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The environmental pillar in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) assesses an organisation’s impact on the planet. It includes issues such as climate change, biodiversity, waste management and water management. Strong environmental practices help businesses reduce risks, comply with regulations, and drive long-term sustainability.

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UN Biodiversity Lab

UN Biodiversity Lab
UN Biodiversity Lab’s Earth map is a free, online spatial data tool that lets users view and interact with over 400 global biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development map layers for analysis and planning. It supports visualising, downloading and combining datasets to inform conservation and policy decisions.
Online tool/database

Regional Climate Atlas of Germany (Regionaler Klimaatlas Deutschland)

German Weather Service (DWD)
Regionaler Klimaatlas Deutschland is an interactive web tool presenting over 120 regional climate scenarios for Germany. It summarises research on future climate change, enabling users to view projected changes in climate elements such as temperature, precipitation and wind at national and regional levels.
Online tool/database

EM-DAT – The international disaster database

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
EM-DAT is a global database of over 27 000 major natural and technological disasters since 1900, recording their occurrence and human and economic impacts. Maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), it supports evidence-based disaster risk reduction, preparedness and vulnerability assessment.
Online tool/database

German Climate Atlas (Deutscher Klimaatlas)

German Weather Service (DWD)
The Deutscher Klimaatlas by the German Weather Service (DWD) is an interactive online tool that presents maps and time-series of past, current and projected future climate data for Germany (1881–2100), showing spatial and temporal climate patterns and scenarios.
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Drought Monitor Germany (Dürremonitor Deutschland)

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
The UFZ Drought Monitor provides daily, spatially resolved maps and downloadable data on soil moisture and drought conditions across Germany. It uses simulations from the mesoscale hydrological model (mHM) to indicate drought severity in topsoil and total soil profiles, supporting climate and water resource research.
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Flood hazard and flood risk maps in Germany (Hochwassergefahren- und Hochwasserrisikokarten in Deutschland)

Federal Institute of Hydrology, BfG (Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde)
A German Federal Institute of Hydrology geoportal showing current national flood hazard and risk maps, combining official flood extent, probability and risk layers for reporting under the EU Floods Directive. It supports spatial analysis and links to regional hazard data from responsible authorities.
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Cross-border flood portal (Länderübergreifendes Hochwasser Portal)

Länderübergreifendes Hochwasserportal (Hochwasserzentralen.de) provides up-to-date flood warnings, water levels and reports for Germany and adjacent regions. It aggregates official river gauge data and warning information from federal states, with links to local flood services and an API for developers.
Online tool/database

CDC: Climate Data Center

German Weather Service (DWD)
The CDC-Portal is an interactive web interface from the Deutscher Wetterdienst’s Climate Data Center that provides searchable access to climate data sets, enabling graphical and tabular previews and downloads of observational and derived climate data for research and analysis.
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MapX

United Nations Environment Programme
This MapX project is part of an open-source web platform for managing, analysing and visualising geospatial data. It enables interactive mapping of spatial datasets and statistics within themed projects, supporting environmental, resource and risk assessments through layered maps and related tools.
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Orbae

AdAstra Sustainability
Orbae is an open-data platform by AdAstra Sustainability that quantifies greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural land-use change. It provides high-resolution, spatially explicit data to assess land conversion impacts across crops, regions and supply chains, supporting climate risk analysis, reporting and sustainable finance decision-making.
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Minerals Intelligence Network for Europe (Minerals4EU)

Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Minerals4EU was a European mineral intelligence platform providing harmonised spatial and statistical data on mineral occurrences, mines and resources across EU member states. It featured a web portal, a European Minerals Yearbook and supported decision-making on raw materials supply and policy through integrated, interoperable data.
Online tool/database

OS-Climate: Transition Analysis

OS-Climate (Open Source Climate)
OS-Climate Transition Analysis is an open-source scenario-modelling tool that simulates economic, energy and climate system interactions. It supports assessment of transition risks, technology pathways and investment trade-offs under alternative decarbonisation scenarios for financial and strategic analysis.
Online tool/database

IPCC Shared Economic Pathways (SPPs)

Our World in Data
An interactive data explorer for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) used in IPCC climate modelling, allowing comparison of socioeconomic and emissions trajectories under different future scenarios. It presents scenario data on population, economy, energy and related variables to analyse possible climate outcomes.
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IEA Global Energy and Climate Model

International Energy Agency (IEA)
The Global Energy and Climate Model is an integrated analytical tool developed by the International Energy Agency to assess long-term global energy systems. It supports scenario analysis of energy demand, supply, investment and emissions under different policy and technology pathways.
Online tool/database

Nature Enters the Boardroom: Why Directors Are Paying Attention

Drawing on Australia’s first national study of board-level engagement with nature, this article shows how directors are treating nature as a material governance and financial issue. It highlights how boards are extending climate governance systems to manage nature-related risks, adopt frameworks like TNFD, and build resilience and long-term value despite policy uncertainty.
Article
16 January 2026

UN Biodiversity Lab

Government Sponsored / Multilateral Organisations
UN Biodiversity Lab (UNBL) is a UN-supported platform providing spatial biodiversity and nature data for policy and decision-making.UNBL integrates global and national datasets, interactive maps and dashboards to support governments, researchers and organisations working on biodiversity conservation, land use planning and sustainable development.
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