The Undivide Project is building a dashboard to help communities facing environmental and climate injustice connect with businesses and foundations that can support them. Plotted on the map are 15 U.S. cities of focus, with high numbers of people of color and low-income residents who are subjected to a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. These communities have also expressed a strong desire to address the intersection between climate change and the digital divide, the gap between those with internet access and those without it. To understand how we identified these cities, check out the 'Data' tab.

As part of our 'Ten States Project' (feel free to ask more about it!), our team conducted an international survey of emergency managers, disasterologists, planners, resilience professionals, academics, and NGOs, asking questions like:

• Are you aware that communities affected by the digital divide are also more vulnerable to climate change?
• Do you know how the digital divide impacts rural and BIPOC communities differently than others?
• Have you collaborated with local governments, non-profits, or private sector entities to address the digital divide and its link to climate change?

We overlaid the coordinates of these responses with the EPA's Environmental Justice (EJ) screening tool data, which identifies areas facing environmental and socio-economic challenges. Then, we added in field data from OpenStreetMaps, highlighting communities with limited access to essential resources such as clean drinking water and public buildings. This comprehensive analysis resulted in a heatmap that identified 15 cities.