Lets Fight Air Inequality with Open Data Christa Hasenkopf, PhD - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Open Data AQ Workshop Kathmandu, Nepal 13 August 2018 Let’s Fight Air Inequality with Open Data Christa Hasenkopf, PhD Co-Founder & CEO of OpenAQ Washington, DC, USA Slides: tinyurl.com/openAQdatanepal2018 christa@openaq.org

Introductions • OpenAQ: A non-profit that fosters an ecosystem of sectors + geographies sharing, using + connecting around AQ data. • We do this by providing a core global air quality open data infrastructure: Open Data from 67 countries): openaq.org

First Principles to Fighting Air Inequality with Open Data • Air pollution is one of the globe’s biggest killers . • Solving air pollution is not rocket science, it is about sustained political will and resources. • From Bangkok to London: Change = Political Will* + A Plan* * Requires community and data

Presentation Outline 1. What is fully open data? 2. The power of open air quality data 3. Frequent open data barriers & how communities overcome them 4. An open invitation Let’s go!

1. What is fully open data ? • Open Data is not new: It is an old concept. • Open data is shorthand for organized, pre- agreed upon ways we seek to share info with each other so we can do other things faster. • We utilize open data frameworks all of the time!

Open Data Example: Our nametags! We don’t do this; we pick the same predictable format for each ‘data unit.’ So why do we all wear We all wear our nametags in pretty much the same place – the dataset is nametags like this? organized . And we do these pretty much at any meeting; these aren’t special rules for this meeting. The dataset is connectible with other datasets.

What is fully open data ? • Each data unit is in a predictable format Just ask one key question: • The entire dataset is organized consistently Can others easily do different types of work on top of the • The dataset is findable and can be data? connected with other datasets

Current Air Quality Data Availability on openaq.org From openaq.org – see Data / Countries List

2. The power of open air quality data Media Gov’t, Public Health Policy + Analysis Low-cost sensors, satellites Connecting Interface: Universal Data Disparate Public Formats/Programmatc Air Quality Data iAccess Public Engagement (e.g. Collected Across apps, bots) / Education the World Private Sector

2. The power of open air quality data Apps Website Data Source OpenAQ Community’s Work #1: Gov’t A Programmatic, open Universally and free access to Smaller disparate audiences, -Formatted aggregated, universally under-utilized data formatted data Data Data Source #3: Gov’t B Website Larger public audiences, fully- Device-Specific App utilized data by community

3. Frequent open air quality data barriers elsewhere Monetary Technical “What If” Worries • Takes away funding • Isn’t a website ‘open’? • Data misusage • Requires funding • How to access non- • Mis-attribution traditional skillsets? • Negative press • Political sensitivities For Data to Open, Political Will > These Barriers

3. How are these open data barriers overcome? Disparate groups coming together – over a sustained period of time - to request change. Example: China – A collection of NGOs came together to ask the government to open up emissions inventory data.

4. An Open Invitation • OpenAQ invites any government or research- level AQ sources of open data (PM10, PM2.5, O3, NO2, SO2, CO, and BC) from Nepal. (Hoping to add low-cost sensors soon!) • Join our community on Slack: https://openaq-slackin.herokuapp.com/

Thank-you! How may our community connect with yours to do impactful air quality open data work? Contact us: openaq.org | christa@openaq.org | @open_aq Slides : tinyurl.com/openAQdatanepal2018 Join us on Slack! https://openaq-slackin.herokuapp.com/ Thanks also to the OpenAQ Community and our partners & sponsors: