A climate risk analytics platform integrating weather, climate, socioeconomic and vulnerability datasets to support anticipatory action, food security analysis and disaster risk management.
PRISM Analytics Platform
Link To DSS: https://prism.lka.wfp.org/
Developer: World Food Programme
Stage Of Maturity: Operational
- Coverage: National (Sri Lanka)
- Climate Timescales Covered: Historical / Baseline, Long-term / Climate Change Projections, Real-time / Near Real-time Monitoring, Seasonal
Strengths
- Strong integration of climate and socioeconomic information
- Supports anticipatory action
- Interactive visual analytics
- Multi-sector application
Weaknesses
- Focused primarily on humanitarian planning
- Depends on quality of socioeconomic datasets
- Less emphasis on operational forecasting
Synergies
- Uses weather, climate, and socioeconomic information from national and global data sources.
- Supported by climate datasets from RDAS, Copernicus CDS, and Earth observation platforms such as Climate Engine.
- Can integrate drought indicators from SukhaRakshak AI and climate projections from Climate Impact Explorer.
- Complements operational decision support systems such as CIDSS, SMART, and CLIM-PLANNeD by providing climate risk and vulnerability analytics.