Identify the single largest polluter in your home city and create a
report for city leaders using real data.
🌍 Why This Mission Matters
🌡️Global Temperature Milestone
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2024 was the hottest year ever recorded — 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels (1850–1900 average). Every fraction of a degree means more deadly heat waves, flooding, and wildfires — and the cities producing the most pollution often don't even know where it's coming from.
Source: NASA GISS, 2025
🏁The Technology Exists Today
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We already have the technology to cut emissions by over 40% by 2030. But cities can't fix what they can't measure — they need investigators to find the biggest sources of pollution first.
Source: IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report, 2023
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OUR DATA SOURCE: This mission is
powered by Climate TRACE, a global group that
uses a network of satellites and AI to monitor every major source of carbon emissions on Earth
— so anyone can check the numbers.
🎯 Step 1: Select Your City
Enter the name of your city to pull up its pollution data from satellite data. For smaller towns, you may need to search for a larger nearby city.
Results show Functional Urban Areas — the city plus its commuting zone, as defined by the EU and OECD. Think of it as the city and the surrounding area people commute from.
Or try one of these cities:
Location not found in the Climate TRACE database.
Tips:
Try a larger nearby city (e.g., "Toronto" instead of "Mississauga")
Try the province or county name (e.g., "Orange County")
Use English city names (e.g., "Munich" not "Munchen")
Multiple locations found — which one did you mean?
Connecting to satellite data...
🌍 Step 2: The Big Picture
Looking at the total carbon emissions for ....
💡 1 tonne of carbon emissions ≈ what 1 car produces in 3 months
2022 Total
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2023 Total
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This pollution affects roughly 0 families in your city.
Checkpoint Question
According to the data, what happened to your city's
total carbon footprint (total carbon emissions) in 2023?
✓ Trend Confirmed. Now let's
investigate WHY this change happened.
🏭 Step 3: Sector (Industry Group) Breakdown
Look at the chart to find the single industry causing the most emissions.
Checkpoint Question
Which single industry has the highest total emissions?
🛰️ Step 4: Tracking the Sources
These are the top pollution sources in your city. Each card shows what share of the city's total emissions that source is responsible for. Click any source to see more details.
Source Details
Industry
Type
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Total
Emissions
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% of
City
Total
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Location & Impact
Checkpoint Question
Which specific source is the highest emitter?
⚡ Step 5: Strategic Approaches
Data tells us where the problem is; strategy tells us how to fix
it. Monitoring is just the start — now we need to recommend an approach to reduce pollution for the --- industry.
What This Means: If we cut
emissions
in this industry by half, our whole city's
total emissions could drop by 0%.
If your city adopted a targeted strategy to reduce pollution for this industry:
Before
After
Your Decision
Each approach has real trade-offs. Which strategy would you recommend for the --- industry?
📜 Your Report
What You Found
Write your advice to city leaders:
I recommend the city
This is urgent because
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Mission Complete
You have successfully analyzed the satellite data for your community.
Your Advice to City Leaders:
📡 Data Saved
Your investigation data for your city has been saved.
In the next mission, the City Council will use your findings about the top polluter to award a $500K AI grant. Your recommendation will shape how the grant is used.