Catalyse.

Connecting the dots between climate change and health.

Despite clear signs that the impacts of climate change are escalating, the global response has been inadequate. Traditional scientific efforts have fallen short of providing knowledge and tools for decision-making, and innovative approaches to knowledge translation are needed.

The CATALYSE platform brings together evidence, data and narratives to help various users - citizens, civil society organizations, policy makers, and health professionals - understand how climate change is affecting health across Europe. 

Visualizing climate change’s impact on health.

Catalyse.

Turning research into insights. 

Climate change is a health issue but the evidence can be complex, fragmented and difficult to navigate. CATALYSE brings that evidence together in one place, making it easier to discover, explore and communicate.

Through interactive data visualisations, narratives and accessible explanations, the platform helps turn research into an accessible, interactive experience, helping users explore emerging risks, discover scientific findings and eventually understand the connections between a changing climate and its impact on health.

Connect the evidence:

Catalyse brings together research and data on the links between climate change and health, helping users explore evidence across different topics and geographies.

Make complex data accessible:

Users can find engaging visuals making key findings easier to understand and communicate.

Raise awareness:

Help make the health impacts of climate change more visible, supporting greater awareness of the challenges facing communities across Europe.

Developing the Catalyse platform.

The brief.

The CATALYSE consortium consisting of five research institutions, nine universities, four SMEs, two government agencies, and one civil society organization, wanted to develop and communicate evidence of the health impacts of climate change and provide urgently needed solutions.

The challenge was to create a digital platform that could make a complex body of evidence easier to discover, understand and communicate while engaging users with the stories and insights emerging from the project.

Our role.

Since 2023, Vizzuality has been leading the design and development of the CATALYSE data platform, translating the project's research and evidence into an intuitive, interactive digital experience.

We worked across UX, UI, data visualisation and front-end development to create a platform where users can explore climate-and-health evidence, navigate different topics and discover the stories behind the data. Rather than simply presenting research, we designed the experience around exploration and understanding — using visualisations and narratives to make complex information more accessible and support the project's key messages.

Delivered with impact.

Turning research into an interactive experience. 

CATALYSE helps bridge the gap between complex climate-and-health research and the people who need to engage with it.

By bringing evidence, data and narratives together in an accessible digital platform, the project provides a new way to explore the health dimensions of climate change across Europe — supporting knowledge sharing, increasing awareness and helping make the evidence easier to communicate.

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