The Global Urban Climate Assessment (GUCA) is a pilot decision-support tool aimed at tracking the progress of climate vulnerability and resilence in cities around the world. Using both remote sensing and secondary data, GUCA provides the first assessment tool across multiple global cities on consistent resilience measures. The team identified a suite of environmental, economic and social indicators that are delivered through an interactive platform.

The pilot includes 12 cities: Abuja, Nigeria; Amman, Jordan; Beijing, China; Berlin, Germany; Bogotá, Colombia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mogadishu, Somalia; Mumbai, India; Panama City, Panama; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Shenzhen, China.

The GUCA pilot is a free and open-source tool designed to help governments, nongovernmental organizations and investors direct funding where it’s most needed, identify opportunities for adaptation and determine where cities are most vulnerable.

With funding, ND-GAIN would refine and expand the GUCA framework and platform, providing insights into the vulnerabilities and resilience of additional cities worldwide. If you have interest in partnering with ND-GAIN to support an expansion or other related projects, please contact us.

Explore GUCA: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/98da5ccc57a84daaa8a996078b75db82%20