Climate × Children's Health
KlimaGuard Kids
Agentic early-warning intelligence that helps every child prepare for climate disruptions to health, food, and wellbeing.
Mission
Open Source · Global · Child-centred climate health preparedness
Problem
Climate change is not a future threat for children — it is reshaping health today. Heatwaves, floods, air pollution, vector-borne disease, and food insecurity compound fastest in low- and middle-income countries. Yet most climate tools speak to policymakers, not to the 2.4 billion children who need anticipatory, age-appropriate guidance their families and schools can act on within days, not seasons.
Solution — Agentic AI platform
KlimaGuard Kids deploys eight cooperating AI agents that ingest authenticated public feeds (Open-Meteo weather & air quality, aligned with WHO safeguarding principles), correlate signals across health, nutrition, and disease domains, and output inference-ready briefings plus child-facing preparedness cards for ages 5–17.
- Climate Data Agent — live 7-day forecast, heat index, AQI(Air Quality Index)AQI — Air Quality IndexA number summarizing how clean or polluted the outdoor air is. Higher values mean worse air for lungs.
- Health Risk Agent — heat stress, respiratory, flood, vector alerts
- Nutrition Agent — hydration targets, food safety, scarcity patterns
- Disease Agent — transmission pathways, precautions, and illness profiles
- Natural Medicine Agent — evidence-tagged supportive remedies under caregiver supervision
- Synthesis Agent — orchestrated cross-correlation + age-banded climate & health guidance
- India Regional Context Agent — monsoon cycles and zone-specific child vulnerability across 77 regions
- India Child Health Impact Agent — CHIS(Child Health Impact Score)CHIS — Child Health Impact ScoreA 0–100 score of climate-related health burden for children. Higher means greater concern across heat, air, waterborne disease, vectors, and nutrition. (0–100) across five transparent dimensions (CHVICHVI — Child Heat Vulnerability IndexHow strongly heat and heatwaves threaten children in this place, based on forecast temperatures and local climate., CRBSCRBS — Child Respiratory Burden ScoreHow much dirty air raises breathing risk for children, weighted for higher pediatric sensitivity., WDPIWDPI — Waterborne Disease Pressure IndexRisk of diarrhea and other water-linked illness from heavy rain, flooding, and monsoon conditions., VBDPVBDP — Vector-Borne Disease PressureConditions that favor mosquito-borne illness such as dengue or malaria around schools and homes., CNSICNSI — Climate Nutrition Stress IndexHow heat, drought, or floods may disrupt safe food, hydration, and child nutrition.)
Who we serve
Children, caregivers, teachers, community health workers, and local authorities worldwide — starting with 159 climate-vulnerable countries, 482 Tier 1–3 city presets, and 77 India CHISCHIS — Child Health Impact ScoreA 0–100 score of climate-related health burden for children. Higher means greater concern across heat, air, waterborne disease, vectors, and nutrition. regions, grounded by 50 validated data sources. Extensible to any coordinates via APIAPI — Application Programming InterfaceA machine-readable way for apps and partners to call KlimaGuard Kids services such as /api/analyze.. Languages and offline modes are on the roadmap; architecture is Open Source (MIT) for local adaptation.
Impact & SDG alignment
- SDGSDG — Sustainable Development GoalOne of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals. 3 — Good health: anticipatory action for climate-sensitive risks
- SDGSDG — Sustainable Development GoalOne of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals. 13 — Climate action: child-centred early warning
- SDGSDG — Sustainable Development GoalOne of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals. 2 — Zero hunger: nutrition & food security inference
- SDGSDG — Sustainable Development GoalOne of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals. 4 — Quality education: school-ready heat/flood guidance
Traction & prototype
Functional web prototype with live Open-Meteo integration, eight-agent orchestration APIAPI — Application Programming InterfaceA machine-readable way for apps and partners to call KlimaGuard Kids services such as /api/analyze., India CHISCHIS — Child Health Impact ScoreA 0–100 score of climate-related health burden for children. Higher means greater concern across heat, air, waterborne disease, vectors, and nutrition. dashboard, age-based kids play missions (stars / points / Impact XPXP — Experience PointsPoints teens earn in Kids play missions for completing climate-preparedness actions.), global country selector, and product overview. Ready for field pilots with ministries of health and education partners.
Safeguarding & data ethics
No child accounts required for demo. Location is country/city level only. Agents cite provenance. Future work: COPPACOPPA — Children's Online Privacy Protection ActUS law on children’s online privacy; the demo avoids child accounts by design./GDPRGDPR — General Data Protection RegulationEuropean privacy law; referenced for future child-data compliance work.-K compliance, local language models hosted in-region, and partnership with national meteorological services for authenticated enterprise feeds.
Acronym guide
Scores and agency names appear throughout KlimaGuard Kids. Expand any dotted label for a tip, or browse the full guide below.
Child health scores
- CHISCHIS — Child Health Impact ScoreA 0–100 score of climate-related health burden for children. Higher means greater concern across heat, air, waterborne disease, vectors, and nutrition. — Child Health Impact Score
- A 0–100 score of climate-related health burden for children. Higher means greater concern across heat, air, waterborne disease, vectors, and nutrition.
- CHVICHVI — Child Heat Vulnerability IndexHow strongly heat and heatwaves threaten children in this place, based on forecast temperatures and local climate. — Child Heat Vulnerability Index
- How strongly heat and heatwaves threaten children in this place, based on forecast temperatures and local climate.
- CNSICNSI — Climate Nutrition Stress IndexHow heat, drought, or floods may disrupt safe food, hydration, and child nutrition. — Climate Nutrition Stress Index
- How heat, drought, or floods may disrupt safe food, hydration, and child nutrition.
- CRBSCRBS — Child Respiratory Burden ScoreHow much dirty air raises breathing risk for children, weighted for higher pediatric sensitivity. — Child Respiratory Burden Score
- How much dirty air raises breathing risk for children, weighted for higher pediatric sensitivity.
- VBDPVBDP — Vector-Borne Disease PressureConditions that favor mosquito-borne illness such as dengue or malaria around schools and homes. — Vector-Borne Disease Pressure
- Conditions that favor mosquito-borne illness such as dengue or malaria around schools and homes.
- WDPIWDPI — Waterborne Disease Pressure IndexRisk of diarrhea and other water-linked illness from heavy rain, flooding, and monsoon conditions. — Waterborne Disease Pressure Index
- Risk of diarrhea and other water-linked illness from heavy rain, flooding, and monsoon conditions.
Climate & air
- AQIAQI — Air Quality IndexA number summarizing how clean or polluted the outdoor air is. Higher values mean worse air for lungs. — Air Quality Index
- A number summarizing how clean or polluted the outdoor air is. Higher values mean worse air for lungs.
- PM2.5PM2.5 — Particulate Matter ≤ 2.5 micrometresTiny airborne particles that penetrate deep into lungs; a main driver of child respiratory burden. — Particulate Matter ≤ 2.5 micrometres
- Tiny airborne particles that penetrate deep into lungs; a main driver of child respiratory burden.
Health programmes
- IDSPIDSP — Integrated Disease Surveillance ProgrammeIndia’s disease surveillance network used to frame outbreak-aware guidance. — Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme
- India’s disease surveillance network used to frame outbreak-aware guidance.
- NCDCNCDC — National Centre for Disease ControlIndia’s national disease-control centre whose framing informs India agent disease outlook. — National Centre for Disease Control
- India’s national disease-control centre whose framing informs India agent disease outlook.
- NVBDCPNVBDCP — National Vector Borne Disease Control ProgrammeIndia’s national programme for dengue, malaria, and other mosquito-borne diseases. — National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme
- India’s national programme for dengue, malaria, and other mosquito-borne diseases.
- ORSORS — Oral Rehydration SolutionA WHO-recommended sugar–salt drink that replaces fluids lost to diarrhea; use with a caregiver. — Oral Rehydration Solution
- A WHO-recommended sugar–salt drink that replaces fluids lost to diarrhea; use with a caregiver.
- WASHWASH — Water, Sanitation and HygieneSafe drinking water, toilets, and handwashing — critical for preventing climate-linked child diarrhea. — Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
- Safe drinking water, toilets, and handwashing — critical for preventing climate-linked child diarrhea.
- WHOWHO — World Health OrganizationThe UN agency that sets global health guidance, including heat–health and water/sanitation advice used by our agents. — World Health Organization
- The UN agency that sets global health guidance, including heat–health and water/sanitation advice used by our agents.
Data & systems
- APIAPI — Application Programming InterfaceA machine-readable way for apps and partners to call KlimaGuard Kids services such as /api/analyze. — Application Programming Interface
- A machine-readable way for apps and partners to call KlimaGuard Kids services such as /api/analyze.
- CPCBCPCB — Central Pollution Control BoardIndia’s national air-quality authority; our India agents map AQI to CPCB-style categories. — Central Pollution Control Board
- India’s national air-quality authority; our India agents map AQI to CPCB-style categories.
- IMDIMD — India Meteorological DepartmentIndia’s official weather service; heatwave thresholds inform the heat dimension of CHIS. — India Meteorological Department
- India’s official weather service; heatwave thresholds inform the heat dimension of CHIS.
- NFHSNFHS — National Family Health SurveyIndia’s large household health survey used as a child-health baseline for CHIS calibration. — National Family Health Survey
- India’s large household health survey used as a child-health baseline for CHIS calibration.
Goals & product
- CCRICCRI — Children's Climate Risk IndexUNICEF’s index of how climate hazards and child vulnerability combine country by country. — Children's Climate Risk Index
- UNICEF’s index of how climate hazards and child vulnerability combine country by country.
- COPPACOPPA — Children's Online Privacy Protection ActUS law on children’s online privacy; the demo avoids child accounts by design. — Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
- US law on children’s online privacy; the demo avoids child accounts by design.
- GDPRGDPR — General Data Protection RegulationEuropean privacy law; referenced for future child-data compliance work. — General Data Protection Regulation
- European privacy law; referenced for future child-data compliance work.
- KPIKPI — Key Performance IndicatorA public metric used to track coverage, usage, or investment progress for the product. — Key Performance Indicator
- A public metric used to track coverage, usage, or investment progress for the product.
- SDGSDG — Sustainable Development GoalOne of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals. — Sustainable Development Goal
- One of the United Nations goals for global development — KlimaGuard Kids aligns especially with health, climate, hunger, and education goals.
- XPXP — Experience PointsPoints teens earn in Kids play missions for completing climate-preparedness actions. — Experience Points
- Points teens earn in Kids play missions for completing climate-preparedness actions.
