Since I created this sub-forum AND I now work at SIG, I’d better apply the forum’s rules to the letter and fill out the missing sections
What SIG does
How is this sustainability-oriented?
We turn insights and technical know-how from environmental scientists into decision-support software. This tends to be used for raising awareness about environmental issues, or for scaling responses to these.
Examples of projects:
- mitigating climate change by reducing the frequency and severity of wildfires in the US
- https://www.collect.earth/: used for detecting deforestation, forest degradation, and other changes in the landscape. This data empowers users to implement policies to protect the landscape, mitigate climate change, and promote sustainable livelihoods.
- predicting where climate change will increase fire risk in the USA (which hopefully results in raising awareness about climate change impacts, guiding adaptation, and discouraging urban spread, which can be interesting for mitigation)