How to contribute

To make this a living catalog, it needs to be continuously updated and expanded by its users. We therefore encourage all users to report inconsistencies, missing information, or malfunctions, and to contribute new or missing datasets.


Contribute a new dataset

Selection criteria

  • CRA data: The data must be relevant for climate risk assessments (CRAs), reflecting one of the risk determinants as defined in IPCC AR6: hazard, exposure, vulnerability, or response.
  • Geospatial data: Only geospatial datasets in raster format, vector data (i.e. points, polygons, polylines) at a subnational level (i.e. administrative units), or tabular data that include coordinates are included.
  • Open-access license: The dataset must be available under an open-access license with a persistent identifier assigned to it.
  • Publication: The dataset must have a transparent documentation of the methods used for producing the data and should preferably be published in the peer-reviewed literature.
Note

While the catalog has so far focused on global-scale CRA data, all spatial scales (i.e. regional, national, subnational) can be added.


Quality control

  • Validation: When a new data entry is suggested, the repository developers check it for
    • Selection criteria (see above)
    • Completeness of the data entry
  • New data entry: If the validation is successful, the data entry is added to the living catalog
  • Revision: If the data do not meet the quality criteria, the data contributor is asked to revise their data entry


Step-by-step instructions

  1. Go to https://github.com/ and make a free user account

  2. Navigate to the Climate Risk STAC repository

  3. Click on the “Issues” tab and create a new issue (= contribute a dataset) via the “New Issue” button:


  1. Select the relevant category by clicking on the “Get started” button:


  1. Fill in the form and submit the issue. Please follow these guidelines:

    1. Follow the attribute descriptions and examples provided
    2. Make use of the pre-defined drop-down menus and free input fields
    3. Be as precise as possible
Important

Please submit a separate data entry (= item) for datasets belonging to the same overall data source (= collection) whenever more than one attribute applies.