Category: Products and Tools

ClimateIQ (climateiq.org) is a free, open-access, AI-powered climate risk assessment tool designed to democratize access to local climate data for under-resourced cities and communities globally. By harnessing new advances in Machine Learning (ML), ClimateIQ provides high resolution information on climate hazards (extreme heat and flooding) through an intuitive, map-based dashboard, and an open-access data portal…

The Climate Ready Uptown Plan (CRUP) is a physical pamphlet that helps Northern Manhattan community members understand their individual risk to climate related disasters – specifically extreme heat, coastal and stormwater (pulluvial) flooding – and provides pertinent information to help prepare themselves and their families. Designed by WE ACT for Environmental Justice in partnership with…

Ekos: The Path to Resilience is a multi-player game that challenges a group of 6 community members – a City Council Speaker, City Planner, Community Organizer, Ecologist, Designer, and Modeler — to come together and envision a more equitable and sustainable Ekos in the face of climate change and other challenges. Build a network of…

“Is Green Infrastructure a Universal Good?” is a research project housed at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and co-led by the Urban Systems Lab to understand how green infrastructure (GI) urban planning in US cities consider issues of equity and environmental and social justice. This web resource presents findings from an examination of 122 GI…