Heat Watch

​Elevate your city's resilience to extreme heat with CAPA's Heat Watch program — a dynamic initiative that empowers communities to map and mitigate urban heat islands. Join 120+ communities to map your city or region's heat today.

Community Science

Engage local residents in meaningful data collection, fostering education and empowerment in extreme heat action.

Strategic Collaborations

Convene stakeholders from government agencies, non-profits, universities, and other groups with a specific focus on heat resilience.

Precision Mapping

Utilize CAPA’s mobile sensors to achieve granular, 10-meter resolution maps of ambient air temperature and heat index across your region.​

Peer Learning Network

Join a cohort of cities each summer, sharing insights and strategies to address urban heat challenges collectively.

Report Example

CAPA Strategies is proud to serve as the implementation partner for the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring (CCHM)—a NOAA Center of Excellence focused on advancing community-based approaches to heat monitoring and resilience. Through this partnership, CAPA supports the planning, execution, and analysis of heat monitoring campaigns in collaboration with cities and community organizations nationwide.

Since 2018, Heat Watch campaigns have been conducted in over 120 communities globally, creating actionable data and fostering stronger local capacity to respond to extreme heat.

Click to visit the CCHM website

Stay connected with ongoing efforts through the Heat Beat Newsletter.

Project Example

Surat, India

CAPA collaborated with The Mahila Housing Trust and the World Bank to launch a women-led heat mapping campaign in Surat, India. The initiative aimed to understand and address the impact of urban heat on vulnerable communities in Surat. The project integrated heat data collected by community scientists with global climate models and historical meteorological data to examine heat exposure across Surat and into the future. Learn more about the project and findings in the Story Map below.