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General research and analysis that provides deep dives and insights into specific sustainability issues or industry sectors, addressing the current status, trends, risks, and opportunities for the issue but not specifically addressing a finance or business audience.
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GreenDelta
GreenDelta GmbH is an independent sustainability consulting, engineering and software development company specialising in life cycle assessment (LCA), sustainability data, research and tools. It develops internationally used sustainability software such as openLCA and delivers consulting, data services and project-based research to enterprises, institutes and policy clients.
WESR: Ocean
WESR: Ocean provides high-level insights into ocean-related environmental risks and pressures, including marine ecosystems, pollution and resource use. It supports risk identification and contextual analysis for financial decision-making linked to ocean health, coastal exposure and sustainability considerations.
Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung)
Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBR) is a German federal research institute providing evidence-based analysis on building, housing, urban development, and spatial planning. BBR produces research, data, and policy advice supporting sustainable cities, regional development, infrastructure planning, and informed public decision-making across national and international policy contexts and programmes.
University of Geneva
University of Geneva is a public research university based in Geneva, Switzerland. It delivers higher education and interdisciplinary research across science, climate, sustainability, human rights, health, and international relations, with strong links to global institutions and policy-relevant research outputs.
Deutsches Klimaportal
Deutsches Klimaportal’s Bauwesen section offers streamlined access to German climate services and data relevant to the built environment, drawn from national providers. It supports climate adaptation planning and decision-making for the construction sector with factual climate information and tools.
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.
Regional Climate Atlas of Germany (Regionaler Klimaatlas Deutschland)
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.
German Climate Atlas (Deutscher Klimaatlas)
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.
Drought Monitor Germany (Dürremonitor Deutschland)
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.
Flood hazard and flood risk maps in Germany (Hochwassergefahren- und Hochwasserrisikokarten in Deutschland)
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.
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.
CDC: Climate Data Center
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.
Orbae
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.
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) is an academic research centre at UCLouvain focused on disaster risk, impacts, and vulnerability.CRED develops the EM-DAT disaster database, produces peer-reviewed research, and supports governments and international organisations with evidence for disaster risk reduction, resilience, and emergency preparedness globally.
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is a publicly funded research institute based in Germany. It conducts interdisciplinary environmental research on climate change, biodiversity, water, soil and land use, producing peer-reviewed science, data and policy-relevant insights to support sustainable resource management.
CIMA Research Foundation
CIMA Research Foundation is a non-profit scientific organisation specialising in environmental monitoring, climate risk and disaster risk reduction. It develops forecasting models, early warning systems and applied research for civil protection, climate adaptation and resilience, working with governments, academia and international programmes across Europe and globally in multiple hazard domains.