DPGs for Climate Action
Advancing accessible and interoperable solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation
Tackling climate change demands solutions that are accessible, adaptable, and able to work together. The climate crisis affects many sectors—from extreme weather events risking livelihoods to land-use changes causing GHG emissions—so digital solutions must be accessible, adapted and connected across different contexts.
Digital public goods (DPGs) offer a way to accelerate climate action by lowering costs and reducing duplication when deploying digital solutions, while enabling digital sovereignty and cooperation. DPGs can support a wide range of efforts, including climate monitoring, early-warning systems, mitigation planning, adaptation financing, and environmental accountability.
Co-stewarded by the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the DPGA Secretariat, the DPGs for Climate Action Collection is a curated set of digital public goods that are both technically ready and proven in real-world climate applications.
Building on global efforts to scale digital climate solutions, the collection aligns with initiatives such as the Plan for Accelerated Solutions on DPGs, launched at COP30, and the Technology Mechanism Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action Initiative (AI4ClimateAction), launched in 2023.
In this context, the collection helps governments, multilateral institutions, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders more easily discover and adopt trusted, open-source solutions. It also supports funders and developers in identifying tools that can be sustained and scaled, while highlighting gaps where more interoperable solutions are still needed.
How DPGs are identified: a framework built for climate outcomes
To guide how DPGs are approved for the collection, the DPGA Secretariat—together with partners from across the DPG ecosystem—developed the Framework for Identifying Digital Public Goods for Climate Action. The framework is designed to surface solutions that are not only open, but also interoperable, reusable, and capable of contributing to measurable climate outcomes.
Read more about the frameworkDigital Public Goods
Join the DPGs for Climate Action Collection
The collection is updated on a rolling basis, with new DPGs added as they apply and are approved. As more DPG types are assessed against the framework, including AI systems and datasets, they will be added.
Do you represent a current DPG that you feel should be included? Email us for more information.
Contact usIf you work on a solution that is not a DPG, but would like to be included within the collection, start by applying to become a DPG by clicking below.
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