---
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: train.csv
  - split: dev
    path: dev.csv
  - split: test
    path: test.csv
pretty_name: The Guardian Climate News Corpus
language: en
tags:
- climate
- environment
- benchmark
- nlp
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# The Guardian Climate News Corpus

A multi-class classification dataset of climate-related (and climate unrelated) articles scraped from The Guardian.

This dataset is used in [`ClimateEval`](https://github.com/NLP-RISE/ClimateEval). 


## Categories
Each category is mutually exclusive. Articles scraped for this corpus must contain at least one tag from the category it belongs to and **no tags** from any other catergory. 

Category-to-tags mapping:

| category | tags |
| -------- | ---- |
| CLIMATE_ACTIVISM | environment/activism, climate-academy/climate-academy, a-different-christmas/series/on-the-climate-frontline, environment/fossil-fuel-divestment, environment/school-climate-strikes, environment/greta-thunberg, environment/extinction-rebellion, environment/climate-camp, environment/series/climate-crimes, environment/just-stop-oil, environment/greenpeace|
| CLIMATE_DENIAL | environment/climate-change-scepticism, global-development-professionals-network/series/climate-change-debates, environment/series/climate-wars-hacked-emails, environment/series/climate-consensus-the-97-percent, australia-news/series/weight-of-the-world-the-climate-scientists-burden|
| EMISSIONS | environment/carbon-emissions, environment/fossil-fuels, carbonreduction/carbonreduction, environment/carbon-capture-and-storage, environment/carbon-offset-projects, environment/carbonfootprints, environment/series/carbon-bombs, environment/series/carbon-bombs-2022, environment/series/the-carbon-footprint-of-everything, environment/series/the-great-carbon-divide, theguardian/carbon-challenge, theguardian/carbon-challenge/carbon-challenge, theguardian/carbonquestion, sustainable-business/series/in-focus-mandatory-carbon-reporting, sustainable-business/carbon-trust-supporter, sustainable-business/low-carbon, sustainable-business/series/carbon-case-studies, campaign/callout/callout-low-carbon-homes, sustainable-business/series/awards-2011-carbon, australia-news/series/the-top-end-carbon-bomb, sustainable-business/series/in-focus-carbon-finance-for-development|
| BIODIVERSITY | environment/farming, environment/amazon-rainforest, environment/un-biodiversity-summit-2020, environment/wildlife, environment/marine-life, environment/endangered-habitats, environment/great-barrier-reef, environment/biodiversity, environment/deforestation, environment/series/the-age-of-extinction, environment/series/seascape-the-state-of-our-oceans, environment/forests, environment/logging-and-land-clearing, environment/conservationenvironment/series/great-barrier-reef-in-crisis, science/extinct-wildlife, environment/cetaceans|
| POLLUTION_AND_WASTE | environment/plastic, environment/plastic-waste, environment/recycling, environment/pollution, environment/air-pollution, environment/waste, environment/oil-sands|
| ENERGY | environment/oil, environment/energy, environment/renewable-energy, environment/renewableenergy, environment/solarpower, environment/nuclearpower, environment/windpower, environment/fracking, environment/mining, environment/coal|
| GLOBAL_CRISIS | environment/series/overtourism-and-the-climate-crisis, us-news/climate-crisis-in-the-american-west, us-news/series/climate-countdown, world/series/an-impossible-choice-the-pacific-climate-crisis, environment/the-forgotten-climate-change-crises, news/series/australia-v-the-climate, environment/series/the-last-chance, global-development-professionals-network/series/climate-change-defining-moments, campaign/callout/us-callout-west-coast-diy-climate-crisis-solutions, combating-the-climate-crisis/combating-the-climate-crisis, environment/series/climate-change-too-hot-to-handle, environment/series/climate-changed, us-news/series/climate-change-in-the-us--the-dangers-and-the-solutions, us-news/series/the-climate-report-trump-tried-to-bury|
| EXTREME_CLIMATE_IMPACTS | environment/flooding, environment/sea-ice, environment/sea-level, environment/sea-level-rise, environment/extreme-heat, environment/extreme-weather, australia-news/australia-east-coast-floods-2021, australia-news/australia-east-coast-floods-2022, australia-news/north-queensland-floods-2023, australia-news/series/fire-flood-and-plague-essays-about-2020, campaign/callout/callout-canada-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-corfu-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-europe-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-flooding-aftermath, campaign/callout/callout-flooding-uk-2024, campaign/callout/callout-flooding-uk-2024campaign/callout/callout-libya-flooding, campaign/callout/callout-greece-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-hawaii-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-libya-flooding, campaign/callout/callout-rhodes-and-corfu-wildfires, campaign/callout/callout-spain-flooding-october-2024, campaign/callout/callout-storm-and-flooding-california-feb-2024, campaign/callout/callout-storm-gerrit, floodalert/floodalert, uk-news/uk-floods-2014, us-news/california-drought, us-news/california-wildfires, us-news/colorado-wildfires, us-news/hurricane-harvey, us-news/hurricane-helene, us-news/hurricane-ian, us-news/hurricane-idalia, us-news/hurricane-irene, us-news/hurricane-isaac, us-news/hurricane-katrina, us-news/hurricane-laura, us-news/hurricane-michael, us-news/hurricane-milton, us-news/hurricane-sandy, us-news/hurricanegustav, world/hurricanes, world/indonesia-tsunami, world/indonesia-tsunami-december-2018, world/libya-flood-2023, world/pakistan-flood, world/series/after-the-tsunami, world/series/indus-river-journey-pakistan-after-the-floods, world/tornadoes, world/tsunami2004, world/tsunamis, world/wildfires, world/canada-wildfires, world/hurricane-dorian, world/hurricane-fiona, world/hurricane-florence, world/hurricane-irma, world/hurricane-jose, world/hurricane-maria, world/hurricane-matthew, world/hurricane-otto, us-news/us-wildfires, us-news/series/hurricane-katrina-10-years-on, us-news/oklahoma-city-tornado, campaign/callout/uk-callout-flooding-sept-2024, campaign/callout/uk-callout-living-in-a-flood-prone-area, campaign/callout/uk-callout-storm-darragh, campaign/callout/uk-callout-storm-eowyn, campaign/callout/us-callout-california-wildfires, campaign/callout/us-callout-hurricane-helene, campaign/callout/us-callout-hurricane-milton, campaign/callout/us-callout-winter-storm-blair, campaign/callout/callout-what-we-lost-to-the-flood, campaign/callout/callout-uk-farmers-and-flooding, campaign/callout/callout-storm-isha, environment/drought, environment/series/the-floods, global-development/series/2004-indian-ocean-tsunami-10-years-on, environment/poles, environment/series/the-rising-ocean, news/series/weatherwatch|
| CLIMATE_POLICY | australia-news/australia-cop-21-climate-conference-paris, environment/global-climate-talks, environment/cop-20-un-climate-change-conference-lima, environment/cop-21-un-climate-change-conference-paris, environment/cop26-glasgow-climate-change-conference-2021, environment/cop27, environment/cop28, environment/green-politics, environment/ipcc, climate-summit/climate-summit, environment/climate-aid, environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent, environment/committee-on-climate-change, environment/sustainable-development, environment/carbon-tax, environment/corporatesocialresponsibility, greendeal/greendeal|
| UNRELATED_TO_CLIMATE | artanddesign/once-upon-a-forest, campaign/callout/callout-bird-of-the-year-poll, campaign/callout/callout-new-zealand-birds-and-cats, environment/series/birdwatch, environment/series/nature-heroes, environment/series/the-truth-about-sharks, environment/series/top-10-uk-bird-songs, environment/series/urban-wildlife, environment/series/view-from-the-amazon, environment/series/weekinwildlife, environment/series/wildlife-on-your-doorstep, environment/wild-flowers, film/nocturnal-animals, lifeandstyle/series/discover-nature, lifeandstyle/series/houseplant-of-the-week, lifeandstyle/series/how-does-your-garden-grow, science/series/mystery-bird, science/series/new-to-nature, theguardian/naturespotting, theguardian/naturespotting/animals, theguardian/urban-wildlife/urban-wildlife-a-spotter-s-guide, theobserver/naturespotting, travel/top-100-wildlife-holidays, travel/wildlifeholidays, tv-and-radio/nature-documentaries, tv-and-radio/science-and-nature-tv, world/animals, world/series/the-amazing-world-of-animals, world/series/the-amazing-world-of-animalsenvironment/nature-up, lifeandstyle/series/plant-of-the-week, technology/big-data, technology/data-visualisation, technology/digitalvideo, technology/e-government, technology/facial-recognition, technology/gadgets, technology/garmin, technology/hacking, technology/internet-safety, technology/xiaomi, technology/y2k, technology/yahoo-takeover, media-network/series/global-tech, media-network/series/next-gen-tech, media-network/series/open-data-economy, media-network/series/shop-talk, media-network/series/technology-in-retail, media-network/series/the-power-of-privacy, media-network/video-advertising, sport/australia-women-s-rugby-league-team, sport/australia-women-s-rugby-union-team, sport/australian-ball-tampering, sport/austria-womens-football-team, sport/bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year, sport/commonwealth-games-2018, sport/concussion-in-sport, sport/cricket-england-west-indies-2009, sport/diversity-in-cricket, sport/drugs-in-sport, sport/ecb, sport/england-netball-team, sport/wales-rugby-league-team, sport/wales-rugby-union-team, sport/wales-womens-rugby-union-team, sport/washington-nationals, sport/winter-paralympics-2014, sport/winter-paralympics-2022, sport/women-s-t20-world-cup, sport/women-s-t20-world-cup-2023, sport/womens-t20-world-cup-2024, sport/womens-world-t20-2020, business/series/eurozone-crisis-live, football/clubs-in-crisis, society/series/girls--mental-health-crisis, politics/series/a-crisis-of-democracy, australia-news/series/the-youth-gambling-crisis, campaign/callout/callout-marking-boycott-impact, sustainable-business/series/impact-digital-technology-on-children, campaign/callout/callout-impact-of-return-to-the-office, education/series/schoolgate, stage/cloud-gate-dance-theatre, fashion/new-york-fashion-week-autumn-winter-2011, film/a-history-of-violence, lifeandstyle/series/empire-of-drinks, money/series/thinking-about-money, music/series/best-music-of-2016, theguardian/quick-and-healthy-desserts, global-development/series/the-politics-of-gender, lifeandstyle/series/family-under-the-microscope-serieslifeandstyle/series/sleep--a-user-s-guide, science/susan-greenfield, travel/taiwan, world/series/french-elections-your-stories, media/sunday-world, media/world-press-photo-contest, media/worldcupthemedia, film/team-america-world-police, music/series/a-history-of-folk-and-world-music, music/series/new-music-from-around-the-world, theguardian/second-world-war/aftermath, theguardian/second-world-war/global-war, theguardian/second-world-war/liberation, theguardian/second-world-war/origins, world/bird-flu, us-news/opioids, travel/nashville, travel/netjetters2000sam, travel/new-south-wales, travel/newzealand, travel/offers/srilanka, travel/offers/zambia, travel/onyourbikeeasyrider, travel/onyourbikepedalpower, travel/pakistan, travel/palau, world/series/youngeamerica, world/southpacific, world/sri-lanka-cricket-team-attack, world/srilanka, world/the-war-logs, world/toronto-van-incident, world/trans-pacific-partnership, uk-news/series/brexit-one-year-to-go, travel/series/rail-journey-of-the-month, travel/series/readers-coronavirus-travel-questions, travel/series/road-trips-usa-east-coast, travel/series/road-trips-usa-pacific-coast, education/series/degree-apprenticeships-in-focus, education/series/degrees-that-make-a-difference, education/series/donyourway, education/series/early-career-researchers, education/series/edgeless-university, education/series/fitting-in, education/series/g2-student-special, campaign/email/fighting-back, campaign/email/green-light, campaign/email/house-to-home, campaign/email/morning-briefing, campaign/email/morning-mail, campaign/email/observed, campaign/email/observer-food, campaign/email/patriarchy, campaign/email/reclaim-your-brain, campaign/email/saturday-edition, campaign/email/the-fiver, business/goldmansachs, business/hewlettpackard, business/hospitality-industry, business/house-fraser, business/ian-livingston, business/iggroupholdings, business/infrastructure, business/institute-of-directors, business/j-sainsbury, business/jackson-hole-central-bank-summit, books/series/the-book-i-got-for-christmas, books/series/the-books-of-my-life, books/series/the-doorbells-of-florence, books/series/the-last-word, books/series/theweekinbooks, books/series/this-months-best-paperbacks, books/series/thrillers-of-the-month, books/series/voicesofprotest, books/series/what-i-m-thinking-about, books/series/whyiwrite, books/series/your-weekend-reading|


Notice: the link to each article is included in the `id` column. Simply prefix it with `https://www.theguardian.com/` to get the full URL. 

## Citation

@inproceedings{
  kurfali2025climateeval,
  title={ClimateEval: A Comprehensive Benchmark for {NLP} Tasks Related to Climate Change},
  author={Murathan Kurfali and Shorouq Zahra and Joakim Nivre and Gabriele Messori},
  booktitle={The 2nd Workshop of Natural Language Processing meets Climate Change},
  year={2025},
  url={https://openreview.net/forum?id=183GtY94tB}
}