C40 Cities Debuts Data Explorer Dashboards Leveraging the Qlik Analytics Platform

by Data4Good | Sep 25, 2019 | 2 comments

by Qlik Qlik today announced in partnership with C40 Cities the formal launch of multiple data-driven dashboards in the C40 Knowledge Hub. C40 Cities has jointly developed a series of dashboards, called Data Explorer applications, covering topics such as Air Quality,...

The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers

by Data4Good | Sep 20, 2019

Using Data Visualisation to show how little progress nations have made toward limiting greenhouse-gas emissions. Nations will have to reckon with some difficult numbers that will ultimately determine whether the world can avoid the rapidly approaching climate...

Bloomberg’s Data for Good Exchange event gave scientists and researchers a chance to show how they’re using big data to save the environment

by Data4Good | Sep 20, 2019 | 3,905 comments

*Image: Lake Chad, in Africa, has shrunk by 90% over the last 40 years due to climate change. By Jonathan Greig, TechRepublic.com This week, data scientists, researchers and company representatives from across the globe came together for Bloomberg’s Data for...

Drones a Vital Tool in Climate Change Research

by Data4Good | Sep 19, 2019 | 2 comments

By GeoMatics World  Drones are playing a crucial role in vital work to better understand the effects of climate change in the Arctic. Dr Joseph Cook, a glaciologist at the University of Sheffield, is conducting major research projects in Greenland, exploring the...

Using NASA Data to Monitor Drought and Food Insecurity

by Data4Good | Sep 19, 2019 | 5 comments

By Maria-José Viñas, NASA’s Earth Science News Team NASA’s satellite imagery and model forecasts regularly help agricultural and aid agencies to monitor the performance of crops worldwide and prepare for food shortages. “In the 1970’s the U.S. realized...