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 by extreme heat.
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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 the TCO.
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Five TCO Papers at CHI 2026, Including an Honourable Mention
Toronto Climate Observatory faculty, students, and collaborators presented five papers at CHI 2026 in Barcelona, spanning water, conflict, accessibility, and internet connectivity – one of them recognized with a Best Paper Honourable Mention.
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New Blog Series: Evaluating AI for the Environment
With partners Earth Genome and Development Seed, TCO researchers have been studying how environmental organizations develop and evaluate LLM-based tools. A new blog series shares initial findings.
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Toronto Water Atlas Launches, with a Design Research Paper Accepted to CHI 2026
The Toronto Water Atlas – nine maps in different mediums, narratives, and forms – launched with an exhibition at Massey College, and a design research paper documenting the Atlas has been accepted to CHI 2026.
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Workshop: Reimagining Heat Information in Toronto
Join TCO and Climate Resilient Communities to share your experiences navigating extreme heat and co-design more equitable, community-centred heat information tools.
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Toronto Climate Data Summit: Call for Presenters
TCO is hosting the Toronto Climate Data Summit, February 18–20, 2026, at the University of Toronto, and is looking for people to present their work on climate and data in Southern Ontario.
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Toronto Climate Stories: Share Your Story
In the run-up to this year's local elections, TCO and partners are developing data visualization and storytelling pieces that capture Toronto's unique relationship to climate change – and we want to hear your stories.
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Ontario Climate Risk Workshop Report Launched
The Ontario Climate Risk Workshop Report collects briefing notes from nearly two dozen experts on current research and initiatives related to climate risk in Southern Ontario.
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Climate Aligned Finance Act Reintroduced in the Senate
Two weeks ago, the Climate Aligned Finance Act (CAFA) was reintroduced into the Senate by Senator Rosa Galvez. Through a number of legislative proposals, CAFA seeks to limit both the risks that financ
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Workshop: Technologies for Flood Risk Management in Southern Ontario
📣 Workshop alert! Technologies: Data, tools, and infrastructures will bring to you an examination of the technical foundations that enable effective flood risk management in Southern Ontario.
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Project Spotlight: The Toronto Water Atlas
📣 Project Spotlight: Reimagining our relationship with water through the Toronto Water Atlas
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TCO Newsletter: September 2025
Have a look at our latest newsletter, September 2025 edition! 💫
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TCO Voices: Dylan Van Bramer
🎙️ TCO Voices: Hear from Dylan Van Bramer, a new addition to the TCO! ✨ Dylan joins the Toronto Climate Observatory as both a new PhD student in the University of Toronto's Computer Science departmen
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Glimpses from COMPASS 2025 and the Place-Based Climate Data Workshop
📸Glimpses from COMPASS 2025 hosted by University of Toronto, as captured by (and featuring some) TCO members!
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University of Toronto Hosts ACM COMPASS 2025
🎤 From July 22 - 25, University of Toronto hosted the 2025 iteration of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS)! 🌱
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Impact Spotlight: Bay Street Climate Report Spurs New City Council Motion
📢 Impact Spotlight: TCO's Bay Street Climate Report spurs new City Council motion on addressing the financial industry's carbon footprint! On March 26 and 27, 2025, the Toronto City Council, led by
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New Research Grants: Urban Challenge Grant and XSeed
🚨 New Research Incoming @ TCO! 📚 We're excited to announce two new research grants that the TCO has recently been awarded! These grants will allow us to deepen our work at the intersection of flooding
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Event Recap: The Looming LNG Glut – Market Assessment & Risks
🔎 Event Recap: The Looming LNG Glut – Market Assessment & Risks
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Toronto Climate Summer School 2025 Wraps Up
🎓 Last month, we officially wrapped up the Toronto Climate Summer School (TCSS) after six transformative weeks of learning!
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TCO Newsletter: July 2025
Our July 2025 newsletter is out! 💫
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TCO Newsletter: December 2024
In the spotlight🔎
Ontario Climate RiskWorkshop
The 2024 Beatrice and Arthur Minden Symposium on the Environment focused on Climate Risk i...
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The Himalayan Climate Data Field Lab
Austin Lord, Robert Soden
The Himalayan Climate Data Field Lab brought 112 people from 19 different countries together in Kathmandu, Nepal i...
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TCO's Aarjav Chauhan Awarded Honourable Mention in Best Paper Award Category at CSCW 2024!
Congratulations to Aarjav Chauhan on winning an Honourable Mention in the Best Paper award category at CSCW this year
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[Conference] 6 TCO Research Projects Featured at CSCW 2024
Impactful research from the Toronto Climate Observatory will be featured at the 27th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work &am...
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Ontario Climate Risk Workshop- Day 1
A great first day at the 2024 Beatrice and Arthur Minden Symposium on the Environment: Ontario Climate Risk Workshop.The Symposium brought together e...
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[New Report] Bay Street’s Carbon Footprint Rivals Nations
Eighteen Toronto banks, pensions and asset managers responsible for financing emissions that are almost 2x Canada’s total emissions, nearly 100x Ci...
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[Job Posting] Research Coordinator in the Toronto Climate Observatory
The Toronto Climate Observatory (TCO) is hiring a part-time (50%) Research Coordinator to support the growing activities of this campus-wide research...
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🌍 Toronto Climate Summer School Featured at the Faculty of Arts &Science
The first-ever Toronto Climate Summer School (TCSS) has been featured on the University of Toronto's Arts & Science website
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Launch of Flood Risk Map in the GTA
Flood risk data in the GTA is often inaccessible or outdated, leaving most residents, urban planners, municipalities and government agencies without ...
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TCOs Lilly Flawn Receives Honourable Mention for Best Paper at ACM Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'24) in Copenhagen
What happens when grassroots climate justice activists effectively leverage data
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Investigating Climate Change by Foregrounding Interdisciplinarity, Applied Impact, and Climate Justice.
Welcome to the Toronto Climate Observatory (TCO) is an emerging interdisciplinary initiative hosted at the University of Toronto
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