AWhere, Inc. and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Partner on Climate Change Platform.Partnership Has Adopted AWhere Data Mashup and Mapping Software as Its Platform for Climate Change Adaptation and Decision-Making GOLDEN, Colo. -- The Stockholm Environment Institute This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (SEI) has adopted AWhere, Inc.'s (AWI AWI Armstrong World Industries, Inc (Lancaster, PA) AWI Australian Wool Innovation Limited AWI Agency for Workforce Innovation (Florida) AWI Animal Welfare Institute AWI American War of Independence ) geovisual business intelligence software to facilitate the use of climate information in making decisions concerning adaptation to future climate change. The SEI is leading a consortium to develop a common platform for supporting adaptation decision-making. An essential component of the collaboration is to understand present climate resources and risks, and how they will change in the future. AWhere[TM] software provides a user-friendly platform to support vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. , risk mapping and climate adaptation planning. Discussions of this platform were first held in November 2006 at the International Climate Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, where the software was demonstrated to the participants. AWhere provides analysts and decision makers with up-to-date information on vulnerability to climate change and tools for screening adaptation options. "Sharing good information is often the constraint," says Dr. Tom Downing, Director of the UK office of SEI. "The AWhere solution of a 'user community' easily sharing information, getting updated climate envelopes as they are available, and visualizing future conditions through graphics, maps and interpretations is instrumental to a professional approach to climate adaptation. The partnership between an open-source community and commercial specialists in knowledge management has benefits for all concerned." "AWhere is proud to be part of this exciting partnership," says AWhere's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , John D. Corbett, Ph.D., "and to have this opportunity to strengthen our commitments to international development and environmental planning Environmental planning is a relatively new field of study that aims to merge the practice of urban planning with the concerns of environmentalism. Essentially speaking, while urban planners have traditionally factored in economic development, transportation, sanitation, and other ." About AWhere AWhere is geovisual business intelligence software that maps spreadsheet or database data and then mashes it up with data from scientific studies, on-line mapping services, U.S. Census, sales, etc. AWhere features a short learning curve, an affordable price point, and the ability to share its data mashups as "live" MyMaps[TM] to other members of a team. A trial version is available at www.awhere.com. About AWhere, Inc. Formerly known as Mud Springs Geographers Incorporated (MSGI MSGI Media Services Group, Inc. (stock symbol) ), AWI was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Golden, Colorado The City of Golden is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. Golden lies along Clear Creek at the eastern edge of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. . About the Stockholm Environment Institute SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. http://www.sei.se |
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