Rapid Climate Risk Assessment: A Faster Way to Understand What's Coming
Project Description
A web-based tool that generates first-pass risk profiles for cities in under 5 minutes, combining local data, future scenarios, and expert frameworks through a simple interface.
Cities are expected to assess their future climate risks, but existing tools are either too generic or too technical. Many cities skip the process entirely or produce something too shallow to inform decisions.
This web-based tool generates a first-pass risk profile for a city, combining local data, future scenarios, and expert frameworks — all accessible through a simple interface.
Serving as the project’s UX engineer, I vibe-coded the entire front-end on Replit, leveraging AI-agentic tools for rapid scaffolding, component generation, and continuous refactoring. The result is a performant, accessible interface that feels effortless to use.
I collaborated with climate scientists to define a scoring model that balances hazard exposure, vulnerability, and resilience, then translated it into a dual table-and-radar view that provides both high-level snapshots and drill-down detail.
Users can seamlessly toggle between present, optimistic, and pessimistic futures, and every data point is structured to meet national and international reporting requirements.
Key Outcomes
- ✓Risk profiles generated in under 5 minutes
- ✓Used by non-technical staff in cities with no prior adaptation planning
- ✓Now used as a base input for prioritizing climate actions
- ✓Informs grant applications and national adaptation strategies