Join OSCAR at London Climate Action Week. CEO Truman Semans speaks at SmartCitiesWorld on Wednesday, June 24th about "Building resilient cities - integrating climate, social, and infrastructure risks" with the UK Environment Ministry Director of Flood Risk Strategy & Adaptation Julie Foley OBE and Glasgow City Council member Susan Aitken. Register here for SmartCitiesWorld. OSCAR team members are also participating in Climate Innovation Forum, UNEP-FI, Google AI for the Planet, and other events throughout the week. To request a meeting with the team, click here.
Open Source Tools for Climate Adaptation and Resilience (OSCAR)

Free open source tools for governments' climate risk analysis, adaptation & resilience planning, and proposal writing to protect people, assets, and nature.

Accelerating Disasters

Click on these images of recent climate disasters for further information

Vision and Goals

Credit: Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images

Vision and Goals

Credit: Fredy Amariles/AP Photo

United States – Giant Hailstorm in Nebraska (Fall 2025)

Credit: Rebecca Hersher/NPR

Morocco – Flash Floods Devastate Safi (Dec 2025)

Credit: AFP via Al Jazeera

Nigeria – Heat, Drought, and Floods Cause Massive Food Insecurity (2025)

Credit: OsunDefender

Europe – Record-Breaking Heatwave & Wildfires (Aug 2025)

Photograph: Pedro Sarmento Costa/EPA

Philippines – Super Typhoon Fung-wong (Uwan) (11 Nov 2025)

Credit: Aaron Favila/AP Photo

India – Heat and Insufficient Rain Drive Water Stress  (April-May 2025)

Photograph: Pedro Sarmento Costa/EPA

United States – Destructive “Derecho” Windstorm (28 Jul 2025)

(Matthew Cappucci/The Washington Post)

Canada – Wildfires Scorch 7.3 Million ha (Summer 2025)

Credit: Joe Carr (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Australia – Extreme Flooding (May 2025)

Gavin Partridge

Solutions

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India – Drip irrigation and mulching

Credit: Vis M / Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia – Irrigation systems for drought resilience

Credit: USAID / Nena Terrell

Senegal – Mangrove-based livelihoods

Credit: Julien Saison / Wikimedia Commons

Bangladesh – Cyclone shelter infrastructure

Credit: Helena Wright / Wikimedia Commons

Bangladesh – Elevated roads and expressways

Credit: Nafis Fuad Ayon / Wikimedia Commons

United Kingdom – Storm-surge barrier system

Credit: The wub / Wikimedia Commons

New Zealand – River stopbank system

Credit: NZFC / Wikimedia Commons

United States – Floodplain buyouts

Credit: Andrea Booher / FEMA

Philippines – Drainage pipe rehabilitation

Credit: Philippine News Agency

United States – Permeable pavement systems

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

United States – Underground stormwater detention systems

Credit: Arbitrarily0 / Wikimedia Commons

United States Virgin Islands – Rooftop solar systems

Credit: ProSolar Systems Caribbean

Kenya – School-scale biogas systems

Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Nepal – Solar-powered early-warning siren

Credit: UNDP Nepal

Chile – Mobile emergency alert system

Credit: SENAPRED / Wikimedia Commons

Chile – Fuel break construction

Credit: Milodon3 / Wikimedia Commons

United States – Defensible space around homes

Credit: David Hercher / U.S. Forest Service

Japan – Public-space cooling systems

Credit: Kaztima109 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY‑SA 3.0)

Global – Participatory flood-risk mapping

Credit: World Bank

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