Using OSINT and Remote Sensing to Document Environmental Impacts of War; Introducing AskACLED

Описание: SESSION 3.1 • Using OSINT and Remote Sensing to Document Environmental Impacts of War

The environment has long been an invisible victim of armed conflicts. With the rise of open-source investigations and increased access to earth observation data, there is now a wealth of instruments to identify and monitor the environmental dimensions of wars. PAX has utilized this data in their own reports, training local activists in Syria and Iraq on the application of remote sensing and OSINT and sharing knowledge with journalists. These efforts help researchers, journalists and civil society groups to visualize conflict impacts on the environment, underscore the need to address them in humanitarian response, post-conflict analysis, -reconstruction, -remediation efforts and to build accountability for armed actors responsible for environmental destruction. Our research has already propelled discussions in the UN forums, such as the Environment Assembly, Security Council and the General Assembly’s

Organizer: PAX/Bellingcat

Speakers
Wim Zwijnenburg, PAX Project Leader Humanitarian Disarmament
Brittany Roser, PAX UN Liaison

SESSION 3.2 • Introducing AskACLED

In conflict-affected regions, obtaining and analyzing multifaceted data is both a challenge and a necessity. AskACLED is a groundbreaking solution that merges the power of conversational AI with the rich, disaggregated data collection of ACLED.

Generative AI: Instead of using manual filters or complex queries, users can simply ask the system questions in plain language.

Dynamic & Real-time Content: As ACLED's documentation evolves, AskACLED remains current, providing up-to-date information.

Integrated Analysis: By pairing conversational AI with ACLED's research reports, users can not only fetch raw data but also derive contextual insights.

Transparent Data Lineage: The platform can link chat responses directly to source documents. This feature bolsters user trust, as they can verify the origins and accuracy of the information presented.

Bespoke/partnership: The AskACLED platform is a collaboration between Exchange.Design and ACLED, merging AI capabilities with trusted conflict data expertise. This synergy ensures users access a platform that is tailored to the needs of users and accurate in terms of the generated content.

Speaker: Gregory Mali, CTO, Exchange Design
Organizer: Exchange Design

Session 3.1: 00:00
Session 3.2: 20:30
Q&A: 31:35

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This session was part of the Data for Peace 2023: Using Data to Foster Peace Conference over October 16-20, 2023, a five-day hybrid event with national and international experts in the data for peacebuilding and prevention ecosystem to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange and leverage emerging technologies and data science methods to tackle the growing challenges across the humanitarian-development-peace and climate nexus globally.

This event was hosted by the NYU Center on International Cooperation and supported by the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d) and its partners, with the in-person segment of the event hosted at Google's NYC office.

About the conference: https://cic.nyu.edu/events/data-for-p...

More about the Data for Peace program: https://cic.nyu.edu/program/preventio...