What Climate Policy Radar does

Climate Policy Radar is a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) Limited by Guarantee, headquartered in London, that builds open, AI-powered databases and tools to organize, analyze, and democratize access to global climate law and policy data. Founded in 2020-2021 and operating with a team of 11-50 (which doubled in 2024), CPR serves policymakers, governments, researchers, legal professionals, businesses, civil society organizations, and international agencies. Its core product is the Climate Policy Radar App — a free, self-serve web application indexing 30,000-35,000+ climate laws, policies, NDCs, BTRs, finance reports, and litigation documents across 130+ countries, with full-text search, smart filters, automatic English translation, and topic-based browsing built on NLP, machine learning, and a Wikibase-backed concept store.

The platform extends beyond the core app through a portfolio of specialized products and partnerships: Climate Change Laws of the World (with the Grantham Research Institute at LSE), the Climate Litigation Database (with the Sabin Center at Columbia Law School), the Global Stocktake Explorer GST1.org (official data partner of the UNFCCC), the Climate Project Explorer (with four Multilateral Climate Funds), the POWER Library (with Ocean Energy Pathway), Rio Policy Radar launching at COP30, and Transition Digital — a joint nonprofit infrastructure initiative with TransitionZero, Clay, and Radiant Earth for which CPR hosts the secretariat. CPR also runs Climate Policy Radar Labs for experimental tools and publishes open data, code, and ML models (including a Hugging Face classifier).

CPR's business model is grant-funded rather than commercial. It is a CIC that does not charge for its platform, and no pricing tiers or subscriptions are disclosed; revenue flows from multi-year grants and donations from foundations and philanthropic organizations, with over $6.8M raised in a February 2024 round led by a consortium including EDF, Google.org, Open Society Foundations, Schmidt Futures, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Sequoia Climate Foundation, and Quadrature Climate Foundation. The go-to-market is product-led and community-led: free self-serve access supported by deep white-label partnerships with UN agencies, multilateral climate funds, academic institutions, and law firms, plus recurring event presence at COP conferences, London Climate Action Week, and major ML/NLP conferences (ACL, ICLR).

Name

Climate Policy Radar

Legal name

Climate Policy Radar CIC

Website

https://climatepolicyradar.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Climate Policy Radar is a London-based non-profit CIC building AI-powered, open databases and search tools that organize and democratize access to 30,000+ global climate laws, policies, UN submissions, and litigation documents for policymakers, researchers, legal professionals, and climate organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Policy Data and Analytics

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate & Emissions Data Management (Data Lake, Integration, APIs) (EUABAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Risk Reporting & Disclosure Analytics (TCFD/ISSB, EU Taxonomy, CSRD, NAIC) (EUABALAG), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH), Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF)

Keywords

• Climate policy database
• Climate legislation search
• AI policy analysis
• Natural language processing climate
• Open data climate law

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding and Donations: Climate Policy Radar is a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that operates primarily through grant funding from foundations, governments, and philanthropic organizations. Revenue comes from multi-year grants and donations that support platform development, data expansion, and operational costs.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Climate Policy Radar operates the Climate Policy Radar App, a free, AI-powered searchable database of more than 30,000 national climate laws, policies, NDCs, BTRs, finance reports and litigation documents, featuring full-text search, smart filters, country profiles and automatic English translation of non-English documents. The organization also runs specialised branded databases (Climate Change Laws of the World with LSE, Climate Litigation Database with Columbia Law School, Global Stocktake Explorer with UNFCCC), sector tools (Rio Policy Radar, Climate Project Explorer, POWER Library), and Transition Digital shared infrastructure, all built on open NLP and machine-learning models that the organization publishes openly.

Product overview

Climate Policy Radar is a non-profit organization (CIC) building open, AI-powered databases and tools to support informed climate, nature, and development action. Its product portfolio centers on the Climate Policy Radar App — a live, searchable database of 30,000+ climate documents featuring full-text search, automatic English translation, smart filters, and topic-based browsing. This core platform powers several branded databases: Climate Change Laws of the World (with LSE's Grantham Research Institute), the Climate Litigation Database (with Columbia Law School's Sabin Center), and the Global Stocktake Explorer (GST1.org, with the UNFCCC). Specialized applications include Rio Policy Radar (COP30 launch — a platform for the three Rio Conventions), the Climate Project Explorer (with the four Multilateral Climate Funds), and POWER Library (with Ocean Energy Pathway, for offshore wind). Transition Digital — hosted by CPR — extends the mission to connect climate, nature, and development data across domains. CPR also maintains Labs for experimental tools, an open data/code/ML offering (including Hugging Face models), and a forthcoming API. The organization convenes an NLP community and operates its work entirely in the open, reflecting its radical collaboration ethos.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Climate Change Laws of the World: A global resource of climate laws and policies from every country, powered by the Grantham Research Institute at LSE.
• Climate Litigation Database
• Rio Policy Radar
• Climate Project Explorer
• POWER Library
• Global Stocktake Explorer (GST1.org)
• Transition Digital
• Climate Policy Radar App
• Climate Policy Radar Labs

Products and services

• Climate Policy Radar App A live, free, searchable database of 30,000+ national climate laws, policies, NDCs, BTRs, finance reports and climate litigation documents, with full-text search, smart filters, country profiles and automatic English translation of non-English documents. Targeted at policymakers, negotiators, researchers, legal professionals and civil society organisations needing unified access to global climate policy data.
• Climate Change Laws of the World A global resource of climate laws, policies, sectoral laws and international commitments (NDCs) from every country, co-developed with the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. Built on 15 years of data collection, it serves policymakers, researchers and the public as the most complete public record of national climate action.
• Climate Litigation Database A searchable database of thousands of court cases shaping global climate accountability, built in partnership with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. Connects decisions, arguments and actors to help researchers, litigators and policymakers understand how law drives climate action.
• Rio Policy Radar A shared platform for country submissions from the three Rio Conventions — UNFCCC (climate), CBD (biodiversity) and UNCCD (land degradation). Enables users to explore synergies among national plans addressing the interlinked issues of climate, nature and land.
• Climate Project Explorer A search application built with the four major Multilateral Climate Funds (Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds, Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund). Provides single-entry access to nearly 4,000 project documents, proposals, annual reports, evaluations and policies, searchable by location, sector and funding type.
• POWER Library (Publications on Offshore Wind Energy Research Library) An AI-powered search platform for hundreds of publications on offshore wind globally, including industry reports, government policies, laws, strategies and analyses. Built in partnership with Ocean Energy Pathway.
• Global Stocktake Explorer (GST1.org) The official data platform of the first UN Global Stocktake, containing all 1,700+ submissions from Parties and Non-Party Stakeholders to the UNFCCC. Helps governments and civil society identify priorities, track progress and spotlight gaps in climate commitments.
• Transition Digital A nonprofit collaboration (with TransitionZero, Clay and Radiant Earth) for which Climate Policy Radar hosts the secretariat. Creates shared digital infrastructure connecting climate, nature and development data across domains, with a Brazil prototype debuting at COP30.
• Climate Policy Radar Labs An open experimental platform for exploring and evaluating approaches for tackling climate law and policy data. Includes a Document Mentions explorer and a Targets explorer for searching and filtering policy targets extracted from over 6,000 climate documents.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30,000 searchable climate documents
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Grantham Research Institute at LSEflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate Policy Radar powers the Climate Change Laws of the World database for the Grantham Research Institute. This 15-year-old database is the most complete public record of how governments plan and act on climate change.
• Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Columbia Law School)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to power the Climate Litigation Database connecting decisions, arguments, and actors in climate court cases. Built on 15 years of data collection, helping researchers and policymakers understand how law drives climate action.
• Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Adaptation Fund, Climate Investment Funds, Global Environment Facility, and Green Climate Fund to create the Climate Project Explorer. The MCFs have channelled $32B+ for climate action with $197B+ in co-financing.
• Ocean Energy PathwaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of the POWER Library, an AI-powered search platform for offshore wind publications. Combines OEP's policy expertise with CPR's AI and data science capabilities.
• UNDRR PreventionWebcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew data partnership announced July 2024. PreventionWeb's disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation policies are now featured on Climate Policy Radar, serving 320,000+ monthly users.
• UNFCCCflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial data partner of the first Global Stocktake, creating GST1.org containing all 1700+ submissions. Platform helps negotiators and analysts navigate submissions by Parties and Non-Party Stakeholders.
• Climate ParliamentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational multi-partisan network of legislators using CPR tools for mapping exercises and research. CPR provides training sessions and the team uses the app for identifying framework landscapes for climate policies across 19 countries.
• Transition DigitalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimate Policy Radar hosts the secretariat for Transition Digital, a nonprofit collaboration with TransitionZero, Clay, and Radiant Earth. Creating shared digital infrastructure connecting climate, nature, and development data. First prototype focuses on Brazil, debuting at COP30.
• TransitionZerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder of Transition Digital collaboration creating shared digital infrastructure across climate, nature, and development domains.
• ClaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder of Transition Digital collaboration creating shared digital infrastructure across climate, nature, and development domains.
• Radiant EarthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder of Transition Digital collaboration creating shared digital infrastructure across climate, nature, and development domains.
• DLA PiperminorOthersLegal services firm using Climate Policy Radar to research regulatory and policy approaches. Listed as supporter on the website.
• World BankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization listed on website, collaborating on climate policy data and analysis initiatives.
• UCLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner collaborating on climate policy research and analysis. Team member Dr. Fergus Green is Lecturer in Political Theory & Public Policy at UCL.
• World Policy Analysis CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization listed on website, collaborating on climate policy data and analysis.
• Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting climate and development knowledge sharing and policy analysis.
• South South NorthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization working on climate development and policy in the Global South.
• SubakminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based climate data organization. Partner organization listed on website.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Climate Change Laws of the World (Grantham Research Institute, LSE): Global database of climate laws and policies from every country, built on 15 years of data collection by LSE's Grantham Research Institute. CPR's technology powers the platform under a white-label relationship, making it the closest direct peer in scope and coverage.
• Climate Action Tracker: Independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action and policy against Paris Agreement targets. Comparable to CPR as a non-profit producing authoritative, comparative assessments of national climate policies across many jurisdictions.
• Net Zero Tracker: Research collaboration that catalogues net-zero pledges and policies from countries, regions, cities, and companies. Listed as a CPR partner; highly comparable mission and target user base of policymakers, researchers, and journalists tracking climate commitments.
• Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Climate Case Chart): Columbia Law School centre that maintains the Climate Case Chart of climate-related litigation worldwide. CPR co-built the relaunched Climate Litigation Database with the Sabin Center, making it a direct functional peer in the climate-law-data niche.
• Climate Analytics: Non-profit climate science and policy institute producing analyses of national climate pledges, policies, and 1.5°C alignment. Comparable as a research-driven non-profit producing structured, comparative climate policy data for governments and civil society.
• TransitionZero: Non-profit data provider focused on climate and energy data for hard-to-abate sectors, co-founder with CPR of the Transition Digital collaboration. Direct peer in the climate-data-for-decision-making space and active joint-venture partner.
• Climate Bonds Initiative: International organisation working to mobilise capital for climate solutions through standards, data, and certification of green bonds and sustainable debt. Comparable as a non-profit climate-finance data and standards body, including co-participation in the Climate Project Explorer.

Broad incumbents

• CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project): Global non-profit operating the world's largest environmental disclosure system, used by thousands of companies, cities, and investors. Broader scope than CPR (corporate disclosure vs. policy documents) but overlapping customer base of corporates, investors, and policymakers needing structured climate data.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research organisation producing climate, energy, water, and sustainable-development datasets and tools (e.g., CAIT, Climate Watch). Larger and broader than CPR, but comparable in producing open, structured climate datasets used by governments and researchers.
• BloombergNEF: Bloomberg's primary research provider on clean energy, advanced transport, and climate policy, serving institutional investors and corporates with paid subscription data and analytics. Different business model (paid) but overlapping end-user base and increasingly overlapping subject matter on climate policy and regulation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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