For community groups to advance the arguments and create effective pressure points with ATX they need better environmental data. This project combines local community experiences and Earth Observation (EO) data to provide a more effective means for the city to undertake EJ decisions. Our team from GAVA, the City of Austin, and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) is integrating satellite data products to advance equity and environmental justice. From this work, we will develop a “Climate Atlas.” Concurrently, we are conducting an extensive analysis of city council resolutions so that the team has a better sense of the underlying inputs and proposed actions related to city resolutions related to climate extremes. At the intersection of the climate atlas and the policy analysis will be an “advocacy and accountability” guide for community groups. We refer to this piece as the “Advocacy Toolkit.” The Austin Climate Atlas (“Atlas”) incorporates three components: 

1. Interactive geospatial data layers to explore multi-hazard risk exposure alongside social vulnerability data

2. Interactive policy information spanning over a decade of extreme growth and extreme weather from 2010 to 2024

3. A toolkit that allows communities to use the Atlas to advocate for actions to address environmental hazards specific to their neighborhood.