Personalising climate change through open data and apps | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional

"Government-released open data is fuelling a whole new level of innovation in sustainability. Moving beyond hackathons, today’s climate data partnerships are creating unique ventures that cross boundaries between business, government and academia. In the US, 'datapaloozas' – gatherings focused on creating open data innovations in the areas of health, education, energy and safety across sectors – are popping up all over the place. Recently, the geographic information system technology (GIS) company Esri held the Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge in conjunction with the White House’s Climate Data Initiative. The challenge’s winner, the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis app, identified the best sites for solar panel installations across the state ..."