We've been studying the weather and climate
for thousands of years,
and along the way meteorologists have developed
tools and systems to analyze and predict weather.
So we know when to add a layer,
bring an umbrella,
or pack the sunscreen.
Long term climate changes caused by CO2
have always been kept separate from weather.
But this is changing.
The climate is now leaking into weather
with increasing magnitude.
Every year, the impacts and manifestations
become more visible, more acute.
This is the new weather.
The key challenges of climate change mitigation are knowing
when, where, and why emissions are occurring.
At Crosswalk Labs, we specialize and excel
in all three areas.
The granularity of Crosswalk data
enables cities to understand
where their greenhouse gases occur,
down to the neighborhood scale.
So you can tell where in a city
greenhouse gases are coming from
and you can focus your mitigation efforts
on where you can get the biggest bang for the buck.
We track greenhouse gas emissions over time,
with unprecedented resolution,
scouring hundreds of data sources,
processing billions of data points,
and benchmarking the results
against atmospheric measurements.
Not only do we check against the atmosphere,
the ultimate arbiter of truth,
but we are the only ones to do that.
With Crosswalk, you'll have highly detailed greenhouse
gas emissions information about your city,
from hourly to annually, for the past dozen years.
It's like entering an atmospheric time machine,
which is pretty cool.
We want to put this data in the hands
of decision makers, at all scales,
and that might be businesses, cities, states,
put it in the hands of media.
We're also trying to put in a lot
of what I call functional detail.
These are details about
not only the amount that's being emitted,
but is it a vehicle, is it a building, is it a power plant?
We'll be able to quantify the difference between that bus
probably running on diesel,
versus these passenger cars using gasoline.
You can see the entire picture quickly,
neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block.
And you can use that to make informed
decisions regarding city planning.
We work with local governments and citizens
to help them target
the most significant and efficient
greenhouse gas emission reduction opportunities.
And then to track the effectiveness of those actions
over time.
Cities haven't been able
to compare their emissions
with neighbors and peers
because reporting methodologies vary so broadly.
They've also lacked timely feedback to quickly understand
what's working and what's not.
With Crosswalk Labs,
cities can compare their emissions
with all other cities across the country, avoiding mistakes
made by others, and tracking their progress
to refine successful strategies.
You can understand not only one community's emissions,
but you can compare one community with another.
By making CO2 emissions accurately visible to everyone,
we help cities and businesses to advance priorities
such as low income housing,
equity in health care,
and transportation planning.
What if communities were able to attract investment
to realize their climate action ambitions?
New weather brings new data.
New data exposes new problems.
New problems demand new solutions.
Crosswalk Labs is here to help.
Our data can be relied on to help citizens
and leaders make significant solutions a reality.
That's it.