The four winning teams developed digital tools designed to help local decision makers use federal data for better climate resilience planning.
Since the 1980s, multi-billion dollar climate disasters in the U.S. have quadrupled, prompting government agencies to ramp up the pace and scale of their responses. Local officials, though, have been challenged by finding federal data related to climate risks and data management tools to help them make data-driven decisions.
As part of the Open Data for Good Grand Challenge, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration offered $50,00 to teams building new digital tools to help local decision makers use federal data for better climate resilience planning.
NOAA announced four winners:
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