The White House is releasing new data and technological tools to help developing countries better prepare for climate change, Obama administration officials announced Wednesday.
The information is critical for predicting water availability for farmers and forecasting severe flooding, the White House said. The data can also be used to better track the shrinking of glaciers, soil moisture levels, nutrient flow, vegetation cover, and erosion. (See “New Technology Measures Snowpack Amid California Drought.”)
“Development goals stand to be reversed if we don’t help build resilience to climate change,” John Podesta, an adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama on climate change, said in making the announcement. He said that lessons learned about climate change in the U.S. over the past few years should be shared with the world…
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