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Atiya Anis

Atiya Anis
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Atiya Anis is a communication strategist and advocate for impact driven change, leveraging the power of storytelling and collaboration to drive social transformation. With almost two decades of experience in the social impact sector, she has worked on health, gender, environment, and humanitarian mapping and open data for development, shaping narratives and amplifying change. Atiya works as Senior Communications Advisor at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Articles by Atiya Anis

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    Tuesday
    August 12
    2025

    Atiya Anis

    A Global Effort to Unleash Local Data: How Open Mapping is Shaping Grassroots Climate Resilience Worldwide

    As climate change intensifies, heatwaves, storms, wildfires and flash floods are increasing in scale and frequency worldwide. Yet as Atiya Anis at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team explains, many of the areas that are most vulnerable to climate impacts lack representation on existing maps, leaving communities and decision-makers without reliable data to address these crises. She explores how open mapping offers a solution to this issue by leveraging community-generated data to create accessible and reliable maps of vulnerable areas to support climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.

    Categories
    Environment, Technology
    Tags
    climate change, data, NGOs