MIT is a member of the Data Foundation’s Climate Data Collaborative launched in fall 2024 to accelerate climate and environmental actions by connecting a fragmented data ecosystem.
Climate information is scattered across systems, institutions, and organizations, often trapped in incompatible formats or hidden behind proprietary barriers. Competing regulatory requirements across different agencies and jurisdictions further complicate efforts to create unified data systems. Decision-makers often rely on inconsistent data and may not know what information exists that could improve their
outcomes.
The purpose of the CDC is to catalyze collaboration between the private sector, nonprofits, academics, governments, and philanthropic investors to improve both directional information that reveals trends and patterns for strategic decisions, and investor-grade data that supports markets, accountability, and financial decision-making.