FEATURED PROJECT
Human Heat-Health Warning Systems
We are developing new methods to use environmental data to diagnose and predict heat events that are a danger to human health. This environmental information will be combined with data that represents the built environment (that is, the cityscape) and the vulnerability of people to heat stress (see Figure). The goal is to combine these three sources of information to develop an optimal, verifiable system for heat wave warnings that can be widely and transparently implemented.
We seek to bridge the fields of public health, meteorology, and climate prediction. We aim to contribute to development of policy and strategies to adapt to extremes of environmental heat and mitigate the public health impact of that heat. (more on Heat Wave Project)
Vision
Relation of climate change to population, energy, and consumption. The major cause of climate change is the release of greenhouse gases associated with the enterprise of humans. read more
By developing and fostering an open innovation community, Openclimate.org aims to engage the intellectual and analytical resources necessary to meet the challenges of climate change.