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N nveils Big Data Climate Change Challenge
The United Nations is hosting the Big Data Climate Challenge.
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The United Nations (UN) is hosting the Big Data Climate Challenge (BDCC), a global competition designed to facilitate the use of big data to address issues related to climate change.
The BDCC focuses on published or implemented projects that use big data and analytics to show the economic impact of changing climate patterns, as well as ways to manage their impact. The BDCC works with the UN Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, which aims to gain "fresh evidence that strengthens the economic case for action on climate change to show where such action is feasible, affordable, and effective," according to the UN Global Pulse website.
The UN wants to increase public awareness of how big data can provide insights for reducing human-generated emissions. "We're confident that data-driven climate solutions exist around the globe--we just have to find them. And the Big Data Climate Challenge seeks to unearth and highlight the best examples out there," says UN Global Pulse chief scientist Miguel Luengo-Oroz. "The impressive submissions that the Challenge has already received demonstrate both the relevance and importance of bringing the big data and climate communities together."
The contest is part of the Secretary-General's Climate Summit, which takes place Sept. 23 at UN Headquarters in New York City.
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