To provide a data set that allows users to understand how slow-onset climate change impacts on water availability and crop productivity, coupled with sea-level rise and storm surge, may affect the future population distribution and climate-related internal migration in low to middle income countries.

To provide a geographically explicit and reliable database of dams for the scientific community.

To provide a geographically explicit and reliable database of reservoirs for the scientific community.

To provide data that can assist in the extraction and analysis of chlorophyll-a concentration and trends from global grids.

To preserve access to the original climate and land cover data used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.

To preserve access to the original ecosystems data used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.

To preserve access to the original biodiversity data used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.

To preserve access to the original set of socioeconomic and natural resource scenarios used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.