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Top 1,037 Climate Change Keywords
Monthly search volume, CPC, competition and a 12-month trend for 1,037 climate change keywords, updated October 2026.
Climate change keywords mix the science (causes, effects, greenhouse gases), the policy terms (net zero, carbon tax, agreements) and the searches that spike with news and weather events. Volume moves with the headlines.
The list holds 1,037 keywords with a combined 42,249,490 searches a month. The most searched are clean development mechanism (2,740,000), greta thunberg (1,500,000), hurricanes (1,500,000), particulate matter (1,500,000), transformation (1,000,000), verification (1,000,000), el nino (823,000), logging (823,000), atmosphere (673,000) and influencers (673,000).
Advertisers pay most for participatory budgeting ($16.42 a click), indigenous rights ($15.50 a click), community resilience ($11.40 a click), shareholder activism ($8.63 a click) and youth activism ($8.54 a click). 25% of the keywords in the list cost $1 or more a click, which marks the commercial end of the niche.
Demand is steady through the year: across the list, the busiest and quietest months are within 1.4x of each other. The trend column shows each keyword's own twelve months.
Volumes are global monthly averages from Google; CPC is the top-of-page bid in US dollars; competition runs from 0 (few advertisers) to 1 (many). Last refreshed October 2026. For any other keyword, the free search volume checker gives the same numbers, and the Keywords Everywhere extension shows them inside Google as you search.
Showing 300 of 1,037
| No | Keyword | Search volume | CPC | Competition | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean development mechanism | 2,740,000 | $0.18 | 0.00 | |
| 2 | greta thunberg | 1,500,000 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 3 | hurricanes | 1,500,000 | $0.08 | 0.06 | |
| 4 | particulate matter | 1,500,000 | $0.05 | 0.00 | |
| 5 | transformation | 1,000,000 | $0.26 | 0.01 | |
| 6 | verification | 1,000,000 | $0.05 | 0.03 | |
| 7 | el nino | 823,000 | $0.03 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | logging | 823,000 | $0.78 | 0.02 | |
| 9 | atmosphere | 673,000 | $0.04 | 0.08 | |
| 10 | influencers | 673,000 | $0.25 | 0.02 | |
| 11 | monsoons | 673,000 | $0.02 | 0.55 | |
| 12 | polar bears | 673,000 | $0.05 | 0.02 | |
| 13 | asthma | 550,000 | $2.95 | 0.07 | |
| 14 | flooding | 550,000 | $3.35 | 0.01 | |
| 15 | floods | 550,000 | $3.35 | 0.01 | |
| 16 | malaria | 550,000 | $0.03 | 0.01 | |
| 17 | offsets | 550,000 | $1.46 | 0.03 | |
| 18 | cyclones | 450,000 | $0.02 | 0.07 | |
| 19 | heat waves | 450,000 | $1.07 | 0.18 | |
| 20 | marine spatial planning | 450,000 | $1.79 | 0.02 | |
| 21 | typhoons | 450,000 | $0.02 | 0.01 | |
| 22 | water cycle | 450,000 | $0.26 | 0.03 | |
| 23 | esg | 450,000 | $0.38 | 0.20 | |
| 24 | cholera | 368,000 | $0.09 | 0.01 | |
| 25 | wildfires | 368,000 | $0.55 | 0.02 | |
| 26 | agenda 2030 | 301,000 | $0.47 | 0.03 | |
| 27 | central banks | 301,000 | $0.08 | 0.04 | |
| 28 | global warming | 301,000 | $0.55 | 0.03 | |
| 29 | greenhouse gases | 301,000 | $0.57 | 0.03 | |
| 30 | greenpeace | 301,000 | $0.69 | 0.09 | |
| 31 | mangroves | 301,000 | $0.22 | 0.01 | |
| 32 | meteorology | 301,000 | $0.63 | 0.01 | |
| 33 | solar energy | 301,000 | $0.56 | 0.23 | |
| 34 | aerosols | 246,000 | $0.04 | 0.26 | |
| 35 | air pollution | 246,000 | $1.73 | 0.02 | |
| 36 | carbon dioxide | 246,000 | $0.25 | 0.01 | |
| 37 | consent | 246,000 | $0.03 | 0.02 | |
| 38 | drought | 246,000 | $0.79 | 0.02 | |
| 39 | droughts | 246,000 | $0.79 | 0.02 | |
| 40 | industrial revolution | 246,000 | $0.16 | 0.00 | |
| 41 | landfills | 246,000 | $2.32 | 0.05 | |
| 42 | pesticides | 246,000 | $0.68 | 0.17 | |
| 43 | polar vortex | 246,000 | $0.04 | 0.01 | |
| 44 | subsidies | 246,000 | $0.56 | 0.00 | |
| 45 | weather forecasting | 246,000 | $0.02 | 0.03 | |
| 46 | boycotts | 201,000 | $0.16 | 0.00 | |
| 47 | carbon cycle | 201,000 | $0.44 | 0.00 | |
| 48 | dengue fever | 201,000 | $0.02 | 0.03 | |
| 49 | fossil fuels | 201,000 | $1.00 | 0.01 | |
| 50 | fracking | 201,000 | $0.41 | 0.13 | |
| 51 | hydroponics | 201,000 | $0.29 | 0.72 | |
| 52 | narratives | 201,000 | $0.27 | 0.00 | |
| 53 | natural gas | 201,000 | $0.43 | 0.06 | |
| 54 | ndcs | 201,000 | $0.97 | 0.01 | |
| 55 | nitrogen cycle | 201,000 | $0.13 | 0.00 | |
| 56 | nitrous oxide | 201,000 | $0.17 | 0.00 | |
| 57 | remittances | 201,000 | $0.96 | 0.05 | |
| 58 | roadmaps | 201,000 | $0.61 | 0.04 | |
| 59 | smog | 201,000 | $0.85 | 0.05 | |
| 60 | supply chains | 201,000 | $0.56 | 0.11 | |
| 61 | water pollution | 201,000 | $2.00 | 0.01 | |
| 62 | nitrogen cycles | 201,000 | $0.13 | 0.00 | |
| 63 | enso | 165,000 | $0.33 | 0.17 | |
| 64 | extended producer responsibility | 165,000 | $0.53 | 0.05 | |
| 65 | heatwaves | 165,000 | $0.89 | 0.66 | |
| 66 | incineration | 165,000 | $0.16 | 0.17 | |
| 67 | methane | 165,000 | $0.50 | 0.00 | |
| 68 | wetlands | 165,000 | $0.19 | 0.02 | |
| 69 | zoonotic diseases | 165,000 | $0.35 | 0.01 | |
| 70 | acid rain | 135,000 | $2.00 | 0.00 | |
| 71 | eutrophication | 135,000 | $0.22 | 0.01 | |
| 72 | global reporting initiative | 135,000 | $0.40 | 0.02 | |
| 73 | greenhouse effect | 135,000 | $0.54 | 0.00 | |
| 74 | greenwashing | 135,000 | $0.13 | 0.05 | |
| 75 | la nina | 135,000 | $0.01 | 0.01 | |
| 76 | oceanography | 135,000 | $0.16 | 0.04 | |
| 77 | slums | 135,000 | $0.40 | 0.28 | |
| 78 | social networks | 135,000 | $0.39 | 0.00 | |
| 79 | solar power | 135,000 | $0.66 | 0.47 | |
| 80 | stewardship | 135,000 | $5.89 | 0.00 | |
| 81 | stratosphere | 135,000 | $0.43 | 0.38 | |
| 82 | cites | 110,000 | $0.18 | 0.01 | |
| 83 | enforcement | 110,000 | $0.41 | 0.00 | |
| 84 | environmental impact assessments | 110,000 | $0.28 | 0.02 | |
| 85 | ice melt | 110,000 | $0.32 | 0.69 | |
| 86 | indigenous peoples | 110,000 | $0.97 | 0.00 | |
| 87 | intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc | 110,000 | $0.85 | 0.03 | |
| 88 | ipcc | 110,000 | $0.85 | 0.03 | |
| 89 | jet streams | 110,000 | $0.03 | 0.10 | |
| 90 | peatlands | 110,000 | $0.18 | 0.02 | |
| 91 | tropical storms | 110,000 | $0.68 | 0.00 | |
| 92 | uncertainty | 110,000 | $0.04 | 0.00 | |
| 93 | zika virus | 110,000 | $0.01 | 0.01 | |
| 94 | biochar | 90,500 | $0.14 | 0.55 | |
| 95 | biodiesel | 90,500 | $0.44 | 0.07 | |
| 96 | desalination | 90,500 | $0.33 | 0.07 | |
| 97 | environmental conservation | 90,500 | $0.39 | 0.02 | |
| 98 | environmental science | 90,500 | $1.63 | 0.07 | |
| 99 | ewaste | 90,500 | $0.36 | 0.10 | |
| 100 | reconstruction | 90,500 | $0.68 | 0.00 | |
| 101 | sunspots | 90,500 | $3.86 | 0.00 | |
| 102 | upcycling | 90,500 | $0.06 | 0.02 | |
| 103 | aquaculture | 74,000 | $0.38 | 0.02 | |
| 104 | complexity | 74,000 | $0.01 | 0.00 | |
| 105 | forest fires | 74,000 | $0.53 | 0.01 | |
| 106 | holocene | 74,000 | $0.31 | 0.01 | |
| 107 | industrialization | 74,000 | $0.34 | 0.00 | |
| 108 | kyoto protocol | 74,000 | $0.19 | 0.00 | |
| 109 | nonrenewable resources | 74,000 | $2.61 | 0.00 | |
| 110 | ocean circulation | 74,000 | $0.60 | 0.00 | |
| 111 | ocean currents | 74,000 | $0.60 | 0.00 | |
| 112 | paris agreement | 74,000 | $0.82 | 0.02 | |
| 113 | permaculture | 74,000 | $0.02 | 0.04 | |
| 114 | renewable energy sources | 74,000 | $0.32 | 0.07 | |
| 115 | soil erosion | 74,000 | $1.50 | 0.00 | |
| 116 | tree rings | 74,000 | $0.05 | 0.49 | |
| 117 | desertification | 60,500 | $0.99 | 0.00 | |
| 118 | food waste | 60,500 | $1.04 | 0.06 | |
| 119 | green belts | 60,500 | $0.37 | 0.21 | |
| 120 | gulf stream | 60,500 | $0.08 | 0.00 | |
| 121 | keystone species | 60,500 | $0.12 | 0.00 | |
| 122 | pacific decadal oscillation | 60,500 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 123 | tipping points | 60,500 | $0.38 | 0.01 | |
| 124 | tragedy of the commons | 60,500 | $0.39 | 0.01 | |
| 125 | troposphere | 60,500 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 126 | vertical farming | 60,500 | $0.34 | 0.42 | |
| 127 | vertical gardens | 60,500 | $0.24 | 0.95 | |
| 128 | clean energy | 49,500 | $1.05 | 0.08 | |
| 129 | community gardens | 49,500 | $1.85 | 0.02 | |
| 130 | coral bleaching | 49,500 | $4.83 | 0.01 | |
| 131 | crop rotation | 49,500 | $0.01 | 0.01 | |
| 132 | flood defenses | 49,500 | $0.82 | 0.09 | |
| 133 | hybrid vehicles | 49,500 | $0.98 | 0.92 | |
| 134 | hydrological cycle | 49,500 | $2.41 | 0.00 | |
| 135 | hydrology | 49,500 | $0.30 | 0.03 | |
| 136 | hydropower | 49,500 | $0.50 | 0.08 | |
| 137 | interconnectedness | 49,500 | $0.54 | 0.00 | |
| 138 | montreal protocol | 49,500 | $0.57 | 0.00 | |
| 139 | ozone depletion | 49,500 | $1.30 | 0.01 | |
| 140 | ozone layer depletion | 49,500 | $1.30 | 0.01 | |
| 141 | ridesharing | 49,500 | $0.57 | 0.10 | |
| 142 | sea level rise | 49,500 | $1.33 | 0.03 | |
| 143 | sea walls | 49,500 | $2.89 | 0.05 | |
| 144 | soil pollution | 49,500 | $2.00 | 0.00 | |
| 145 | unfccc | 49,500 | $0.38 | 0.01 | |
| 146 | sealevel rise | 49,500 | $1.33 | 0.03 | |
| 147 | dead zones | 40,500 | $0.22 | 0.01 | |
| 148 | ecological footprint | 40,500 | $0.54 | 0.01 | |
| 149 | ecological footprints | 40,500 | $0.54 | 0.01 | |
| 150 | environmental footprint | 40,500 | $0.54 | 0.01 | |
| 151 | environmental health | 40,500 | $1.36 | 0.04 | |
| 152 | environmental protection | 40,500 | $0.34 | 0.02 | |
| 153 | extinction rebellion | 40,500 | $1.12 | 0.00 | |
| 154 | fiduciary duty | 40,500 | $0.08 | 0.02 | |
| 155 | green buildings | 40,500 | $0.48 | 0.04 | |
| 156 | green spaces | 40,500 | $0.33 | 0.02 | |
| 157 | ocean acidification | 40,500 | $3.52 | 0.01 | |
| 158 | people planet profit | 40,500 | $0.68 | 0.01 | |
| 159 | positive feedback loops | 40,500 | $0.68 | 0.00 | |
| 160 | seed banks | 40,500 | $0.03 | 0.00 | |
| 161 | small modular reactors | 40,500 | $0.99 | 0.12 | |
| 162 | tidal energy | 40,500 | $0.42 | 0.03 | |
| 163 | tree planting | 40,500 | $0.59 | 0.35 | |
| 164 | urban farming | 40,500 | $0.15 | 0.06 | |
| 165 | urban forestry | 40,500 | $0.01 | 0.05 | |
| 166 | water scarcity | 40,500 | $2.00 | 0.01 | |
| 167 | wind power | 40,500 | $0.27 | 0.16 | |
| 168 | afforestation | 33,100 | $0.84 | 0.00 | |
| 169 | agroforestry | 33,100 | $0.88 | 0.01 | |
| 170 | anthropocentrism | 33,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 171 | biogeochemical cycles | 33,100 | $1.08 | 0.00 | |
| 172 | biomass energy | 33,100 | $0.40 | 0.03 | |
| 173 | biophilia | 33,100 | $0.08 | 0.02 | |
| 174 | climate action | 33,100 | $0.18 | 0.42 | |
| 175 | cover crops | 33,100 | $0.04 | 0.49 | |
| 176 | disease vectors | 33,100 | $1.18 | 0.00 | |
| 177 | energy conservation | 33,100 | $0.37 | 0.02 | |
| 178 | extreme weather | 33,100 | $1.52 | 0.06 | |
| 179 | geoengineering | 33,100 | $0.32 | 0.03 | |
| 180 | green roofs | 33,100 | $0.90 | 0.10 | |
| 181 | green walls | 33,100 | $0.65 | 1.00 | |
| 182 | hazardous waste | 33,100 | $1.79 | 0.06 | |
| 183 | hydrogen fuel cells | 33,100 | $0.28 | 0.19 | |
| 184 | kelp forests | 33,100 | $3.67 | 0.00 | |
| 185 | mass extinction | 33,100 | $0.05 | 0.01 | |
| 186 | negative feedback loops | 33,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 187 | net metering | 33,100 | $0.04 | 0.04 | |
| 188 | overconsumption | 33,100 | $0.99 | 0.00 | |
| 189 | overfishing | 33,100 | $2.78 | 0.02 | |
| 190 | reproducibility | 33,100 | $0.17 | 0.00 | |
| 191 | rice paddies | 33,100 | $0.28 | 0.02 | |
| 192 | social norms | 33,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 193 | sustainable finance | 33,100 | $0.82 | 0.04 | |
| 194 | thermal expansion | 33,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 195 | volcanic activity | 33,100 | $0.01 | 0.02 | |
| 196 | water management | 33,100 | $0.83 | 0.02 | |
| 197 | water purification | 33,100 | $0.33 | 0.88 | |
| 198 | water resources | 33,100 | $1.73 | 0.01 | |
| 199 | watershed management | 33,100 | $0.83 | 0.02 | |
| 200 | vectorborne diseases | 33,100 | $1.18 | 0.00 | |
| 201 | bioplastics | 27,100 | $0.16 | 0.29 | |
| 202 | carbon sequestration | 27,100 | $0.70 | 0.09 | |
| 203 | chlorofluorocarbons | 27,100 | $0.08 | 0.01 | |
| 204 | cloud formation | 27,100 | $0.72 | 0.11 | |
| 205 | environmental sustainability | 27,100 | $0.38 | 0.06 | |
| 206 | evapotranspiration | 27,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 207 | fridays for future | 27,100 | $0.95 | 0.00 | |
| 208 | green chemistry | 27,100 | $0.15 | 0.05 | |
| 209 | green hydrogen | 27,100 | $0.27 | 0.11 | |
| 210 | hydroelectric power | 27,100 | $0.61 | 0.01 | |
| 211 | milankovitch cycles | 27,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 212 | public goods | 27,100 | $0.16 | 0.34 | |
| 213 | reforestation | 27,100 | $0.99 | 0.02 | |
| 214 | solar home systems | 27,100 | $0.23 | 1.00 | |
| 215 | urban heat island | 27,100 | $0.03 | 0.01 | |
| 216 | water vapor | 27,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 217 | heat islands | 27,100 | $0.03 | 0.01 | |
| 218 | notill farming | 27,100 | $0.05 | 0.01 | |
| 219 | urban heat islands | 27,100 | $0.03 | 0.01 | |
| 220 | biodiversity hotspots | 22,200 | $7.20 | 0.00 | |
| 221 | biosecurity | 22,200 | $0.33 | 0.04 | |
| 222 | carbon capture | 22,200 | $1.20 | 0.23 | |
| 223 | carbon emissions | 22,200 | $0.59 | 0.05 | |
| 224 | carbon sinks | 22,200 | $0.46 | 0.01 | |
| 225 | climate zones | 22,200 | $0.57 | 0.01 | |
| 226 | cradle to cradle | 22,200 | $0.48 | 0.01 | |
| 227 | cryosphere | 22,200 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 228 | ecofriendly products | 22,200 | $0.23 | 0.47 | |
| 229 | electrification | 22,200 | $0.95 | 0.02 | |
| 230 | environmental degradation | 22,200 | $0.41 | 0.00 | |
| 231 | environmental management | 22,200 | $0.37 | 0.07 | |
| 232 | genetic diversity | 22,200 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 233 | ghg protocol | 22,200 | $0.45 | 0.20 | |
| 234 | green jobs | 22,200 | $0.25 | 0.05 | |
| 235 | life cycle analysis | 22,200 | $1.08 | 0.17 | |
| 236 | multilateral environmental agreements | 22,200 | $1.48 | 0.00 | |
| 237 | policy briefs | 22,200 | $2.00 | 0.00 | |
| 238 | regenerative agriculture | 22,200 | $0.52 | 0.14 | |
| 239 | renewable energy certificates | 22,200 | $0.09 | 0.39 | |
| 240 | rewilding | 22,200 | $0.77 | 0.04 | |
| 241 | salinization | 22,200 | $0.14 | 0.08 | |
| 242 | species migration | 22,200 | $0.68 | 0.00 | |
| 243 | thorium reactors | 22,200 | $0.03 | 0.06 | |
| 244 | wave energy | 22,200 | $0.46 | 0.06 | |
| 245 | amazon deforestation | 18,100 | $3.81 | 0.02 | |
| 246 | biosphere reserves | 18,100 | $0.14 | 0.00 | |
| 247 | blue economy | 18,100 | $2.00 | 0.01 | |
| 248 | breeam | 18,100 | $1.13 | 0.19 | |
| 249 | climatology | 18,100 | $0.73 | 0.00 | |
| 250 | coastal erosion | 18,100 | $1.40 | 0.00 | |
| 251 | collaborative research | 18,100 | $0.67 | 0.02 | |
| 252 | dematerialization | 18,100 | $0.83 | 0.04 | |
| 253 | divestment | 18,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 254 | ecological niches | 18,100 | $1.01 | 0.00 | |
| 255 | environmental justice | 18,100 | $3.96 | 0.01 | |
| 256 | insurance premiums | 18,100 | $0.86 | 0.12 | |
| 257 | marine ecosystems | 18,100 | $0.30 | 0.00 | |
| 258 | negative feedback | 18,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 259 | oil sands | 18,100 | $0.13 | 0.13 | |
| 260 | phenology | 18,100 | $1.05 | 0.00 | |
| 261 | pigouvian taxes | 18,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 262 | ramsar convention | 18,100 | $1.22 | 0.00 | |
| 263 | species extinction | 18,100 | $0.02 | 0.01 | |
| 264 | tar sands | 18,100 | $0.13 | 0.13 | |
| 265 | thermohaline circulation | 18,100 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 266 | urban heat island effect | 18,100 | $2.56 | 0.01 | |
| 267 | uv radiation | 18,100 | $0.05 | 0.00 | |
| 268 | water quality | 18,100 | $0.60 | 0.04 | |
| 269 | exsitu conservation | 18,100 | $2.48 | 0.00 | |
| 270 | albedo effect | 14,800 | $0.74 | 0.00 | |
| 271 | anaerobic digestion | 14,800 | $0.87 | 0.05 | |
| 272 | battery storage | 14,800 | $0.87 | 0.87 | |
| 273 | biodiversity loss | 14,800 | $1.70 | 0.01 | |
| 274 | carbon neutral | 14,800 | $0.49 | 0.07 | |
| 275 | carbon neutrality | 14,800 | $0.49 | 0.07 | |
| 276 | carbon tax | 14,800 | $0.56 | 0.01 | |
| 277 | ecocentrism | 14,800 | $1.16 | 0.07 | |
| 278 | education for sustainable development | 14,800 | $0.74 | 0.04 | |
| 279 | environmental education | 14,800 | $1.37 | 0.01 | |
| 280 | environmental law | 14,800 | $2.00 | 0.04 | |
| 281 | esg investing | 14,800 | $1.31 | 0.02 | |
| 282 | framing effects | 14,800 | $3.55 | 0.00 | |
| 283 | glacial melting | 14,800 | $0.01 | 0.00 | |
| 284 | glacier melting | 14,800 | $0.01 | 0.00 | |
| 285 | green climate fund | 14,800 | $0.43 | 0.04 | |
| 286 | habitat destruction | 14,800 | $4.49 | 0.00 | |
| 287 | habitat fragmentation | 14,800 | $3.45 | 0.00 | |
| 288 | heat stress | 14,800 | $0.02 | 0.02 | |
| 289 | hydrogen fuel | 14,800 | $0.42 | 0.12 | |
| 290 | infrared radiation | 14,800 | $0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 291 | land degradation | 14,800 | $0.48 | 0.00 | |
| 292 | livestock farming | 14,800 | $0.40 | 0.02 | |
| 293 | melting glaciers | 14,800 | $0.01 | 0.00 | |
| 294 | passive houses | 14,800 | $0.40 | 0.13 | |
| 295 | planetary boundaries | 14,800 | $1.15 | 0.02 | |
| 296 | planetary health | 14,800 | $0.18 | 0.13 | |
| 297 | precision agriculture | 14,800 | $0.62 | 0.04 | |
| 298 | soil conservation | 14,800 | $0.94 | 0.00 | |
| 299 | solar radiation | 14,800 | $0.19 | 0.00 | |
| 300 | sustainable tourism | 14,800 | $0.43 | 0.04 |