Although this is not good news, it is good news considering the advancements in environmental intelligence. Businesses are using publicly available data and models to create a variety of products and services that enable governments, businesses, and consumers to navigate many of today’s challenges. These products won’t save your home or your life, but they can provide you with ever-improving tools to reduce future risk.
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Companies that specialize in environmental intelligence work in the present and now, integrating data from government agencies and other sources with advanced data analytics like artificial intelligence.
Numerous companies are doing what the private sector excels at: rapidly developing broad customer-focused solutions that can scale nationally and internationally. They have an impact on hundreds of millions of people every day, and they have economic assets in the trillions.
Open data policy is just one factor that has influenced the success of environmental intelligence companies. Other factors include the market demand for information, partnerships with multinational companies, deep domain knowledge tied to ex-federal data experts, and access to private investment funds.
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Floods have cost Americans more that $1 trillion since 1980. This makes flooding the most costly natural disaster in America. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plays a key role. First Street Foundations Flood FactorThe product describes a property’s flood risk and is integrated into Realtor.comWebsite that receives more than 100,000,000 visits per month.
The U.S. housing market is not the only one. Cloud to StreetsGlobal Flood Database, a flood mapping technology innovation, integrates NASA and NOAA data. It tracks floods around the world in real-time on-demand without any ground data. Recently featured on the cover Nature, Cloud to Street responds urgently to the need to improve uncertainty models around the world and reduce flood-related deaths.
Israeli-startup BreezoMeterNow with U.S. operations, he uses data from NASA, NOAA, and the Environmental Protection Agency to provide hyper-local, accurate and timely air quality reporting to over 400 million people every day. BreezoMeter is a partnership partner with Apple. This allows users to check air quality via an iPhone app. It now offers wildfire tracking and pollen reporting.
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Water intelligence is being developed in response to the growing thirst for water intelligence True ElementsArtificial intelligence uses water quality data pulled from more than 1.5 million sensors. It also includes hundreds of federal and state databases. This creates a simple-to use platform for improving water management.
When Jupiter IntelligenceThe Capital Weather Gang stated that the climate and weather risk industry has never seen a company with the right mix of technology, financial backing, and intellectual heft since it was launched in 2018. The company, which provides analytics and tooling to help governments and businesses manage climate risks, closed a Series C funding round in October.
Two companies are leveraging climate data sources from NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information and their experience are The Climate Service FernLeaf. The Climate Service, recently purchased by S&P GlobalThrough its Climanomics software platform,, it advances climate risk data analysis technology and is emerging as a leader in climate-related financial disclosures. FernLeafs employees contributed to the development. US Climate Resilience ToolkitIt today customizes and expands support for municipal resilience and adaptive strategies.
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Climate TRACE PachamaThere are two companies that examine greenhouse gases from different perspectives.
Climate TRACE (Tracking Realtime Atmospheric Carbonemissions) was founded with the support of Al Gore, former vice president, and a group of 11 companies. It uses open satellite and ground-based data sources such as NASA, EPA, and the U.S. Geological Survey to track near real time emissions.
Pachama uses satellite data and artificial Intelligence to create the forest carbon credit market. Pachamas process validates carbon storage of forest restoration projects. This encourages and scales the market to buy and sell carbon credits.
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The Another company that offers insights into land use, land cover change, and carbon mapping is the Impact Observatory. Partnerships with Esri as well as Microsoft AI for Earth allow the Impact Observatorys platform and millions of users to be connected.
Orbital IntelligencesRecognized industry leader in using observations for organizations to understand whats happening on and around the earth serves many sectors, including real estate defense and financial services.
These companies are the leaders in today’s environmental intelligence innovation. We might ask several questions in light of their immense contribution to society.
- What could be done to facilitate businesses’ access to U.S. government data?
- Is the U.S. Open Data Policy the End or the Beginning of Data Use Facilitation?
- Who is responsible for monitoring the rapidly changing marketplace in the United States to ensure that the country can take advantage of these capabilities and, even more importantly, not duplicate them?
One thing is certain: private sector environmental intelligence companies respond to customer demand with highly valuable products. Perhaps it is time to learn about them.
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Colleton consults for BreezoMeter. He has long-standing professional relationships and ties with representatives of many companies that are included in this research.
