Environmental Sensing

& Monitoring

Co-produce climate hazard data to inform decisions to for safeguarding your community against the impacts of climate change.

Spatial Analysis & Data Visualization

 Integrate your climate, environmental and social data to determine risk and inform climate resilience actions through analytical reporting and data visualization. 

Climate Adaptation

Consulting

Address specific climate-related questions, research needs, or just get started on building a more resilient community. Let us put your ideas into action.

Community Engagement

& Social Research

Engage with local communities to capture the human impacts of climate change, including different lived experiences, and identify socially-informed solutions.

Welcome 2024 Heat Watch Campaign Cities!

CAPA’s flagship urban heat island mapping program, Heat Watch, is back again for its 6th official season! We are excited to welcome our new cities and work together on heat action. Year after year, Heat Watch has enabled partners to map extreme heat at high resolution while engaging hundreds of community volunteers as data collectors and coordinators.

Heat Watch Add On Services

Enhance the impact of your Heat Watch campaign with CAPA’s Engagement, Analysis, and Additional Monitoring products.

Featured Projects

Longmont, CO

Community-Informed Cooling Solutions

CAPA worked with the City of Longmont Sustainability Office to develop a comprehensive community engagement strategy for high-priority, heat-vulnerable neighborhoods. The team created a heat experiences survey, a workshop agenda, and informational materials around which to frame community conversations about heat. Residents in three neighborhoods, engaged in a variety of settings, provided input on what cooling solutions they wanted to see and where solutions should be implemented.

Albania

Community Heat & Air Quality Mapping in Albania

CAPA conducted a multi-part hazard assessment on extreme heat and air quality in three cities across Albania (Tirana, Shkodra and Vlora) through the World Bank Group’s Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). Teaming up with local researchers and university students, the teams collected mobile temperature and heat index data as well as particulate matter measurements across three hot campaign days over the summer of 2023.

Oklahoma City, OK

Heat & Air Quality Experiences Survey, Jurisdictional Scan, and Intervention Guidebook

Following Heat Watch and Air Watch campaigns, the City of OKC continued its partnership with CAPA to explore impacts and actions around heat and air pollution. A survey allowed for comparison of experiences between high and low heat vulnerability zip codes and revealed community needs, while a jurisdictional scan provided an overview of relevant plans, programs, and codes. The final intervention guidebook offers detailed options for heat mitigation and adaptation informed by best practices, local experiences, and regulations.

Featured Project Partners

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