Organisations need to understand the environmental risksthey face to operate more efficiently.
United Nations Business Ambition for 1.5°C
“Building a prosperous, net-zero carbon economy by 2050 will require transformational change across the global economy. A growing body of analysis and evidence makes it clear that such a transition is achievable but only with decisive business leadership supported by ambitious government policies. Businesses joining the campaign are playing a key role in this transition through decarbonising their own operations and articulating the targets and policies they need or want to see from Governments to help accelerate this transition. Governments can use this opportunity to make clear their economic development pathways and plans to enable companies to invest decisively in a net-zero future. Through this positive, shared ambition, private and public partners can drive more meaningful and ambitious climate action.”
There are challenges unique to weather and climateinformation that impact businesses' ability to transform.
These challenges range fromtechnological and scientific in nature, to cultural, and impact organisations' ability to create solutions to meet their varying mission objectives or business requirements. Whatever the size of organisation these challenges remain the same.
Search
It is hard to find weather and climate data and understand the cost and terms of use.
Provenance
It is hard to identify the source and processing of a data set.
Selection
Weather and climate data often requires in-depth expertise to select the applicable and most appropriate data for a given scenario.
Access
It can be expensive and difficult to access the most relevant and appropriate data for the task.
Data complexity
multi-dimensional - multi-parameter - variable coverage - multiple projections - different resolutions - differing quality - completeness - timescales - probabilistic - large size - high velocity