Lab Impacts & Applications

Partnering with the United Nations to Provide Local Data to Vulnerable Nations

With the Human Climate Horizons data platform, the Lab has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme to provide hyperlocal climate data to developing regions expected to be the hardest hit.

Factoring the Cost of Climate Change into Government Rulemaking

The Lab has worked closely with the U.S. federal government, along with numerous state governments, to establish an updated social cost of carbon that leaders can use to guide policy development.

Predicting Flood Risk for American Families

The Lab’s data, in partnership with First Street Foundation, exposes the flood risk of nearly every home in the United States.

Providing Data to Researchers Globally Through Microsoft Planetary Computer

The Lab has teamed up with Microsoft’s AI for Earth to advance the state of climate knowledge within the research community through an open and freely-available dataset.

Highlighting Climate Change’s Impact on Sports with Nike

The Lab teamed up with Nike to show how climate change will impact the sports and activities that people love.

Informing the Financial and Insurance Sectors of Climate Risk

The Lab has partnered with the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, BlackRock, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and others, to help stakeholders understand climate risks to their industries.

Justifying Climate Policy by Counting Lives Saved Locally

The Lab created the “Lives Saved Calculator” to provide advocates and leaders with actionable evidence to help them justify their efforts at every level of government.