels.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Data from the statistical agency of the US Department of Agriculture.
National Land Cover Database
A collaboration of US government agencies, download land cover data for public, environmental, and community planning.
NOAA Climate Data
Data access from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA) taken from satellite, radar, ground stations, and weather ballons. Also includes Paleoclimate data.
Open Air Quality
OpenAQ is a global project to fight air pollution with open data, open source tools, and participating scientists and citizens.
Renewable Energy Data Resources (NREL)
Data tools from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, marine & hydrokinetic, solar, wind, and international.
U.S. Energy Information Agency
The homepage of the Energy Information Agency (EIA). A vast trove of data.
USDA Economic Research Service
Data Products from the USDA Economic Research Service. Files, charts, maps, and apps.
World Database on Protected Areas
Protected Planet is the most up to date and complete source of information on protected areas, updated monthly with submissions from governments, non-governmental organizations, landowners and communities. It is a publicly available online platform where users can discover terrestrial and marine protected areas, access related statistics and download data from the World Database on Protected Areas

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