Data
We use advances in data and technology to help our community improve lives, protect nature, and ensure just transitions, leverage the technological possibilities of today in favor of a sustainable and equitable future.
We support WRI China’s work in 4 ways:
I. Common Data Infrastructure: help teams set up the right infrastructure to improve efficiency and lower costs.
- Integration and management of open-source project data
- Support setting up cloud computing and storage
- Assistance with managing scripts and repositories
II. Data Science Support: help program teams turn data into insight through analysis, visualizations, and machine learning
- Data Cleaning, analysis and visualization: manage and analyze data; work with other teams to design and build creative charts and maps to tell the data story.
- Data Tool Development: build data analysis software and applications that support research and program implementation.
- Statistics, machine learning and AI consulting: help programs understand new machine learning methods and adopt AI solutions to boost productivity in work.
III. Data product design, acceleration and management: support new data-enabled products and solutions while also maintaining existing data products
For data products, we provide technical support throughout the whole product life cycle, helping increase products’ impact while improving sustainability.
IV. Data Strategy Guidance: when starting a new project, guide program teams to harness data and technology to reach their impact goals while avoiding common pitfalls
- fundraising for data-driven projects
- parsing data policies
- consulting with the Data Lab to develop teams’ data strategy
Citysphere
Data Visualizations
WRI has long been committed to providing open access to reliable data for actionable change. In support of that mission, we uphold academic research standards of excellence and provide the public with rigorous and objective data resources. We have worked with dozens of partners to build a suite of data platforms that gather data from across the institute and around the world to break down silos and enable transparent decision making.
Citysphere
A visualization platform that comprehensively showcases and assesses cities’ climate goals, low-carbon progress, etc. to drive cities to achieve climate ambitions and accelerate low-carbon transitions.
Part of Sustainable Cities
Global Forest Watch
Offering the latest data, technology and tools that empower people everywhere to better manage and protect forest landscapes.
Part of Food & Natural Resources
Aqueduct
Using cutting-edge data to identify and evaluate water risks around the world
Climate Watch
Climate Watch offers powerful insights and data on national climate plans, long-term strategies and greenhouse gas emissions to help countries achieve their climate and sustainable development goals.
