Open Data Drives Better Collaboration

"Environmental leaders from around the world are in Abu Dhabi this week at the Eye on Earth Summit to discuss how data collaboration can impact sustainable development. It’s getting harder to track big data around the environment, but new public-private collaborations are putting key environmental data at everyone’s fingertips. That’s precisely why the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Eye on Earth Alliance created UNEP Live ... UNEP Live creates the space where vital connections happen. Available in 90 languages, countries are able to track their progress toward United Nations sustainable development goals, carbon-emission targets, and other environmental milestones.   The portal can also be used to explore a wide range of data sets from around the world including maps, info-graphics, reports on air quality, emissions, health, climate change, and econometrics. The UNEP Live tools even include apps for digging further into the data ..."