JUST CLIMATE FUTURES
Grounded Research. Interdisciplinary Insights. Local Action.
The Toronto Climate Observatory is a research and knowledge hub dedicated to supporting place-based climate action across the Greater Toronto Area. We combine interdisciplinary expertise, community partnerships, and technology to support collective resilience.
RECENT NEWS
Evaluating LLM-Enabled Systems for the Environment: Articles 1 and 2
Two new articles in our series on evaluating LLM-enabled systems for the environment are now on Medium: Before the Build, and Prototyping and Performance Metrics.
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Counter-Mapping Urban Heat Receives a SSHRC Insight Development Grant
A two-year SSHRC Insight Development Grant will support Counter-Mapping Urban Heat, a project with Sprout and The 519 to evaluate and redesign Toronto's heat information with the communities most affected...
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Sustaining the Map: A Five-Year SSHRC Insight Grant on OpenStreetMap
A five-year SSHRC Insight Grant with Dipto Sarkar of Carleton University will study how OpenStreetMap's volunteer contributors can be sustained, and will support participatory mapping and community data work at...
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The Toronto Climate Observatory (TCO) is an interdisciplinary initiative hosted at the University of Toronto. Our mission is to reimagine how communities around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) understand and adapt to the impacts of climate change, and support place-based, plural, and just climate action.
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