Data Resources

UNEP's public beta chatbot draws on a limited curated library of UNEP and selected partner publications to deliver accurate, cited, and easy-to-understand answers on key environmental topics.

An open access platform that provides trusted UNEP scientific and policy resources to strengthen evidence-based decision-making and advance solutions to address humanity’s most pressing environmental challenges.

The World Environment Situation Room implements the Big Data Initiative. The project is global with overarching environmental policy relevance and impact. It includes geo-referenced, remote-sensing and earth observation information integrated with statistics and data on the environmental dimension of sustainable development.

Accurate data. Targeted action. Faster progress.
From oil and gas to metallurgical coal, waste and agriculture, IMEO experts measure and quantify methane emissions using satellite observations and field studies. We strengthen company measurements, enabling operators and regulators to take informed decisions.

InforMEA provides easy access to treaty texts and provisions of decisions and resolutions adopted by the Governing Bodies of MEAs. 

The largest real-time air quality databank, bundling real-time air quality data for particulate matter (PM2.5) from thousands of initiatives run by citizens, communities, governments, and the private sector.

Search UNEP projects by thematic area, geographic location, donor , project status and more.

Strata is a web-based, easy-to-use data platform to support practitioners and policymakers to identify and track environmental and climate stresses potentially driving threats to peace and security. Strata allows analysts, policy makers and practitioners to access and use climate security data in their daily work, including to raise awareness of converging risks, to design and prioritise policy and programming responses, and to monitor and evaluate interventions. 

Its unique values include: i) It is the only data platform that allows users to customize data analytics and visualization to their specific context without prior technical or data skills or background; ii) It is built on near real-time geospatial data streams (continuously being updated) at a subnational and lower granularity; and iii) It relies heavily on co-design with national and local stakeholders to ensure it is fit for purpose

Strata has launched its pilot version focused on Somalia in February 2022. During the first half of 2022, it is expanded to the wider Horn of Africa region. Further, regional expansions are expected for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as well as West-Africa and the Sahel, while working towards a global version (2023).

Read about hotspots of environmental change, emerging science topics, or discussions on contemporary environmental issues, and understand what is happening to our changing environment, the consequences of everyday choices, and what are the future directions for policy.

The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer is a free and easy to use data platform. It provides accurate, up-to-date, high-resolution geospatial data depicting  the extent freshwater ecosystems change over time. By helping decision-makers understand dynamic ecosystem changes, the data presented on this open access platform is intended to drive action to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems and enable countries to track progress towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal Target 6.6.  Data can be visualized and downloaded at national, sub-national and basin levels. Data is available for the following: Permanent & Seasonal Surface Waters  | Reservoirs | Wetlands | Mangroves | Water Quality