[open-sustainability] Opportunities for opening up UK climate-change related data to generate economic, social and environmental value

Fri Jan 31 14:33:48 UTC 2014

Jack,

There is the obvious (though perhaps more DeFRA related) example of
Climate Corporation exiting for $1 Billion based on open data on soil
types and crop yields in the US. They made money through insurance for
farmers. They also took environmental data (rain, other weather
change) into account.

cheers,
Bruce

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Jack Townsend <jack at jacktownsend.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Had a promising meeting yesterday at the UK Cabinet Office about opening up
> data from the Departments of Energy and Climate Change, and Environment
> Farming and Rural Affairs. (It's clear that the latter has made a lot more
> progress on releasing data on data.gov.uk so far.)
>
> There's a need to identify specific example opportunities in which opening
> up climate change related data will generate economic, social and of course
> environmental benefit. These could be from abroad, but are even better if
> local. It covers the whole piece from mitigation to adaptation, energy to
> flood prevention. Could be the creation of new businesses - such as Cleanweb
> startups - or community projects.
>
> More specifically, there was a request for any further feedback on the
> National Energy Efficiency Data Framework, which just finished it's official
> consultation. If you didn't get a chance already, I can pass on any further
> feedback over the next week. Please note especially Table 4.1 starting on
> Page 14 that lists out specific datasets in consideration.
>
> Another specific requests was for example opportunities with river level and
> flood data.
>
> (Can email me directly on address below, or can discuss on the Open
> Sustainability list. Look forward to hearing any replies when I'm back at my
> desk on Tuesday.)
>
> Thanks a lot
> Jack
>
> Web, Open Data & Sustainability University of Southampton
>
> @JackTownsend_  jack at jacktownsend.net
>
>
>
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