Get started with climate change
Find starter kits, reference materials, and technical resources to understand the problems communities face related to climate change and how your code can have the greatest impact.
Starter kits
Some developers know what they want to build for Call for Code, but for those who don’t, there are starter kits. These quick-start guides help you understand the scope of the problem and start building applications tied to easy-to-understand use cases in a matter of minutes.
Background image: starter kit innovators
Palais Wilson, Genève, Switzerland
Meet the innovators
Recently, a group of experts met in Geneva to develop these templates to help your team get started on your ideas.
Antoine Marin,
NearForm
Amanda Kron,
UN Human Rights
Jochen Bertels,
Johnson & Johnson
David Zervaas,
UN Disaster Risk Reduction
Mark Meiklejohn,
JP Morgan Chase
Laurent Sauveur,
UN Human Rights
A special thanks to the innovators behind these starter kits:
Expert contributor
Technologist
Vincent Batts,
Red Hat
Scott Sewell,
Unity
Roberto Mosqueda,
Persistent Systems
Markus Eisele,
Red Hat
Adam Fysh,
UN Disaster Risk Reduction
Background image: starter kit innovators
Palais Wilson, Genève, Switzerland
Meet the innovators
Recently, a group of experts met in Geneva to develop these templates to help your team get started on your ideas.
A special thanks to the innovators behind these starter kits:
Expert contriubtor
Technologist
Antoine Marin,
NearForm
Jochen Bertels,
JNJ
Mark Meiklejohn,
JP Morgan Chase
Markus Eisele,
Red Hat
Roberto Mosqueda,
Persistent Systems
Scott Sewell,
Unity
Vincent Batts,
Red Hat
Amanda Kron,
UN Human Rights
David Zervaas,
UN Disaster Risk Reduction
Laurent Sauveur,
UN Human Rights
Adam Fysh,
UN Disaster Risk Reduction
Overview
Why focus on climate change?
Simply put, climate change has the potential to impact every human, every industry and every living organism on the planet. It sounds extreme because it is. Exhaustive research has confirmed changing weather patterns, rapidly rising sea levels, and extreme weather events proliferating around the world.
9.8 Billion
By 2050, the global population will reach 9.8B people exerting further pressure on the earth’s resources.
3-5 Degrees
By the year 2100, global temperatures could increase 3-5 degrees Celsius (5.4-9.0 degrees Fahrenheit)
Why is this important?
This trend will not change without action. IBM believes that technology can help reverse these trends and help communities address the impact in tangible ways. As the founding partner of the Call for Code Global Initiative, IBM aims to take this a step further.
“The climate crisis is caused by us – and the solutions must come from us. We have the tools: technology is on our side.”
— UN Secretary-General António Guterres