About Climate Compass

Research-led climate guidance for real-world decisions

Dr. Richard Davy, founder of Climate Compass

Founder

Dr. Richard Davy

Climate Compass was founded to solve a common problem: climate data are increasingly available, but they are often difficult to interpret, compare, and use in real decisions. Dr. Richard Davy built Climate Compass to bridge that gap, combining rigorous climate science with practical communication, decision-focused analysis, and outputs that clients can actually use.

His work is especially focused on translating complex model output into clear guidance through high-resolution climate layers, tailored briefings, interactive tools, and workshops. Alongside a long research track record in Arctic climate change, Dr. Davy has delivered public lectures, media interviews, and end-user collaborations designed to make climate science more useful beyond academia.

Why Climate Compass Exists

Climate Compass helps organizations make better decisions under climate uncertainty. We work at the point where raw climate data become usable: selecting appropriate datasets, refining them where needed, communicating uncertainty honestly, and turning results into maps, tools, memos, and guidance that support planning.

The goal is not simply to provide more climate information. It is to provide the right climate information for a specific decision, at the right spatial scale, over the right time horizon, and in a format that decision-makers and stakeholders can understand.

What Makes Us Different

Research-led

Our work is grounded in active climate-science practice, not generic consulting language. We use current methods, current datasets, and a strong awareness of model strengths, weaknesses, and uncertainty.

Decision-focused

We begin with the client’s problem, not the dataset. That means matching methods, scenarios, spatial resolution, and outputs to the question that actually needs answering.

High-resolution where it matters

Many real decisions happen at local scale. We specialize in making climate information more locally relevant through downscaling, tailored indicators, and spatially explicit products.

Built for communication

We do not stop at analysis. We also build tools, workshops, and concise written outputs that help non-specialists understand what the science means for their own work.

How We Work

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Start with the decision

We first clarify what the client needs to decide, over what time horizon, and at what geographic scale. This keeps the work focused and avoids irrelevant analysis.

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Select and refine the right data

We choose the most appropriate climate datasets and methods for the question at hand, then refine outputs where needed through tailored processing, downscaling, and interpretation.

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Deliver usable outputs

Results are delivered as maps, metrics, briefings, workshops, or interactive tools so they can be applied directly in planning, communication, and stakeholder engagement.

Selected Experience

Protected-area planning

We have supported protected-area and park-related work through high-resolution climate metrics, stakeholder consultation, and decision-ready interpretation.

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Policy-ready communication

We produce concise memos and briefings that synthesize climate research for organizations that need clarity, speed, and scientific credibility.

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Interactive climate tools

We co-develop web-based tools that help users and stakeholders explore scenarios, compare futures, and understand changing risks at local scale.

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Have a climate question to solve?

If you need help understanding which climate data are relevant for your problem, how to interpret uncertainty, or how to communicate climate risks more clearly, Climate Compass can help.

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