Category: Data Management | Climate Monitoring | Decision-Making Support

Note: This project template serves as a guiding framework to help generate ideas when creating a project for the Climate Resilience program. It is flexible and can be adapted to fit your organization’s specific needs.

[Your organization] works with climate-related or environmental data but needs assistance inputting, cleaning, organizing and/or making data summaries for projects in areas like disaster preparedness, water resource planning, renewable energy deployment, and/or carbon management. Learners will organize and analyze key datasets to support policy and community decision-making.

Week 1: Spreadsheet Organization and Maintenance 

• Practice spreadsheet management using large datasets
• Evaluate the best methods for spreadsheet maintenance and organization.

Week 2: Data Collection & Preparation 

• Clean and organize data for analysis.

Week 3: Data Analysis

• Identify trends, anomalies, and correlations.
• Perform statistical analyses on the data

Week 4: Reporting & Recommendations

• Present a final report summarizing insights and how they can inform local resilience strategies for supervisor
• Recommend ways your organization can share findings with stakeholders.

 Each learner contributes 46 hours over 4 weeks, either individually or as a team.

The employer will provide:

• Data Access and Tools
• Guidance with Data Analytics, Organization, Presentation
• Mentorship on Local Climate Priorities
• Regular Feedback Loops
• Collaboration with Policy/Planning Teams