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Climate Central
Climate risk assessment and visualisation for local communities
Addresses
Climate Data
- Cost
- Free · Open-source
- Open-Source
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Language
- —
- Updated
- 2024
You provide
- Location
- Hazard of interest
- Time horizon
You get
- Local risk visualisations
- Coastal flood maps (Risk Finder)
- Heat and extreme-event analytics
Overview
Climate Central is an independent organisation of scientists and journalists that produces accessible climate risk tools and visualisations — including the widely used Coastal Risk Finder and Surging Seas mapping.
Key features
- Interactive local climate-risk visualisations
- Coastal flood and sea-level mapping (Surging Seas / Risk Finder)
- Heat, precipitation, and extreme-event analytics
- Shareable graphics for public communication
Who it’s for
Communicators, local officials, and the public who need clear, credible risk visuals.
Getting started
Explore the tools directly at climatecentral.org.