An open innovation challenge to harness big data for climate action (SDG 13), run by UN Global Pulse (@unglobalpulse).
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The global ocean conveyer belt is slowing with climate change. Here's what's at stake buff.ly/2Lp9j8C
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Japan is one country impacted by extreme weather in July, including extreme heat and disastrous precipitation bit.ly/2N4jcK5 Such weather will continue to worsen unless rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are curbed, says @WMO #ParisAgreement
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There's an easy way for national governments to help #cities act on climate change - give them data. Read more: ow.ly/PSJs30kLNka #ActOnClimate
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Forests are key to #ClimateAction and the @UN’s #GlobalGoals bit.ly/2IY9Nks Forests are our planet’s life support system, absorbing 2.6 billion tons of the CO2 released from the burning of #fossilfuels per year
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In 2017, floods were responsible for 52% of deaths and 44% of economic damage out of all natural disasters. Flooding is exacerbated by #climatechange, and the number of global floods per decade has tripled since 1980. It’s high time to take action to stay safe from flooding.
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We used @fathom_global flood maps + @OrangeGroupPR mobile data to study how #accessibility in Senegal is affected in different flood scenarios. Then explored which road upgrades would have the biggest effect on preserving #mobility. Check out our preso: trib.al/xTkasCr
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When severe flooding strikes how do we keep our roads safe? We’re the team of researchers at @GTCSE building a tool to reduce the impact of road flooding. We won the Thematic Award in the @UNGlobalPulse #D4CA challenge! Learn more about staying dry here trib.al/6EJQl9w
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Using #datascience for #ClimateAction. Check out these six data-driven solutions for climate resilience #bigdata, #AI #D4CA @COP23 bit.ly/2AJtsAR
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Climate change is real & it's happening now.
But by taking climate action we will create jobs, improve our health & save money.
See what you can do: j.mp/1BvpjPo
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Read more on #EMMA, one of the winning projects of Data for Climate Action challenge - predicting the impact of threats to South Africa's ecosystem w/ real-time #BigData: bit.ly/2nSeNC5 #D4CA #data4climate
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Curious about how to accelerate #SDG implementation? Next Thu Dec. 7th, our Director @mtoomeyUN will discuss #actions taken & what is still needed to meet the #SDGs Join us 👇🏽
bit.ly/2j0qBNO #ACT4SDGs
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Supporting IFRC coastal cities resilience initiative. Using #HumanCenteredDesign, five prototypes were dev't to help build resilience within affected areas. Check out @PulseLabJakarta's work: bit.ly/2j34eal
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Read our interview with @rgkirkpatrick, Director of @UNGlobalPulse about the importance of data in the fight against climate change! goo.gl/tFqfPS #SIF17 #COP23
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Missed our event on #data4climateaction? Watch it here 4 announcement of winners of #D4CA challenge & talks w/ experts in data & climate: bit.ly/2jKUDrW #COP23 #SIF17 #ClimateAction
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If we want the world to understand the threat of climate change, we must explain the links between climate, pollution and health.
@antonioguterres, Ministers & @UN colleagues showed their dedication to a clean future at #COP23. – at Bonn, Germany
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12-year-old Timoci Naulusala from Fiji gives speech at #COP23
"The sea is swallowing villages, eating away at shorelines, withering crops. Relocation of people...cries over lost loved ones, dying of hunger and thirst. Its catastrophic. It’s sad…but its real"
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Only one ambition matters: build a secure world of peace, dignity & opportunity for all on a healthy planet.
-- @antonioguterres at UN Climate Change Conference #COP23
More: cop23.unfccc.int/
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From cities to businesses to youth, we are all #Uniting4Climate. Declare your support on the opening day of #COP23: bit.ly/2h4BRLp
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Join us live on 12th Nov from Bonn for an event on Data Innovation: Generating Climate Solutions: bit.ly/2zjq4jB #COP23 #D4CA #SIF
