The Caribbean Green Technology Center (CGTC) of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) invites the community to participate in its new Community Hazard Tracking Data Collection Initiative designed to gather information needed to help guide policymakers navigate the needs of the community due to climate change.
“With the launch of this new USVI Community Hazard Tracking Initiative, CGTC will be able to gather data about the impacts of various weather events and hazards impacting the U.S. Virgin Islands,” said Dr. Gregory Guannel, CGTC director. “We need your help in identifying when, where, and how these events (land and rockslides, flooding, heat-related hazards, power outages, etc.) are impacting our community. This is critical to help guide mitigation policies and strategies in the territory that will reduce those negative impacts.”
For ease of participation, CGTC has created two means by which data can be submitted. The first option is to visit our website at https://cgtc-usvi.org/usvi-hazard-tracking and utilize the Google folder. The second option is to visit the UVI CGTC USVI Community Hazard Tracking Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/usvihazardtracking or scan the QR codes to post photos, videos, and summaries of climate-related phenomena, hazards, and advisories in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Make sure to label all submissions with the location, date, and phenomena type. We ask that you, please, keep it local and only include data for and from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The public is advised that submission of information (photos, videos, summaries, etc.) will be taken as implicit consent for the CGTC to use the same for research purposes (including publication) and to fulfil the mandates of the CGTC.
For further details please visit https://cgtc-usvi.org/usvi-hazard-tracking, the Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/usvihazardtracking, or contact Dr. Gregory Guannel at (340) 693-1158 or email gregory.guannel@uvi.edu.
Contact the UVI Office of Public Relations at pr@uvi.edu with any media inquiries.
