DPPA
Geospatial Dashboards for Climate Assessment and Early Warning
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ABOUT
Developed by the DPPA’s Innovation Cell in collaboration with academic partners, Geoguard is the first-ever geospatial dashboard for decision-makers with insight on environmental and conflict risks across the Middle East, Central, and West Africa. Using cutting-edge technology, Geoguard aggregates millions of data points on environmental conditions and geo-coded conflict events in an intuitive dashboard, using diverse data sources and locally collected or crowd-sourced information. It provides immediate insight on environmental risk-factors throughout specified regions and snapshots in time linked to trends in conflict and social unrest.
Middle East, Central
& West Africa
$700,000
18 months
GEOGUARD
UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) launched Geoguard, a curated dashboard that uses open-source data to monitor environmental trends and enhance climate, peace, and security insights. Geoguard is now available to the UN and CRAF’d ecosystem partners.
GOALS
ENHANCE
Early warning systems for earlier, faster, more targeted and dignified crisis action.
ELEVATE
Data-driven decision-making in climate resilience and environment security.
FOSTER
Cooperation on transboundary resources and climate security-related issues.
OBJECTIVES
Thanks to CRAF’d funding, DPPA’s Innovation Cell intends to expand Geoguard's reach across 29 countries, with a broader vision of assimilating more crowd-sourced data and indigenous knowledge. This enhancement aims to sharpen its predictive prowess, furnishing a richer understanding of on-ground scenarios and amplifying its risk foresight capabilities.
100
Organizations that use CRAF’d-supported data and insights
5K
Users per year that leverage Geoguard for decision-making, resource allocation and programming
$10M
Crisis funding that arrives earlier, faster, and more targeted because of CRAF’d investments
UPDATES
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DATA FOR PEACE
At the Data for Peace Conference, UNDPPA’s Innovation Cell brought together practitioners and scholars to explore emerging trends and potential innovations in utilizing geospatial data for conflict resolution and peace efforts.
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SNEAK PEEK
The CRAF’d-supported Geoguard dashboard uses geospatial technology to keep a pulse on water resources like never before, giving UN and partners a headstart when it comes to data-driven decision making.
CRAF’d provides essential support for innovative initiatives such as “Geoguard,” a tool created by DPPA which harnesses the power of open-source satellite data to enhance our understanding of climate, peace and security.
Rosemary A. DiCarlo
Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, United Nations