Environmental Statistics
This webpage provides links to some of the major producers of environmental statistics. The page is arranged geographically.
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- Scotland
- UK Government
- UK Charities & Pressure Groups
- Other UK Sources
- Europe
- International Organisations
- North America
- Australasia
Scottish Environmental Statistics
- Scottish Government Environment Statistics- gives information on how to access statistics relating to the Environment. The Scottish Government collects few statistics on the environment, but does collate and publish statistics from various sources. This section provides environmental statistics for Scotland together with commentary, metadata and links to sources of additional information. Please note: this site is no longer being updated as of September 30 2017. Scottish Government Environment Statistics published subsequently can be found here.
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) Data & Reports - Including data on:
- Air
- Land
- Radioactive substances
- Waste
- Water
- See also - State of the Environment
United Kingdom Environmental Statistics
- Dept. Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Statistics- which provides links to:
- Environmental Statistics - summary statistics on the environment in the United Kingdom. Statistics are presented on a number of Topics in the form of Key Facts summarising information and providing links to pages with detailed information, the data and to other web sites.
- National Air Quality Information Archive which includes - Air Quality Data and Statistics
- Department for Transport Statistics - includes:
- Transport Statistics for Great Britain - compendium of transport statistics (annual)
- Latest transport statistics - overview and analysis of trends in transport and travel in Great Britain
- Aviation
- Buses
- Disabled parking badges
- Driving tests and instructors
- Journey times
- Light rail and tram
- Maritime and shipping
- National Travel Survey
- Public attitudes towards transport
- Rail
- Renewable Fuel
- Road accidents and safety
- Road congestion and travel times
- Road freight: domestic and international
- Road network size and condition
- Road traffic
- Search and rescue helicopter
- Taxi and private hire vehicles
- Transport energy and environment
- Transport Statistics Great Britain
- Vans
- Vehicles
- Vehicle speed compliance
- Walking and cycling
- Environment Agency - Research and Statistics (archived content):
- Flood warnings, river levels and flood risk maps
- Flooding and coastal change
- Waste including waste carriers
- Environmental permits and exemptions
- Boating and waterways
- Peak flow data - Flood peak data at around 1000 river flow gauging stations in the UK
- National Statistics - Environmental accounts - Environmental accounts show how the environment contributes to the economy (for example, through the extraction of raw materials), the impacts that the economy has on the environment (for example, energy consumption and air emissions), and how society responds to environmental issues (for example, through taxation and expenditure on environmental protection).
UK Charities and Pressure Groups
Other UK Sources
- Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia) Data - climate data and monthly weather summaries for various global regions
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): whose data centres include:
- British Atmospheric Data Centre
- National Geoscience Data Centre
- National Centre for Earth Observation - Earth Observation data Centre archive
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- British Antarctic Survey - inc. UK Polar Data Centre
- Archaeology Data Service
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology & the Biological Records Centre & National River Flow Archive
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
- Environmental Information Data Centre
- NERC Data Catalogue Service
European Environmental Statistics
- European Environment Agency Data and Maps - provides access to data sets used in EEA periodical reports. The data sets contain aggregated data, typically on a country level, with a geographical coverage of at least the 15 EU Member States - includes:
- Air Quality e-Reporting - air quality information
- EEA Published Reports
- European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET)
International Organisations
- International Energy Organisation (IEA) Data and Statistics
- International Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution Centre (IPCC) - provides climate, socio-economic and environmental data
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)which includes:
- CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) - which includes:
- Selected texts of legal instruments in International Environmental Law - International Conventions & other legal instruments in full text.
- GRID - Arendal - regional environmental information including:
- GRID-Geneva Data Platform - one of UNEP's major centres for data and information management
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
North American Environmental Statistics
United States
- US Environmental Protection Agency-
- US Department of Commerce which includes links to:
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration which includes:
- National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
- National Climatic Data Center
- National Centers for Environmental Information - formerly National Geophysical Data Centre
- National Oceanographic Data Center
- Energy Information Administration - energy statistics from the US Govt - also includes: State Profiles and Energy Estimates
- Center for Earth Science Information Network (Columbia University)-
- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center - integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as an “information gateway” between the earth sciences and social sciences.
- Last of the Wild - systematic mapping and measurement of the influence of humanity on the Earth’s land surface today.
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University: Databases & repositories - includes: LDEO Climate Group's Data Catalog
- National Snow and Ice Data Center - University of Colorado - and is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Canada
- Statistics Canada - Environment - includes issues related to natural resources (e.g., energy and minerals, forests, water, land), air and climate, pollution, wastes and measures to protect the environment.
- Environment and Climate Change Canada - state of the environment reporting and environmental indicators
Australasian Environmental Statistics
- Australian Bureau of Statistics - Environment Management - includes
- Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts- latest data and past releases
- Water account, Australia - latest data and past releases
- Statistics New Zealand Environment - includes:
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