This episode is a re-air of Molly’s conversation with Jonathan Gilmour about the urgent effort to preserve federal climate data—and why that data matters even more as climate risks, public health threats, and climate tech needs keep growing. Since our last conversation, Jonathan and team have launched a nonprofit called The Impact Project, and possibly inspired the folks at climate.us to rebuild what used to be the federal government’s home for climate data and resources.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why federal climate data is essential infrastructure for researchers, startups, insurers, policymakers, and communities
• How government datasets help predict extreme weather, track public health risks, and guide climate resilience planning
• What happens when long-standing climate data infrastructure is defunded, removed, or made harder to access
• Jonathan Gilmour’s work with a team racing to preserve vulnerable datasets and keep them available for public use
• Why protecting climate data is not just an academic concern, but a practical necessity for building climate solutions

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• Jonathan Gilmour - Website
• The Impact Project: https://theimpactproject.org/
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