Software:Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring

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Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM)
Initial release2016
Repositoryhttps://github.com/WFP-VAM/prism-app
Written inTypeScript, Python
TypeOpen Source Software
LicenseMIT License
Websitehttps://innovation.wfp.org/project/prism

The Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM) is an open source climate risk monitoring platform managed by the World Food Programme (WFP).[1] It has an interactive map interface which integrates geospatial data on climate-related hazards with socioeconomic vulnerability data.

The software is recognized as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.[2]

History

PRISM was first launched in Indonesia under the name VAMPIRE (Vulnerability Analysis Monitoring Platform for Impact of Regional Events) during the 2015-2016 El Niño storm cycle, which devastated agriculture production after unexpected prolonged drought.[3] This project was the result of a collaboration between WFP and Pulse Lab Jakarta (PLJ), a joint initiative between the United Nations and the Government of Indonesia. The tool used data science to combine datasets on Indonesia's national socio-economic survey, WFP's household food security surveys, rainfall anomalies, and the Indonesian Vegetation Health Index into a visualized interface to automate analysis.[4] Sri Lanka's government requested that a platform like VAMPIRE be developed for its Disaster Management Ministry to deal with drought and floods.[5]

In 2020, PRISM went through a significant technology overhaul that updated its warning systems for crisis management and disaster risk reduction.[6] As of 2025, PRISM is actively used by the governments of Cambodia,[7] Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia to measure drought and abnormal weather impact on vulnerable populations.

Implementations

PRISM has been used by a number of different countries and governments:

  • Indonesia – An early version of PRISM was launched in Indonesia in 2016 using the name VAMPIRE.[8] It is used today by the government to reduce disaster risk from climate-related events.
  • Sri Lanka – In 2017, Sri Lanka used the VAMPIRE codebase to build the current version of PRISM.[9] Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology enabled real-time monitoring of climate information through PRISM.[10] In 2022, WFP approved $7 million for Sri Lanka food security initiatives, including the ability to adapt to changing weather patterns.
  • Cambodia – Since 2017, Cambodia's national community-based poverty identification system, IDPoor, has been integrated with PRISM to link socioeconomic data with geospatial data to map climate-related vulnerabilities. PRISM was used in 2020 to leverage satellite data to localize assistance to flood-affected areas[11]
  • Mongolia – In 2020, Mongolia's National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (NAMEM) integrated PRISM with the Mongolia Data Cube[12] as part of the SIBELIUs project, a UK-funded initiative to improve weather-related insights for Mongolian farmers[13] to help prevent and reduce dzud.

There are also a number of deployments that are in development across Africa and Latin America.[1] In March 2025, Mozambique launched a deployment of PRISM through its National Meteorological Institute (INAM) to better measure abnormal weather in real-time.[14][15] Deployments of PRISM in Afghanistan were planned, but paused due to the political crisis in 2021. Further deployments are in discussion in Myanmar,[16] Zimbabwe,[17] and several other countries in Asia and Africa.

Technology

PRISM uses data from Earth Observation tools, including satellites and ground sensors.[1] It layers weather, climate, and agricultural data such as vegetation health, rainfall, and temperature, on top of socioeconomic data for each country it is deployed in to provide near real-time data visualization on especially vulnerable populations.[18] PRISM is able to show current conditions as well as anomalies for expected weather for a given time of year. As an open source software project, PRISM has shared configuration files that any deployment can access and customize.[19]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "PRISM | WFP Innovation" (in en). https://innovation.wfp.org/project/prism. 
  2. ↑ "PRISM" (in en). https://digitalpublicgoods.net/r/prism. 
  3. ↑ "Unsdg | Fusing datasets to track the impact of disasters in Indonesia and beyond… VAMPIRE is on it!" (in en). https://unsdg.un.org/latest/blog/fusing-datasets-track-impact-disasters-indonesia-and-beyond-vampire-it,%20https://unsdg.un.org/latest/blog/fusing-datasets-track-impact-disasters-indonesia-and-beyond-vampire-it. 
  4. ↑ "Vampire". http://vampire.pulselabjakarta.org/. 
  5. ↑ "Tackling Sri Lanka's climate change with data" (in en). https://govinsider.asia/intl-en/article/sri-lanka-climate-change-prism-disaster-management-plj. 
  6. ↑ "Prism warning system upgraded" (in en). https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prism-warning-system-upgraded. 
  7. ↑ "Slide Presentation of the National Open Data Conference 2024: Day 2 - National Committee for Disaster Management: Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM) & Cambodia Disaster Damage & Loss Information System (CamDI) - OD Mekong Datahub" (in en). https://data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/library_record/slide-presentation-of-the-national-open-data-conference-2024-day-2/resource/63f6c8fb-7e63-490b-a385-f2444f9c0dd2. 
  8. ↑ "UN Global Pulse" (in en). https://www.unglobalpulse.org/document/stories-of-change-haze-gazer-vampire/. 
  9. ↑ "PRISM Documentation". https://wfpidn.github.io/prism-docs/#/about/history. 
  10. ↑ "US$7 million WFP grant to provide farmers with local climate info". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). https://www.sundaytimes.lk/241110/news/us7-million-wfp-grant-to-provide-farmers-with-local-climate-info-577615.html. 
  11. ↑ "Leveraging climate risk data tools to inform social protection: The case of WFP's Platform for Real-time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM)" (in en). World Food Programme. 2023-07-10. https://www.wfp.org/publications/leveraging-climate-risk-data-tools-inform-social-protection-case-wfps-platform-real. 
  12. ↑ "Fighting Climate-Related Food Insecurity". https://www.bu.edu/cas/arts-sciences/fall-2021/food-insecurity-climate-change-un-wfp/. 
  13. ↑ "SIBELIUs: Improved resilience for Mongolian herding communities" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/sibelius-improved-resilience-for-mongolian-herding-communities. 
  14. ↑ "Mozambique: Real time meteorological system launched" (in en-US). https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-real-time-meteorological-system-launched-278705/. 
  15. ↑ Henriques, Bárbara (2025-03-25). "Government Launches Platform for Real-Time Weather and Climate Analysis • 360 Mozambique" (in en-GB). https://360mozambique.com/development/government-launches-platform-for-real-time-weather-and-climate-analysis/. 
  16. ↑ "Feasibility assessment on Forecast-based Action in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (in en-US). https://www.anticipation-hub.org/download/file-773. 
  17. ↑ "Scaling up anticipatory actions for food security: Anticipatory Action Year in Focus 2023" (in en). World Food Programme. 2024-04-24. https://www.wfp.org/publications/scaling-anticipatory-actions-food-security-anticipatory-action-year-focus-2023. 
  18. ↑ "WFP: Platform for Real-Time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM) | UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal". https://www.un-spider.org/space-application/space-technologies-in-the-un/wfp. 
  19. ↑ WFP-VAM/prism-app, WFP-VAM, 2025-06-10, https://github.com/WFP-VAM/prism-app, retrieved 2025-06-16 



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