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Independent intelligence for environmental and social decisions.

Evidenceto understand

1940–presentERA5 climate reanalysis recordCLIMATE_BASELINES
$194–366Bannual adaptation finance gap estimateADAPTATION_GAP
Building-levelopen climate-risk analysis in the continental U.S.OPEN_RISK
3 WG + 3 SRmajor report contributions in the IPCC AR6 cycleGLOBAL_EVIDENCE
1940–presentERA5 climate reanalysis recordCLIMATE_BASELINES
$194–366Bannual adaptation finance gap estimateADAPTATION_GAP
Building-levelopen climate-risk analysis in the continental U.S.OPEN_RISK
3 WG + 3 SRmajor report contributions in the IPCC AR6 cycleGLOBAL_EVIDENCE
Capabilities

How we work.
Built on evidence.

01

Research and intelligence

We synthesize public records, reanalysis, projections, and field evidence into intelligence products that support resilience, adaptation, and social policy decisions. Long-run climate baselines — including Copernicus ERA5 from 1940 onward — provide context for heat, rainfall, drought, and related risk signals.

02

Decision support

We turn methods into usable outputs: reports, maps, briefs, indicators, and tools that support planning, targeting, communication, and review across environmental and social programs. Open Climate Risk shows how public-interest risk data can be made usable at building-level resolution rather than staying trapped in abstract models.

03

Open methods

Every major output should be explainable. That means documented assumptions, visible data provenance, versioned artifacts, and methods that can be reviewed, challenged, and improved over time.

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04

Data & AI

We apply structured data, statistical and machine-learning methods, and geospatial analysis where context is place-based — connecting climate, land, infrastructure, population, and civic data into evidence layers teams can interpret and defend. Outputs include indicators, models, briefs, and maps — built for use, not presentation alone.

Approach

Three steps.
Designed for clarity.

project.ts
1project.intake({
2  decision: 'Adaptation planning',
3  region: 'coastal district',
4  users: ['agency', 'NGO', 'community'],
5  horizon: '6–18 months'
6})
Ready
Ecosystems

Built to connect
data to decisions.

We work across public data, administrative records, partner systems, and field context. The challenge is not only collecting information, but turning it into evidence that is interpretable, defensible, and usable.

Household surveys
Administrative boundaries
Open contracting
Public health
Program monitoring
Research repositories
Reproducibility
Copernicus
ERA5 reanalysis
Climate projections
Climate indicators
Hydrology
Water systems
Extreme heat
Risk layers
Crop + land use
Food systems
Population exposure
Infrastructure
Critical systems
Impact pathways
Planning tools
OpenStreetMap
Remote sensing
Geospatial data
GIS workflows
Household surveys
Administrative boundaries
Open contracting
Public health
Program monitoring
Research repositories
Reproducibility
Copernicus
ERA5 reanalysis
Climate projections
Climate indicators
Hydrology
Water systems
Extreme heat
Risk layers
Crop + land use
Food systems
Population exposure
Infrastructure
Critical systems
Impact pathways
Planning tools
OpenStreetMap
Remote sensing
Geospatial data
GIS workflows
GIS workflows
Geospatial data
Remote sensing
OpenStreetMap
Planning tools
Impact pathways
Critical systems
Infrastructure
Population exposure
Food systems
Crop + land use
Risk layers
Extreme heat
Water systems
Hydrology
Climate indicators
Climate projections
ERA5 reanalysis
Copernicus
Reproducibility
Research repositories
Program monitoring
Public health
Open contracting
Administrative boundaries
Household surveys
GIS workflows
Geospatial data
Remote sensing
OpenStreetMap
Planning tools
Impact pathways
Critical systems
Infrastructure
Population exposure
Food systems
Crop + land use
Risk layers
Extreme heat
Water systems
Hydrology
Climate indicators
Climate projections
ERA5 reanalysis
Copernicus
Reproducibility
Research repositories
Program monitoring
Public health
Open contracting
Administrative boundaries
Household surveys
Trust

Trust is
non-negotiable.

Decisions need confidence. That comes from transparent methods, responsible data handling, and outputs that can be checked rather than simply accepted.

Data provenanceMethods notesVersioned outputsPrivacy-by-designOpen licensing

Methods transparency

Clear assumptions, source descriptions, and limitations should sit alongside every major report, model, map, or dataset.

Privacy and stewardship

Partner information should be handled carefully, with practical safeguards, proportionate access control, and respect for context.

Governance by design

Decision support should account for uncertainty, misuse risk, and the consequences of how evidence is interpreted across institutions and communities.

Reproducibility

Documented workflows and versioned outputs make it easier to review results, compare updates, and reuse work without starting from zero.

For partners

Built with
the field in mind.

We publish methods and build tools that support real workflows: planning, monitoring, and communication.

Open methods

Readable, reproducible workflows and assumptions.

Partner-ready

Built for collaboration, review, and iteration.

Data stewardship

Practical privacy and responsible handling.

Clear artifacts

Reports, briefs, and tools that are easy to use.

scope.define({
  decision: 'Program targeting',
  geography: 'district → community',
  cadence: 'monthly updates',
  outputs: ['brief', 'dashboard', 'map']
})
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