Unlocking Climate, Nature, and Development Action

Building the AI and Data Foundations

of Nature, Climate, and Development Insights

Building the AI

and Data Foundations

of Nature, Climate,

and Development

Insights

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The Challenge
It's never been easier to use data and technology – AI and the modern web power everything from daily tasks to global industries

But in climate, nature, and development, digital progress lags, despite the urgency and deep expertise these challenges demand.

These sectors need tailored insights built on high-quality, connected data. Off-the-shelf tools and AI often miss the mark, leaving governments, businesses, journalists, and communities without the insights they need, quickly or affordably.

Transition Digital is here to change that. It’s a modular platform with two parts: a trusted data app and a rapid-build toolkit. Together, they connect data, models, and apps to deliver better, faster, and more cost-effective decision support.

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Our Vision
Enabling Insights for Climate, Nature, and Development

Transition Digital brings together essential data and tools so users can make smarter, faster decisions. Our vision is an adaptive digital ecosystem that grows with the needs of nature and society.

Multimodal Data
  • Multimodal Data
  • Interoperable Data
  • Take Action
  • Integrity
  • Adaptive Intelligence
  • Governance
  • Ecosystem
Multimodal Data
Connect Across Modalities

Bring together text, maps, models, and more to reveal new relationships and unlock deeper understanding.

Start with a question

Ask anything. Your query is broken down into core concepts.

See how it works

Watch as the custom knowledge graph traces relationships across domains.

Get connected answers

Receive a text-based response enriched with relevant datasets, charts, and maps.

Interoperable Data
See the Whole Picture

Connect and combine data from different sources to uncover patterns, fill gaps, and inform better decisions.

Search with confidence

Surface insights across trusted sources with a single query.

Layer and align

Explore data across infrastructure, policy, nature, and more—all in one view.

Get recommendations

Discover additional relevant data to expand your understanding.

Take Action
Built for Decision-Makers

Access a unified view across data sources to inform your response, shape strategy, and set measurable targets.

Set priorities

Use data to define goals and guide action.

Tailor your strategy

Compare adaptation and mitigation approaches side by side.

Explore insights

Utilize tailored maps to support decision making.

Integrity
Trust Built In

Every dataset is verifiable, every model accountable—ensuring transparency, traceability, and scientific integrity from day one.

Use trusted data

Access quality data from verified, high-integrity sources.

View source details

See transparent methods, peer-reviewed ratings, and rich metadata.

Trace every insight

Follow each insight back to its original source.

Adaptive Intelligence
Smarter Every Time

With respect for privacy and responsible data stewardship, the product learns from use to surface relevant insights, themes, and actions that evolve with community needs.

Learn from others

Explore what others are searching and saving, with privacy preserved.

See related concepts

Discover emerging topics and trending themes.

Save collections

Organize insights that gain value as others contribute.

Governance
Understand Policy in Action

Explore how countries are turning plans into action with verifiable assessments from the London School of Economics and the Grantham Research Institute.

View integrated datasets

Explore structured assessments of national climate plans as knowledge cards.

Browse by sector

Explore strategies evolving between and across sectors.

Explore local details

Learn how national plans are implemented at the subnational level.

Ecosystem
Built to Grow

Transition Digital is designed as a living ecosystem: open, extensible, and shaped by the people and organizations using it. We are building for users, and building for other builders.

Contribute data

Increase exposure and use of your data while expanding utility for all users.

Connect to concepts

Link your datasets to key concepts through the knowledge graph.

Control how your data is shared

Use it privately or share publicly through a trusted verification process.

Build your own tool

Use any of the data or components to build applications and models.

Multimodal Data
Connect Across Modalities

Bring together text, maps, models, and more to reveal new relationships and unlock deeper understanding.

Start with a question

Ask anything. Your query is broken down into core concepts.

See how it works

Watch as the custom knowledge graph traces relationships across domains.

Get connected answers

Receive a text-based response enriched with relevant datasets, charts, and maps.

Interoperable Data
See the Whole Picture

Connect and combine data from different sources to uncover patterns, fill gaps, and inform better decisions.

Search with confidence

Surface insights across trusted sources with a single query.

Layer and align

Explore data across infrastructure, policy, nature, and more—all in one view.

Get recommendations

Discover additional relevant data to expand your understanding.

Take Action
Built for Decision-Makers

Access a unified view across data sources to inform your response, shape strategy, and set measurable targets.

Set priorities

Use data to define goals and guide action.

Tailor your strategy

Compare adaptation and mitigation approaches side by side.

Explore insights

Utilize tailored maps to support decision making.

Integrity
Trust Built In

Every dataset is verifiable, every model accountable—ensuring transparency, traceability, and scientific integrity from day one.

Use trusted data

Access quality data from verified, high-integrity sources.

View source details

See transparent methods, peer-reviewed ratings, and rich metadata.

Trace every insight

Follow each insight back to its original source.

Adaptive Intelligence
Smarter Every Time

With respect for privacy and responsible data stewardship, the product learns from use to surface relevant insights, themes, and actions that evolve with community needs.

Learn from others

Explore what others are searching and saving, with privacy preserved.

See related concepts

Discover emerging topics and trending themes.

Save collections

Organize insights that gain value as others contribute.

Governance
Understand Policy in Action

Explore how countries are turning plans into action with verifiable assessments from the London School of Economics and the Grantham Research Institute.

View integrated datasets

Explore structured assessments of national climate plans as knowledge cards.

Browse by sector

Explore strategies evolving between and across sectors.

Explore local details

Learn how national plans are implemented at the subnational level.

Ecosystem
Built to Grow

Transition Digital is designed as a living ecosystem: open, extensible, and shaped by the people and organizations using it. We are building for users, and building for other builders.

Contribute data

Increase exposure and use of your data while expanding utility for all users.

Connect to concepts

Link your datasets to key concepts through the knowledge graph.

Control how your data is shared

Use it privately or share publicly through a trusted verification process.

Build your own tool

Use any of the data or components to build applications and models.

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Our Products
Better decisions start with better digital infrastructure

The transition to a sustainable future depends on a stronger digital foundation. Good decisions require access to reliable data, useful tools, and intuitive interfaces that make insight actionable.

A thriving digital ecosystem for planetary action could emerge organically, but current incentives are unlikely to drive the shift fast enough.

We cannot afford to wait. Time is critical, and every delay narrows the window for meaningful progress.

An active push is needed to accelerate the development of these systems at the scale and pace required.

Transition Digital is building and scaling a collaborative network of leading nonprofits advancing digital tools for sustainability.

Our vision is a high-integrity, connected ecosystem that strengthens action through better data, models, and applications.

This ecosystem will address today’s gaps, adapt to future needs, and sustain itself to support lasting change.

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Our Collaboration
Coming together to advance action

Transition Digital is a nonprofit collaborative led by Climate Policy Radar, Transition Zero, Clay, and Radiant Earth. Together, we bring deep expertise in climate, data, AI, and transition modeling. Our collective experience and strong ties in the climate and tech communities position us to advance rapidly and effectively, leveraging economies of scale and scope.

Organizes, analyzes and democratizes data on climate law and policy documents, leveraging AI and NLP to build open databases and applications.

Provides open data, software and analysis for energy transition planning decisions.

Scales up geospatial AI for climate and nature by building demonstration models, tooling, and platforms, channeling resources, building community, and showcasing value and impact.

Supports accessible data initiatives for global environmental cooperation.