Did you know that more than half of all published climate research is locked behind a paywall? Additionally, valuable resources like climate-related reports are at risk of disappearing from the internet – or may never be published at all.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change. SDG 13 also requires accelerated collaboration between every sector of society, across geographic, economic and disciplinary borders. But for this to become a reality, the full breadth of climate research will need to be openly accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Institutional repositories like Griffith Research Online (GRO) contribute to the ongoing effort to break down barriers in accessing climate knowledge and exposing research to the widest possible audience. The Library worked with the University’s research Climate Action Beacon (CAB) group in addressing SDG Target 13.3: Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change. In working with the group, GRO enabled the publication, preservation and access to vital research and maximising the impact of the research outputs.
In advancing SDG Target 13.2: Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning GRO published reports by CAB that have now accumulated more than 1,800 downloads across six continents and have reached as far as the United Nations Climate COP 28.
You access a snapshot of CAB’s most popular reports below and explore the full collection on Griffith Research Online:
- Managing climate change risks to world heritage using the in danger list: Griffith climate action beacon policy discussion paper
- Burning forest biomass for energy: Not a source of clean energy and harmful to forest ecosystem integrity
- Climate action survey, 2022: Summary for policy and decision making
To learn more about how you can get involved in the open climate research movement, visit the Open Climate Campaign.
