Melbourne startup Climasens bags $5 million Google.org grant for AI-driven climate risk tool

A $5 million Google.org-backed partnership will see Melbourne-based startup Climasens join forces with New York’s Urban Systems Lab (USL) to combat current and future climate risks by developing and scaling an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered climate risk evaluation tool built on multiple urban climate hazard models.

By integrating machine learning and urban climate hazard models, the AI-driven climate risk tool ClimateIQ will produce real-time and high-resolution climate risk information across the world.

A $5 million award from Google.org’s Impact Challenge on Climate Innovation will be funding the current stage of ClimateIQ’s development.

Climate intelligence startup Climasens, which specialises in real-time decision support tools for urban heat adaptation and is building global climate resilience software for cities around the world, is gearing up to expand internationally.

With Climate Week NYC kicking off next week on September 17 – 24, Climasens CEO Joseph Glesta said the startup is thrilled about its partnership with The New School’s Urban Systems Lab (USL) and Google.org