Sources & Standards

The AI Climate Project does not originate science, data, or authoritative conclusions.

Its role is to integrate, contextualize, and explain work produced by human researchers, institutions, and journalists.

Where the Information Comes From

This project regularly draws from authoritative human sources, including but not limited to:

Scientific Institutions & Data Providers

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

• NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

• Copernicus Climate Change Service

• UK Met Office

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• National Academies of Sciences

• ECMWF

• USGS

Peer-Reviewed Climate Scientists & Communicators

• James Hansen

• Michael Mann

• Katharine Hayhoe

• Zeke Hausfather

• Joeri Rogelj

• Friederike Otto

• Gavin Schmidt

• Kevin Trenberth

• Stefan Rahmstorf

• Johan Rockström

High-Quality Journalism & Synthesis

• Carbon Brief

• Reuters Climate

• Associated Press Climate

• Financial Times (climate coverage)

• Inside Climate News

• Yale Climate Connections

• Grist

• The Guardian (climate desk)

Energy, Policy, and Systems Analysis

• International Energy Agency (IEA)

• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• World Resources Institute

• Project Drawdown

• Climate Action Tracker

How Sources Are Used

• Sources are cited in the description of each episode whenever possible.

• Claims are cross-checked across multiple independent sources.

• When evidence is uncertain or evolving, that uncertainty is named explicitly.

The goal is not to collapse disagreement, but to clarify where consensus exists and where it does not.

A Living List

This list is not fixed.

As new institutions, researchers, and high-quality reporting emerge, they may be added. If standards change or sources degrade in quality, they may be removed.

That evolution is intentional.

Why This Page Exists

This page exists to signal intellectual humility and methodological transparency.

Climate understanding advances through human research, debate, and evidence — not through belief or authority claims. The AI Climate Project’s role is simply to help keep that work connected, current, and understandable.

Boring is intentional.

Boring is trustworthy.