Projects
Global Policy Solutions
DSE is leading key projects in the US and internationally that provide decision-makers with necessary data, tools, and training to address the climate and biodiversity crisis.
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Accelerate Global Conservation Decisionmaking
Equipping governments, scientists, and land managers with a locally-run, open source AI tool that analyzes complex conservation data more efficiently and accurately than commercial LLMs
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End Plastic Pollution
Providing UN negotiators and the general public with an AI-powered tool that reveals a world without plastic pollution is possible
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Scale Sustainable Agriculture
Publishing research and creating open source tools to quantify sustainable agriculture’s economic and environmental benefits
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Reduce the Worst Greenhouse Gases
Providing the United Nations with an open source tool that enables unprecedented analytical and computing power to reach environmental and climate goals.
Collaborative Land & Water Management
Schmidt DSE is collaborating with Tribes, local officials, and national agencies on land management opportunities that leverage traditional ecological knowledge and innovative data science.
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Co-Design Indigenous Environmental Stewardship
Partnering with Indigenous and local communities on land management by leveraging traditional ecological knowledge & technology
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Improve Wildfire Recovery
Helping land managers make quick and informed decisions for wildfire recovery with open source modeling tools
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Democratize Geospatial Data Analysis
Convening a community to prototype new, open source geospatial data analysis tools
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Address Water Scarcity
Developed an AI-powered tool to improve the reliability of snowmelt forecasting, and help the state of California better prepare for floods and droughts.
