Sources and credits
| Data | Provider | Licence | Credit shown | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Niño status and Oceanic Niño Index | NOAA Climate Prediction Center | US Government work (public domain) | Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center | Monthly (status 12 November 2026) |
| Seasonal forecast (ECMWF SEAS5, system 51) | Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) | CC BY 4.0 plus the C3S licence for non-European contributions | Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026 | Monthly (issued November 2026) |
| ERA5 monthly reanalysis, 1979-2025 | Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) | CC BY 4.0 | Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026 | Yearly |
| PM2.5 forecast | Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) | CC BY 4.0 | Generated using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2026 | Daily (run 2026-11-14 00 UTC) |
| Floods, cyclones, droughts, forest fires (type, level, place, dates) | GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (United Nations and European Commission) | No licence stated on its terms page; shown with credit and a link to each GDACS report | Source: GDACS | Each update |
| Wildfires and severe storms (place, dates, size) | NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) | No licence stated on its About page | Source: NASA EONET | Each update |
| Carbon dioxide (Mauna Loa) and methane (global) | NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory | US Government data; licence terms not yet confirmed | Source: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory | Monthly |
| Global surface temperature | NASA GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP v4) | US Government data; licence terms not yet confirmed | Source: NASA GISTEMP v4 | Monthly |
| Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice extent | US National Snow and Ice Data Center, Sea Ice Index | Licence terms not yet confirmed | Source: NSIDC Sea Ice Index | Daily values, shown as monthly averages |
| Global mean sea level | NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry | Acknowledgment requested in the data file | Altimetry data are provided by NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry | When NOAA updates the series |
| Emissions and electricity mix by country | Our World in Data, based on the Global Carbon Project, Ember and the Energy Institute | CC BY 4.0 | Source: Our World in Data | Yearly |
| Climate news headlines | Found through the GDELT Project; each headline links to the publishing outlet | GDELT: free for commercial use with a citation and link | Found through the GDELT Project | Every run |
| Country borders, cities | Natural Earth | Public domain | Made with Natural Earth | — |
Events are not official alerts. GDACS says its information is indicative and does not replace alerts from national authorities; NASA says EONET is for general information only. Follow your national weather service for warnings.
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