User:Clayoquot/Reliable sources on climate change

Ideal sources

 * IPCC reports are highly reliable as they capture international scientific consensus. We have a useful cheat sheet on citations for IPCC reports. Official website


 * The International Energy Agency has many excellent reports. Official website


 * Our World in Data has excellent articles, maps, and graphs, which are generally released in a license compatible with Wikipedia. Official website

News articles and government websites
For getting statistics for articles that aren't geographically limited, it is usually easiest to use sources that are also global in scope.


 * Yale Environment 360: "Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues. We feature original articles by scientists, journalists, environmentalists, academics, policy makers, and business people, as well as multimedia content and a daily digest of major environmental news."

Use with caution

 * Industry coalitions such as International Renewable Energy Agency or International Geothermal Association may be biased towards predicting glory for the industry that they represent, and will definitely be perceived as being biased in this way. Use more neutral sources whenever possible

Unreliable sources

 * Environmental advocacy groups and political parties, e.g. Greenpeace or the Green Party of Canada: Do not use as a source of facts.

Use recent sources for recent trends

 * On energy prices, use reliable sources from the past year whenever possible. There have been huge decreases in the prices of renewable energy and battery storage.


 * Statistics on the proportion of energy derived from renewable sources are not as frequently updated. Use statistics from the past 5 years.