Climate Policy Radar

Climate Policy Radar is a free online platform that helps us sift through global climate legislation and policy documents with quick, filter-based searches.

How to use Climate Policy Radar

1. Visit the homepage and type a keyword or phrase—anything from “carbon pricing” to “agroforestry”—into the search bar.
2. Refine the results with the side-panel filters for country, year, document type, legal status and sector.
3. Open any document to view the highlighted passages that match the query, plus the original PDF for full context.
4. Save key findings to a personal collection, then export citations if you need to reference them in a report.
5. Share a direct link to the filtered results with colleagues to keep everyone on the same page.

Our take on Climate Policy Radar

Advantages

• Speedy discovery: Search returns appear almost instantly even when we ask for niche topics such as peatland restoration in Southeast Asia.
• Sensible filters: The country and sector toggles narrow thousands of pages down to a manageable reading list without fuss.
• Transparent sourcing: Every snippet links straight to the original document, so fact-checking is straightforward.
• Helpful highlighting: Matched text is pre-marked, saving us from endless scrolling through dense PDFs.
• Zero paywall: Full functionality sits behind no subscription, which lowers the barrier for researchers and small NGOs.

Drawbacks

• Coverage gaps: Several emerging economies still have limited material uploaded, which skews comparative studies.
• Basic analytics: The tool surfaces documents, yet it stops short of offering built-in charts or trend analysis features.
• No offline mode: We cannot sync saved collections for use on a flight or in low-bandwidth regions.
• User account quirks: During testing, the save feature occasionally failed to store notes when multiple tabs were open.

We reach for Climate Policy Radar whenever a briefing demands rapid evidence from multiple jurisdictions; despite a few rough edges, the search engine already trims hours from our workflow and gives us cleaner source trails for our writing.