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Bringing climate change into corporate boardrooms @ EcoHackSF

Bringing climate change into corporate boardrooms @ EcoHackSF

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May 09, 2014
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  1. Oh, but what to do? • How do we make

    the available science... • Relevant? • User-friendly? • Business-oriented?
  2. The Project • Build a business climate risk calculator •

    Where are you located? • What do you do? • Get your Risk Score
  3. The data • National Climate Assessment (May 2014) • high-level

    (regional) data • or very granular, detailed data • Other data sources
  4. The Team • We need people who... • ...like data

    and data visualization • ...are climate science wiz • ...can build a nifty UI
  5. Objectives • A workable prototype with at least a few

    impacts / sectors covered • Think about how to move the needle • Have fun!
  6. Why should you care? • If businesses understand that climate

    change can hurt them too, they might do something about it.
  7. About me • Climate change entrepreneur • Building tools to

    help businesses understand climate impacts • Develop adaptation strategies