The next generation in Climate Risk Modelling
ClimateIQ is an AI driven, multi-hazard exposure assessment tool leveraging Machine Learning, Big Data, and multiple climate hazard model environments. The tool aims to aid communities in accessing high resolution hazard exposure information, and to advance risk assessment in urbanized regions worldwide.
Developed by a team of researchers at the The New School unversity’s Urban Systems Lab with support from Google.org and partners.
Climasens Enterprise level dashboard currently in use by City of Melbourne and Australian Red Cross
Climate Innovation
ClimateIQ drives innovation in climate risk and resilience planning by uniting advances in hydrological flood exposure modeling, atmospheric modeling for heat, humidity and drought, and extreme rainfall projections together with human and critical infrastructure data to train an AI to deliver next generation data.
The AI approach and massive data integration will provide high spatial resolution, multi-hazard exposure data that can be used across multiple sectors and scales linking direct human exposure and vulnerability with ability to assess risk to critical infrastructure and services.
Goal
Our goal at ClimateIQ is to advance city and regional climate resilience actions from local to global scales to decrease the impacts of disasters on the most vulnerable, save lives, and improve effective adaptation and response.
ClimateIQ will enable communities to improve risk planning, management and protection through an open access and intuitive digital dashboard to allow cities and communities to understand current, near term and future risk exposure, and to advance effective risk reduction, adaptation, and emergency management.
Benefits
We anticipate ClimateIQ will enable cities to spatially prioritize investments, including both where hazard exposure is highest, and also to take action on climate justice and equity goals to prioritize adaptation solutions in the locations where the most vulnerable live.
Equipped with ClimateIQ’s high resolution multi-hazard climate risk data, decision-makers across scales and sectors will be able to:
- Better plan and prioritize where to invest in multiple types of risk reduction strategies,
- Target operations and emergency response where they are most needed, and
- Invest in social capacity for community resilience in climate-vulnerable locations.
News
October 11, 2023
ClimateIQ’s Timon McPhearson presents at Geo for Good Summit
ClimateIQ Co-Lead Timon McPhearson was invitied to present the annual Geo for Good Summit hosted by Google in Mountain View, CA October 10-12, 2023. The Summit is intended for nonprofit, academic, public sector, private sector, and Indigenous peoples and local communities who are using (or want to learn to use) our mapping tools (such as Google Earth, Earth Engine, Environmental Insights Explorer, and My Maps) for planetary sustainability and human resilience around the world. McPhearson participated in the Climate Risk & Adaptation session alongside colleagues from the World Resources Institute, UCLA and other initiatives. Watch a video of the talk below:
September 21, 2023
Harnessing the positive potential of AI for urban climate action
The USL held a public in-person event on September 21, 2023 at 9am EST at The New School’s Tishman Auditorium. The event brought together experts from the New York City’s Mayor's Office as well as climate technology analysts, philanthropy, and city network leaders for an engaging discussion on the potential and challenge of leveraging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate climate action. Organized by Google.org, the Centre for Public Impact, The New School, and World Resources Institute (WRI), this event featured live demonstrations of two novel solutions from The New School’s Urban Systems Lab and WRI which will be followed by a moderated panel discussion to discuss how AI can unlock climate resilience at the community level. Panelists included Rohit T. Aggarwala, Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI), Jaya Dhindaw and Evan Tachovsky, from WRI as well as Alexander J. Diaz from Google.org among others. Watch Video
September 13, 2023
The New School’s Urban Systems Lab, City of New York, Climasens and partners launch development of ClimateIQ, an AI-enabled, Urban Climate Risk Tool
The New School’s Urban Systems Lab announced the continued development and scaling of ClimateIQ, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered climate risk evaluation tool built on multiple urban climate hazard models. The ClimateIQ team is proud to partner with the City of New York as the inaugural partner city to test and validate the AI modeling environment.
The development of ClimateIQ is being led by Dr. Timon McPhearson at The New School’s Urban Systems Lab and a team of scientists and designers. This stage of development is being funded through a $5M award from Google.org’s Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation, a commitment from the tech company’s philanthropy to fund six big bet projects that accelerate technological advances in climate information and action. Read full Press Release
Partnerships
Our team plans to work closely with stakeholders in diverse cities across the world to train and validate the ClimateIQ AI so it can be replicated globally and to co-develop an intuitive dashboard that is easy to use and accessible to multiple user groups and communities. As we launch this multi-year effort, we welcome collaboration from city stakeholders, organizations and others who can assist with testing and feedback. If you feel your city or region has access to the datasets mentioned above, we would welcome an opportunity to connect and work with you!
Team
The ClimateIQ team brings extensive experience in climate risk modeling, AI applications, data analysis and visualization, as well as working with diverse stakeholders in cities. Led by Dr. Timon McPhearson, Director of the Urban Systems Lab (USL) at the New School in New York City, the core team includes faculty and researchers at The New School, along with partners at Climasens, Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and George Mason University. Support provided in part by Google.org Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation.
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