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Environmental data

Open environmental data that's leveraged in a civic context, such as the Maai Makwa project developing civic literacy in Kenyan communities on water quality and conservation.

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Mapistry
mapistry.com

Mapistry

Created for businesses with air and water permits who want one software for inspections, emissions calculations, and reporting - that operations actually uses.

San Francisco
Mapping tools, Regulation, Environmental data
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv3183

Global energy sector methane emissions estimated by using facility-level satellite observations

Global energy sector methane emissions estimated by using facility-level satellite observations

Montreal, QC, Canada
Satellites, Emerging tech, Environmental data
The Public Utility Data Liberation (PUDL) Project - Catalyst Cooperative
catalyst.coop/pudl

The Public Utility Data Liberation (PUDL) Project - Catalyst Cooperative

The Public Utility Data Liberation (PUDL) project is an open source python ETL pipeline that takes publicly available information about the US electricity sector and makes it publicly usable.

Boulder, CO
Civic data, Open civic data, Environmental data
EyeClimate
eyeclimate.com

EyeClimate

MethaneMapper is an open-source, AI-powered hyperspectral imaging tool to detect methane emissions and trace them to their sources.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Artificial Intelligence, Satellites, Environmental data
Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10346175

Air Quality Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms

This study aimed to develop accurate short-term air quality forecasting models for Asunción, Paraguay using machine learning algorithms.

Asunción, Paraguay
Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and sensors, Machine learning
Amazon Mining Watch
amazonminingwatch.org/en

Amazon Mining Watch

Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries.

Environmental data, Satellites, Artificial Intelligence
Mapa Polskich Drzew
drzewa-polska.pl

Mapa Polskich Drzew

The "Map of Polish Trees" is a nationwide, social project aimed at creating an inventory of trees growing across Poland.

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing, Civic maps
trees
Under the Surface - The hidden crisis in Europe's groundwater
europeanwaters.eu

Under the Surface - The hidden crisis in Europe's groundwater

The Under the Surface project, coordinated by Arena for Journalism in Europe and initiated by Datadista, delved into official data from European countries to reveal, for the first time, the extent of...

Amsterdam
Civic maps, Environmental data, Journalism
Clean water and sanitation, Climate action
UP42
up42.com

UP42

UP42 transforms how organizations order, access, and analyze Earth observation data.

Berlin
since 2019
Satellites, Environmental data, Civic data
commercial
New Air Quality Stats Dispel Earlier Forecasts for Congestion Pricing Pollution
nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/07/new-air-quality-stats-dispel-earlier-forecasts-for-congestion-pricing-pollution

New Air Quality Stats Dispel Earlier Forecasts for Congestion Pricing Pollution

Air quality has improved or remained steady across the five boroughs since congestion pricing launched in January, according to a new batch of data released by the city Department of Health — another...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2025
Civic data, Environmental data
air quality, mobility, congestion pricing
Flash Flood Guidance System with Global Coverage (FFGS)
wmo.int/projects/ffgs

Flash Flood Guidance System with Global Coverage (FFGS)

To address the issues associated with flash floods, especially the lack of capacity to develop effective flash flood warnings, the Flash Flood Guidance System (FFGS) was designed and developed for int...

Washington, DC
Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Environmental data, Civic data
floods
Diários do Clima
diariosdoclima.org.br

Diários do Clima

O Diários do Clima filtra informações dos diários oficiais municipais para você encontrar o que precisa mais fácil e rapidamente

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Environmental data, Civic data, Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
Climate action, TICTeC 25
disfactory.tw/#map=14.00/120.48504632216294/24.088258816482295

Disfactory

Crowdsourced reporting on Illegal Factories on Farmland in Taiwan

Taipei City, Taiwan
Crowdsourcing, Civic maps, Environmental data
Sustainable cities and communities, g0v
Deep Submergence Dive location dataset from Bell et al. Sci Advances: How Little We've Seen: A Visual Coverage Estimate of the Deep Seafloor
zenodo.org/records/13948032

Deep Submergence Dive location dataset from Bell et al. Sci Advances: How Little We've Seen: A Visual Coverage Estimate of the Deep Seafloor

The largest dataset of deep seafloor imagery ever assembled, showing "we have visually observed less than 0.001%"

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing
Life below water
Lukim Gather
lukimgather.org

Lukim Gather

How do we ensure that community data from Papua New Guinea’s protected areas is reported and heard?

Williamsburg, VA
Environmental data, Crowdsourcing, Evaluate impact
biodiversity, animals, apps
Data Friendly Space (DFS)
datafriendlyspace.org

Data Friendly Space (DFS)

We envision a future where technology and data power positive social change

Williamsburg, VA
since 2015
Environmental data, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Data science for social good
Climate action, humanitarian
SAGA Smart Machinaka Project
smart.saga.jp

SAGA Smart Machinaka Project

The SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a cit...

Saga, Japan
Smart Cities and sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Dashboards
city, place-based, Sustainable cities and communities
Smart Buildings TensorFlow Dataset
tensorflow.org/datasets/catalog/smart_buildings

Smart Buildings TensorFlow Dataset

A powerful tool designed to train reinforcement learning agents to optimize energy consumption and minimize carbon emissions in buildings.

Civic data, Open civic data, Environmental data
buildings, Google, Climate action
Weave
weave.energy

Weave

Get energy data with a few lines of code

Civic data, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental data
Affordable and clean energy
Google Smart Buildings Control
github.com/google/sbsim

Google Smart Buildings Control

A comprehensive collection of six years of telemetry data from three Google buildings, providing real-world insights for developing and validating optimal control solutions.

Mountain View, CA
Civic data, Environmental data
Climate action, buildings, Google
Air Quality Stripes
airqualitystripes.info

Air Quality Stripes

Data visualization plots showing the changing trends in outdoor concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution from 1850 to 2021 in cities around the world

Data visualization, Civic data, Environmental data
air quality
FireBench
sites.research.google/gr/wildfires/firebench

FireBench

FireBench is the largest high-fidelity wildfire simulation dataset, enabling the generation of ensembles of fire evolution scenarios and combining observational environmental data with high-fidelity s...

Mountain View, CA
Civic data, Environmental data, Digital twins (of places)
fires
Data Zetu
notaka.org/digital-knowledge-centre

Data Zetu

This project is using geospatial technology to solve the climate mobility data gap and inform required food security and planning interventions.

Tanzania, United Republic of (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) 🇹🇿
Environmental data, Civic data
migration, Climate action
Radiant Earth
radiant.earth

Radiant Earth

Increasing shared understanding of our world through community-led initiatives that make data easier to access and use.

Washington, DC
Satellites, Emerging tech, Hardware
madewithclay.org

Clay

Clay is a nonprofit team on a mission to make Earth observation as useful and ubiquitous as a Google search. We believe in using open, responsible AI to make Earth observation a force for positive cha...

Washington, DC
Satellites, Emerging tech, Environmental data
mining, forests, Climate action
Land & Carbon Lab
duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky+++

Land & Carbon Lab

Land & Carbon Lab partners with leading scientists and technologists to harness the power of artificial intelligence and geospatial monitoring to build cutting edge, open access monitoring systems for...

Environmental data, Civic data
Climate action, Responsible consumption and production, Life on land
Tech for Forests
techforforests.org

Tech for Forests

In the period between the beginning of 2021 and the middle of 2022, we investigated open-source digital infrastructures used by communities that are under the constant threat of violation of civil and...

since 2021
Environmental data, Advocacy tech
Sustainable cities and communities, Climate action, reports
Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP)
openenvironmentaldata.org

Open Environmental Data Project (OEDP)

Building spaces to grow the global conversation on environmental data access and use

Civic data, Environmental data, Civil society research outfits
Climate action, Sustainable cities and communities
Google MethaneSAT partnership
blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/how-satellites-algorithms-and-ai-can-help-map-and-trace-methane-sources

Google MethaneSAT partnership

Just like how we use AI to detect sidewalks, street signs and road names in satellite imagery to display helpful information in Google Maps, we’ll also use AI to identify oil and gas infrastructure, l...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2024
Civic features, Civic maps, Environmental data
Google, Climate action, methane
OpenLitterMap
openlittermap.com

OpenLitterMap

Help us create the world's most advanced open database on litter, brands & plastic pollution.

Cork, Ireland
since 2017
Crowdsourcing, Civic data, Environmental data
Sustainable cities and communities, apps
FathomNet
fathomnet.org/fathomnet/#

FathomNet

FathomNet is an open-source image database for understanding our ocean and its inhabitants

California
Environmental data, Civic data
Life below water
Africa Data Hub Climate Observer
africadatahub.org/data-resources/climate-observer?=tw2

Africa Data Hub Climate Observer

The Africa Data Hub Climate Observer is designed to help journalists and academics reporting and researching climate change in Africa.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
since 2023
Civic data, Environmental data
Climate action
Maai Makwa (My Water)
maaimakwa.demographyproject.org

Maai Makwa (My Water)

Deploying Open Data to Enable Kenyan Households & Communities Conserve Fresh Water Resources, including civic literacy campaigns and IoT monitoring of water supply and quality

Kenya 🇰🇪
since 2023
Civic data, Environmental data, Smart Cities and sensors
Clean water and sanitation, Climate action
Ocean Artificial Intelligence
oceandiscoveryleague.org/ocean-artificial-intelligence

Ocean Artificial Intelligence

Consolidation of underwater video data will catalyze a new era of discovery.

Rhode Island
Machine vision, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental data
Life below water
Microsoft AI for Earth
microsoft.com/en-us/aiforearth

Microsoft AI for Earth

Supporting sustainability decision-making with the power of the cloud

Redmond, WA
since 2017
Artificial Intelligence, The Tech, Environmental data
Microsoft
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