LibGuides: Climate Change and Environmental Law Guide: NGOs

Searching Websites Efficiently with Google

Many non-governmental organizations provide in-depth reports, data, and other resources. Use the advanced Google search operators site: and filetype: to find resources and information on websites. Combine the site: operator with the host webpage site (no space between the colon and the website) and your search terms. Add filetype:pdf to narrow your search further to published reports.

Non-Governmental Organizations

Natural Resources Defense Council
The NRDC works to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
The Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Investigation Agency
The Environmental Law Institute
Center for International Environmental Law
EarthJustice
National Geographic Society

Research Centers

Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains law students and lawyers in their use, and provides the public with up-to-date resources on key topics in climate law and regulation.
Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy.