Midwest Climate Asset Map (CAM)

The Midwest Climate Collaborative envisions a carbon neutral, climate resilient, interconnected Midwest region.

We seek to leverage what’s working in the region and share important resources to accelerate research and action. To that end, with support from the Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub, we are creating the Midwest Climate Asset Map (CAM), a map and interactive database of midwestern climate work.

The CAM will be an online tool to identify what assets exist in the region to assist researchers and practitioners to meet their climate goals, covering topics related to climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience, and justice. We anticipate sharing links to resources such as data sets, sample policies, funding sources, reports, online tools, and lists of experts. It will also serve as a tool for funders and the media to find local experts and resources and better understand who is doing what on climate in the region.

As we create the Midwest Climate Asset Map, we want to make sure it will support the climate work people are doing in the Midwest. That’s why we want to hear from you! Please share your perspectives in a quick 15-minute survey.

We’re excited to use the input we gather to guide the design of a first prototype, which we’ll share at the Midwest Climate Summit in February 2023.

We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

For questions about this project, please reach out to Heather at hnavarro@wustl.edu.

Making the Climate Asset Map work for you

First, we’d like to hear your thoughts about how this tool could specifically help your climate work. You might think about the climate work you do as part of a formal or informal job, volunteer role, student role, and/or personal passion.

Imagine it’s next year and the Midwest Climate Asset Map exists. How do you imagine you might use it? Why? What or who is it helping you find?

We plan to have the Midwest Climate Asset Map be searchable in a few different ways. Thinking about the types of resources you often want to find, how would you want to search for them?

How can we make the Midwest Climate Asset Map website most accessible to you? (e.g., language, bandwidth, usability, contrast, alternative text)

Anything else you think we should know about making the Midwest Climate Asset Map work for you?