Our platform provide analysis of data in a way that's easy to understand and to keep track of what is going on with the United Nations’ SDGs number 3 and 11 metrics when compared with satellite data obtained from NASA’s earth observation data “Earthdata” measurements.
Our project started when we chose the Challenge #6 SDGs and COVID-19 to work with. Each one of us raised problems related to all the SDGs available in the Challenge and then filtered some to be solved. For the most common problem we found, air pollution, all the creativity available was gathered. The solution we presented was a way of displaying the information to the general public knowledge, to support local managers and public agencies to track, quantify, and visualize the impact of COVID-19 on SDGs 3 (health and well-being) and 11 (sustainable cities and communities) through values of emission of air pollutants. We came up with a platform where we would provide access to the analysed data for easy visualization and understanding on how big is the impact of human activity is on air quality. In the period when we were forced to stay home to avoid mass transmission of the COVID-19, the levels of air pollution worldwide decreased significantly, showing that to reduce usage of vehicles, by working at home-office style, for example, is possible and will positively affect the Earth’s health and, in a direct way, ours.
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Images:
Air pollutant emissions before and after COVID-19:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146362/airborne-nitrogen-dioxide-plummets-over-china
Wuhan Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emission graph:
https://so2.gsfc.nasa.gov/no2/pix/htmls/Wuhan_data.html
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emission around the globe before and after quarantine:
https://so2.gsfc.nasa.gov/no2/no2_index.html
Data:
Global SDGs Database:
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database/
Carbon monoxide (CO) emission by location in 2019 and 2020:
http://ftp.asc-csa.gc.ca/users/OpenData_DonneesOuvertes/pub/MOPITT/
Nitrogen monoxide (NO2)
- data from AVDC (Nasa): https://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/
- data from Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (Nasa): https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/OMNO2_003/summary
CO2 virtual science environment https://co2.jpl.nasa.gov/download/?dataset=ACOSv3.5_lite&product=LITE
OSIRIS Data impact in human activities and natural phenomena on the environment and climate: https://research-groups.usask.ca/osiris/data-products.php#Download
COVID-19 Data Resources
http://www.data4sdgs.org/resources/covid-19-resources
COVID-19 Data Pathfinder
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/pathfinders/covid-19
Articles:
CarbonBrief (2020, February 19) Analysis: Coronavirus has temporarily reduced China’s CO2 emissions by a quarter. <https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coronavirus-has-temporarily-reduced-chinas-co2-emissions-by-a-quarter> Accessed February 26, 2020.
SDG https://www.unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ICTSDG_InterimReport_Web.pdf
Polution goes back to normal in China https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3050527/chinas-capital-shrouded-air-pollution-despite-reduced
Earth observations in support of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
https://www.earthobservations.org/documents/publications/201703_geo_eo_for_2030_agenda.pdf