A summary of the upcoming research series on Open Hardware, in collaboration with The Wilson Center.

This brief presents the opportunity to firmly establish environmental data as a public good in both the traditional sense of being non-rival and non-excludable, as well as in expanding the conceptualization of public goods to include utility and equity. To fully reach its potential as a public good, government, community, and academic stakeholders must address four major barriers: (i) lack of awareness of, (ii) overabundance of, (iii) the potential to misuse, and (iv) lack of infrastructure for environmental data resources. The data and its infrastructure must also be workable and useful for users with diverse experiences, capacities, and access to resources.

A memo outlining what OEDP is thinking about in its first three months.

A breakdown of how we are designing for systems change within our environmental policy, data and decision-making frameworks.