Global South Climate Database

The Global South Climate Database (GSCD) aims to ensure that journalists from all over the world can contact climate experts from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific. It is a publicly available, searchable database of scientists and experts in the fields of climate science, policy and energy.

The database currently lists 1121 experts from 123 countries. The map below shows the nationalities of the respondents, where larger circles indicate a greater number of experts.

All experts on the database are nationals of at least one global south country. Some experts have dual nationality and so are counted twice on this graphic.

Nationalities of respondents

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All experts on the database speak English. There are currently 90 other languages represented on the database. Spanish, Hindi, French and Portuguese are the most commonly spoken languages by experts on the database, after English.

There are 90 languages spoken in the database

Top 10 most common langues spoken in the database

309150114108453129281917SpanishHindiFrenchPortugueseUrduGermanBangla/BengaliArabicSwahiliMalayalam

Around 60% of respondents to the database use he/him pronouns, while 37% use she/her.

Breakdown of respondents by pronoun

She/her - 413She/her - 413He/him - 671He/him - 671They/them - 8Other/unknown - 35

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