Organisation Name
UNICEF
Industry
N/A
Organisation Website
Country
Italy
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 10: Reduced Inequality
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13: Climate Action
SDG 15: Life on Land
General Description of the AI tool
AI-driven tools to analyze climate hazards and children’s exposure, enabling field operators and policymakers to act on real-time insights. By allowing users to ask questions without geospatial expertise, our prototype makes complex climate data accessible
Github, open data repository
https://github.com/unicef/geosphere
Relevant Research and Publications
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UNICEF (2024). Heatwaves and Child Exposure Report. Provided the analytical foundation and data framework for assessing climate-driven child risks.
UNICEF GitHub – unicef/heat
. Hosts open-source geospatial and AI code used to build and test the tool.
Wellcome Trust–supported study on predictive disease modeling (2022). Informed the project’s machine learning framework for spatial risk prediction.
Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI), UNICEF (2021). Established the conceptual link between climate risk, exposure, and child vulnerability.
Google Earth Engine documentation and community scripts. Enabled efficient, low-cost geospatial computation central to tool development.
Needs
Funding
Public Exposure
R&D expertise
HPC resources and/or Cloud Computing Services