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𐃏 Past highlights & events hub 𐃏

     Past 2026 highlights & events

     Past 2025 highlights & events

     Past 2024 highlights & events

     Past 2023 highlights & events

     Past 2022 highlights & events

     Past 2021 highlights & events

     Past 2020 highlights & events

     Past 2019 highlights & events

     Past 2017-18 highlights & events


𐃏 ℹ️ Reference hub 𐃏

     Data, indicators & assessment in environment & sustainability

     General reference (dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.)

     Calendars & event listings

          Recurring events & annual event listings

     Acronyms

     Opportunities, internships, employment, etc.

     Green consumption, consumerism, products & purchasing

     Satire, parody, humor & comedy


𐃏 📀 Multimedia hub 𐃏

     News*

     Social media

     Periodicals     

          Journals*

          Magazines, newsletters, bulletins, blogs & online platforms*

          Yearbooks & annual reviews

          Assessments

     Books & bibliographies

     Audio-visual & multimedia*

          Audio, podcasts & radio*

          Environmental & climate film & documentary Information*

          Listing of environmental & climate films & documentaries*


𐃏 🌐 Global geography hub 𐃏

     Geographical sciences

          Earth & world regional geography

          Mapping & geospatial data

     Polar regions & the cryosphere

          Arctic

          Antarctica

     Ocean geography

          Atlantic Ocean & contiguous seas

          Indian Ocean & contiguous seas

          Pacific Ocean, Oceania & contiguous seas

          Islands & small island states (SIS)

     Eastern Hemisphere

          Asia

               Large landscape & transboundary regions

          Africa

               Institutions

               Large landscape & transboundary regions

          Middle East & North Africa

          Mediterranean region

          Europe

               Large landscape & transboundary regions

               Institutions ~ European Union (EU)

               Institutions ~ Non-EU

               Land use, protected areas & biodiversity

     Western Hemisphere

         North America

               Canada-USA

                    Large landscape & transboundary regions

                         Yellowstone to Yukon

                         Great Lakes

                         Appalachia, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Trail & Acadia

               USA-Mexico

                    Sonoran Desert

                    Gulf of Mexico

               Central America

          Latin America

          Caribbean

          South America

               Amazon region


𐃏 ⚑⚐ Countries, nations & states hub 𐃏

     General information & data on countries, nations & states

     Subnational government info

           · e.g., states, provinces, counties, cities, municipalities, towns, villages, etc.

     Countries A>Z

           · Most of the world's 195+ countries are listed on this page.

           · Most of these (eventually all) link to an individual country page.

           · The USA is the only country with multiple subpages (see USA hub).


𐃏 🇺🇸 United States of America hub 𐃏

     General & miscellaneous information

     Institutions

     Federal government

          Law & regulations

          Legislative & judicial branches

               Executive branch

                    Departments

                    Independent administrations, agencies, commissions & foundations

     Environmental politics

     Climate change*

     Marine issues

     Land types, land use & land conservation

          Forests

     Regions

          West

          Midwest

          South & Southeast

          East

               New England

               Chesapeake Bay

     States*

           States A>Z

                California

                Florida

                Massachusetts

                     Greater Boston Conservation History Landscape

                          Boston

                Montana

                New York

                Texas


𐃏 Actors hub 𐃏

     Indigenous peoples*

          General & global Indigenous peoples institutions

          Regional & place-based Indigenous information & institutions

          Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

     Intergovernmental organizations*

          United Nations system*

               UN Environment Programme (UNEP) & UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)

          International financial institutions (IFIs)

          Hybrid government-nongovernment organizations, networks, etc.

     Civil society

     Science & research community

     Natural history institutions (aquaria, gardens, museums, zoos, etc.)

     Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) ~ Information

          A>M of NGOs

          N>Z of NGOs

     Funding community (including Foundations & grantmakers)*

          A>Z of funders*

     Labor

     Private sector*

     Journalism, press & media sector*

     Professional associations

     LBGTQ+

     Women

     Youth*

     Elders

     Individuals & citizens*


𐃏 Global environmental politics (GEP) hub 𐃏

     Conventions, treaties & multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)

     General information & research guides

          Periodials & videos

          Bibliographies & books

     Institutions & initiatives

     Education & teaching


𐃏 International issues hub 𐃏

     Environmental and climate conflict & peacebuilding*

     Human rights & environmental rights*

     Trade & globalization*

     Disasters, emergencies, preparedness, response & humanitarian relief

     Human migration, refugees & internally displaced people (IDPs)*

     Transportation

          Flying*

     Tourism, ecotourism, sustainable travel & outdoor recreation*

     Information technology, including AI

     Transnational environmental crime (TEC) & corruption

     Violence & ecoterrorism


𐃏 Sustainable Development+ hub 𐃏

     Sustainable development ~ General information

          UN, sustainability & Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

          Non-UN institutions focused on sustainability & sustainable development

     Poverty, sustainability & the environment

     Population & demography

     Natural resource management

     SES, governance, “the commons,” & CPRM

     Global public health

          Health & climate change*

          Spillover & emerging pandemic threats

     Insurance


𐃏 Environmental hub 𐃏

     Environmental science

          Participatory, citizen & community science

     Environmental threats

     Environmental & ecological economics

          Environmental accounting systems (eg, alternatives to GDP/GNP)

          Environmental finance

          Ecolabelling & environmental certification

     Environmental law

          Rights of nature

     Green politics & parties

     Environmental & climate history*

           Master environmental timeline

     Environmental psychology & climate change anxiety+*

     Environmental humanities

          Environmental & climate arts & literature*

          Environmental ethics & philosophy

               Nature, the Anthropocene & other contested ideas

          Environment, religion & spirituality

     Awards, prizes & contests

     Environmental critics & backlash


𐃏 Environmental justice & climate justice hub 𐃏

     JEDI & environmental racism

     Environmental & climate justice institutions

     Activism & advocacy

          Climate activism & advocacy

     Green New Deal (GND) & Just Transition

     Climate Justice*

          Loss & damage*

          Divestment & re/investment*

          

𐃏 Climate change hub 𐃏

     · In addition to the pages listed under the Climate change hub and following Energy hub, additional climate

       change resources are available across EarthWeb.info; the Sitemap indicates these with a yellow asterisk (*).

     Where to start?

     Climate A>Z

     Institutions

     Climate change science

          Modeling, risk assessment & scenario planning  

          Carbon accounting, tracking, footprint & calculators

          Key climate science assessments & reports

     Climate change education*

          Climate change communications*

          Climate change books & bibliographies*

     Climate change economics

     Climate finance

     Impacts

          Extreme weather, including drought & flooding

     Adaptation & resilience

     Mitigation

          Carbon pricing (taxes, markets & ETSs)

          Net zero and carbon credits, allowances & offsets

          Carbon sequestration (including CCS & CDR)

          Geoengineering & climate intervention

     Climate change law

     Diplomacy & negotiations

          UNFCCC

          Country emissions & NDCs

          COP-31 (2026, Antalya, Türkiy)

          Guides & resources to past COPs

     Denialism & greenwashing

      

𐃏 ⚡️ Energy hub 𐃏𐃏

     · While climate change issues infuse the pages under the Energy hub, it is important to note that the

        topics of energy and climate change are overlapping, but in no way identical.

     Energy A>Z

     General & reference information

     Energy institutions

     Energy conservation, consumption, efficiency & savings

     Renewable energy

          Solar energy

          Wind

               Offshore wind

     Bioenergy

     Fossil Fuels


𐃏 ♻︎ Pollution, recycling, wastes & toxics hub 𐃏

     Institutions

     Solid waste management, recycling & sustainable materials management (SMM)

     Hazardous materials, toxics, waste trade and flows

          Specific pollutants

               Light & noise pollution

               e-waste

               Plastic pollution

               Textiles, apparel & clothing


𐃏 Atmosphere hub 𐃏

     Air pollution

          Institutions

          Transboundary air pollution (TBAP) in Europe

          TBAP in Asia

     Stratospheric ozone depletion 

     

𐃏 💧 Freshwater hub 𐃏

     General & reference information     

     International cooperaton

     Institutions

     Water economics & finance

     Waterbody types

     Transborder watercourses & international water disputes

      

𐃏 🌊 Marine environment hub 𐃏

     General information

     Marine institutions

          International institutions, including United Nations & UNCLOS

               Regional Seas Programme

     Marine fisheries

          International fisheries agreements, institutions & cooperation

          Fisheries institutions

     Deep sea, high seas & BBNJ

     Marine pollution

          Dead zones, eutrophication, hypoxia & nutrient overload

     Oceans & climate change*

          Ocean acidification*

          Sea level rise (SLR) & coastal impacts*

     Marine biodiversity

          Marine protected areas (MPAs)


𐃏 Biomes hub 𐃏

     Terrestrial biome & ecosystem classification systems

     Wetlands

     Deserts

     Forests (& forestry)

               Forest types & forest biomes

               International forest agreements & organizations

               Forest institutions

               Forests & climate change (including REDD+)*

               Forest fire & wildfires

     Mountains

     Subterranean environment & caves

𐃏 Land use hub 𐃏

     Land use, land degradation & desertification

     Land tenure

     Mining & resource extraction

     Agriculture & food

          Agriculture institutions

          Agriculture & climate change*

     Urban areas, cities, towns, suburbs & exurbs

          Urban climate change*

          Urban biodiversity & land use

     Infrastructure, buildings and the built environment

      

𐃏 Ecosystem approach & AbC hub 𐃏

     Ecosystem approach, including EM, NbS, NCS & EbA*

          Ecological restoration & restoration ecology

     Protected & conserved areas (PCAs)

          OECMs, CBC, CBNRM, ICCAs & ICDPs

          Transborder conservation

          Private & nongovernmental land conservation

     Landscape conservation, large scale conservation, connectivity & corridors

          Institutions

          Global targets, including 30x30, Half-Earth & Nature Needs Half

          Rewilding

          Road ecology

      

𐃏 Biodiversity conservation hub 𐃏

     Biodiversity A>Z

     Biodiversity institutions

          Key international biodiversity conventions & associated entities

          International biodiversity institutions+

          Science & research institutions

     Biodiversity science, ecology & general information

          Indicators, metrics & observation

          Conservation technology

          Biodiversity & climate change*

     Biodiversity loss, genetic erosion, endangered species & extinction

          Threats to biodiversity

               Wildlife trafficking, trade & poaching

               Invasive species

     Ecosystem services, NCPs, economic valuation & natural capital

     Conservation finance

     Sustainable use

          Hunting & angling community

     Genetic resources, bioprospecting, ABS & DSI

     Biotechnology, GMOs, LMOs & synthetic biology

     Animal rights

      

𐃏 🧭 Movement & migration hub 𐃏

     General information on animal migration, migratory species & movement ecology

     Research institutions

     International agreements for migratory species conservation

          Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

     Migratory aquatic species

     Migratory birds


𐃏 🍁🐾 Life & taxa hub 𐃏

     Taxonomic information, databases & data management

     Microbes+

     Aquatic life

          Freshwater life

          Diadromous life

          Marine life

               Coral & coral reefs

               Sharks

               Marine mammals

                    Cetacea (whales)

     Plants

          Plant taxa, including cultivated & crop species, varieties & breeds

     Arthropods

          Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants, etc.)

          Lepidoptera

              Monarch Butterfly

     Herps

     Birds

     Mammals

          Bison

          Carnivora

               Bears

          Chiroptera (bats)

          Primata

          Proboscidae (elephants)

          Wilferelidae


Earth, Wind & Fire



· EarthWeb.info provides 500+ pages of information divided into 20+ topical sections.

  · Each topical secton begins with a 𐃏Hub𐃏 page.

    · All individual pages are listed below except for the individual country pages (see Countries A>Z).

      · First, however, here is a shortcut list of direct links to all 𐃏Hub𐃏 pages:

                         𐃏 Past highlights & events hub

                          𐃏 ℹ️ ~ Reference hub

                           𐃏 📀 ~ Multimedia hub

                            𐃏 🌐 ~ Global geography hub

                             𐃏 ⚑⚐ ~ Countries-Nations-States hub

                              𐃏 🇺🇸 ~ USA hub

                               𐃏 Actors hub

                                𐃏 GEP ~ Global environmental politics hub

                                 𐃏 Int'l ~ International issues hub

                                  𐃏 SD ~ Sustainable Development hub

                                   𐃏 Env ~ Environment hub

                                    𐃏 EJ+ ~ Environmental & climate justice

                                     𐃏 CC ~ Climate change hub

                                      𐃏 ⚡️ ~ Energy hub

                                       𐃏 ♻︎ ~ Pollution, recycling, wastes & toxics hub

                                        𐃏 ⛅️~  Atmosphere hub

                                         𐃏 💧 ~ Freshwater hub

                                          𐃏 🌊 ~ Oceans, regional seas & marine environment hub

                                           𐃏 Biomes hub

                                            𐃏 LU ~ Land use hub

                                             𐃏 EcoCons ~ Ecosystem conservation hub

                                              𐃏 BioDiv ~ Biodiversity conservation hub

                                               𐃏 🧭 ~ Animal migration & movement hub

                                                𐃏 🍁🐾 ~ Life & taxa hub

Sitemap

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In addition to the pages under the Marine hub, more marine resources are available on the following pages:

   · Countries A>Z for country-specific marine information

         ~ USA Marine issues

     · Ocean geography

           ~ Atlantic Ocean & contiguous seas

           ~ Pacific Ocean, Oceania & contiguous seas

           ~ Indian Ocean & contiguous seas

       · Aquatic life

         · Aquatic migratory species

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A yellow asterisk indicates that the page contains a section on climate change or that climate change resources are highlighted.