CRISTA - Climate Resilient Infrastructure for Social Transformation and Adaptation

What is CRISTA?

CRISTA is a modular, cloud-based platform that integrates baseline data, earth observations and real-time crowdsourced reports to support local level preparedness, anticipatory action and disaster response. CRISTA helps local governments, humanitarian agencies and emergency services to monitor hazard incidents and infrastructure disruptions, deploy timely and effective response and optimize risk reduction and management.

Empowering effective and efficient decision-making and community-government collaboration in disaster preparedness, response and mitigation by promoting a ‘by the community, for the community’ approach.

Community-driven hyperlocalized and real-time hazard reporting

Faster incident detection and verification for response coordination

Efficient and effective emergency response and risk mitigation

Public alerts for disaster preparedness and early action

Our Services

Along with CRISTA system deployment, we provide a wide range of services and products to enhance disaster preparedness, response and risk reduction capacity. These services and products are integrated within the CRISTA system, for holistic capacity enhancement.

Multi-hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment

DRM Capacity Building and Technical Training

Institutionalisation & Multi-stakeholder operation

Our Evolution

Selected among Top 8 innovations in the World Food Programme 'Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator (HIA 2.0)' cohort.
Awarded WFP HIA 2.0 Sprint Project.
Expansion of services in Nepal and pilot implementation in Lao PDR.

Research on system enhancement using advanced technologies.
Developing and testing financial sustainability model.
Outreach and advocacy to relevant stakeholders and funding agencies.
Continued technical support to four municipalities for sustained operation.

Second round of funding from ADPC and World Bank under iCARE Innovations Fund.
Fully operational CRISTA 2.0 system.
System installation and official adoption by four municipalities in Nepal.
Advocacy and outreach with national and local stakeholders.
430+ active users, 1000+ direct beneficiaries reached.

Stakeholder engagement, advocacy and media outreach.
Received interest from several municipalities in Nepal.
Received recognition in World Bank’s ‘2023 Yearbook of Trust-Funded Results’ report as viable and innovative solution.

First round of funding from ADPC, World Bank and FCDO under Climate Innovation Challenge (CIC).
Validation of Proof-of-Concept in one municipality each in Nepal and Bangladesh.
Development of prototype CRISTA system (CRISTA 1.0) and pilot testing.

Development of conceptual framework for integrated infrastructure risk management mechanism.
Market study and beneficiary mapping to identify potential entry points and application.