Effective altruists

IDEA

Policy Quest is a dual-sided climate education platform that bridges the knowledge gap between decision-makers and the public using real-time EU satellite data. 

Environmental decision makers, face a critical problem where Governments are legally required to survey the public and take the optimal decisions that account for public approval, budget and climate change.
Our platform educates the citizens about climate policy trade-offs through engaging interactive simulations where they govern their city and have to deal the consequences.
 The statistics of the simulation are based on real Copernicus Environmental data and projections.
 Citzens will have realistic expectations of policy decisions in engaging 3-5 minute scenarios optimized for today's tiktok attention economy. 
For instance: understanding that cycling infrastructure costs €5M and reduces NO₂ by 12%, but construction emissions require 3 years of cycling to offset.
On the other side, we provide market surveying to corporations legally required to offset carbon emissions under EU CBAM mandates. Companies pay to survey our educated citizen base about carbon offset strategies. 
Determining which approaches (forest restoration, renewable credits, carbon capture, public transit investment) is crucial for gaining public trust and support.
 This solves their €1B market problem: they must spend millions on offsets but risk greenwashing accusations if they choose strategies the public doesn't believe in.
Our platform serves governments conducting legally-mandated citizen consultations on climate action plans (funded by EU grants - Horizon Europe, ESA InCubed, EIT Climate-KIC targeting Year 1), and private sector companies needing effective, defensible public sentiment data for carbon strategy decisions (corporate contracts €100K-€500K per engagement, targeting €2-5M revenue Year 2+).We validate all outcomes using Copernicus satellite imagery, proving both that citizens learned (survey responses show understanding of trade-offs) and that implemented policies worked (NDVI vegetation indices increase, NO₂ levels decrease, temperature anomalies reduce). 
This satellite validation makes our platform uniquely credible for both government compliance and corporate due diligence.

EU Space Technologies

COPERNICUS (Earth Observation) - Core Data Foundation: We integrate multiple Copernicus services and satellites to provide real-time, validated environmental data.

1. Sentinel-2 (Optical Imagery):
   1. NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index):
   2. Track vegetation health, validate urban greening policies, measure forest restoration success
2. Land Surface Temperature
   
   1. Thermal Data
   2. Urban heat island effect visualization, cooling policy validation
3. Historical Archives
   
   1. Show environmental trends over time, establish baselines, demonstrate change
   2. "This park had 15% more vegetation in 2018" - create urgency, context, and proof of degradation/improvement
4. Copernicus Projections and Policy Statistics
   1. Influence the statistics and decisions in the game, players can live through real time policies
   2. "Projections show a 1% decrease in carbon emission by next year, can you do better ?"

Galelio (Location services): Highlight points of interest and get accurate geographic locations

• Pinpoint which locations where the most effective policies can be taken and the location extents of certain cities.

Example Flow

- Company X asks: "Will citizens trust our forest restoration program?"

- We survey 10,000 educated citizens (educated via Copernicus data simulations)- Citizens say: "Yes, IF you can prove forests actually grow"

- X implements program, provides GPS coordinates- We track via Galileo/EGNOS where trees planted

- Copernicus Sentinel-2 validates NDVI increase at those coordinates

- X markets: "250,000 trees planted, satellite-verified growth, see proof on Policy Quest"

- Public trust increases, X justifies carbon offset claims, we validate with EU infrastructure

Competitive Advantage:

No other civic engagement or market research platform integrates all three EU space systems or simulation gamification. This creates our technical moat, We are a complementary competitor in the market that the boring survey and simulation tools require!

Team

Khaled Suliman - Project Coordinator & Technical Lead

- Background: Cybersecurity and research experience in secure data systems and infrastructure architecture

- Skills: Backend development (Python, Go, Rust), satellite data processing, API integration, statistical modeling, security architecture

- Relevant Experience: Building secure systems handling sensitive data (critical for government contracts), understanding of data integrity and validation (essential for satellite data pipelines), technical leadership and system architecture

- Role in Project: Overall technical architecture, Copernicus API integration, data security and GDPR compliance, statistical model development, team coordination, investor/grant relations, government partnership negotiations

Artem Tokarev - Head of Product & UX Design

- Background: User experience design and product development

-  Skills: UX/UI design, user research, interaction design, information architecture, making complex data accessible and engaging

- Relevant Experience: Designing interfaces that maintain engagement in low-attention-span economy, translating technical/scientific data into intuitive visualizations

- Role in Project: Product design and user interface, citizen journey mapping (onboarding → education → survey flow), data visualization design (how to present Copernicus data intuitively), user testing and iteration, ensuring 3-5 minute scenarios maintain engagement

Daniil Skoryk - Lead Developer & Game Systems

- Background: Game development and 3D visualization

- Skills: Three.js, WebGL, game engines (Unity, Godot), real-time simulation, interactive experiences, frontend development (React/JavaScript)

- Relevant Experience: Building interactive simulations, 3D rendering, performance optimization for web-based experiences

- Role in Project: 3D globe visualization (Three.js implementation), 2D map transitions (Leaflet integration), policy simulation engine (time-lapse animations, outcome calculations), frontend architecture

Our team combines three critical and rare capabilities:

1. Satellite data expertise (most civic tech doesn't understand Copernicus/Galileo/EGNOS)

2. Game design thinking (most researchers can't make engaging products)

3. Institutional sales understanding (most gaming companies can't sell to governments/corporates)We're building at the intersection of civic tech, space technology, and market research - a space with almost no competition because few teams have all three skill sets.

This is the team that will build Europe's climate education and public survey infrastructure.

Pitch: https://pitchdeck-cbd.pages.dev/

Resources used:
https://policy.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/

https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-projections

https://jupyterhub.dataspace.copernicus.eu/

https://pypi.org/project/cdsapi/