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Sharing UK expertise to support Somalia’s climate resilience

Always keen to promote UK Earth Observation capabilities to contribute to climate action around the world, we were delighted to join a high-level workshop in Somalia this week...

3 ways Ordnance Survey has gained from Space4Climate membership

Space4Climate Vice-Chair Donna Lyndsay is a driving force within Ordnance Survey (OS) as Innovation Lead and a valued member of the Space4Climate Board. Here she discusses how membership of...

What a 12-year-old taught me at COP26

Dan Hirst discusses the limitations of space and the need to innovate sustainably with a young space fan...

COP26: The rapid prototyping team and peatland monitoring from space

Between Saturday 6 and Monday 8 November, part of Ordnance Survey’s Propositions and Innovation team had the rare opportunity to attend and share findings at the UN’s 26th Conference of the Parties...

Forecasting cholera outbreaks from space

Few people associate climate impacts with health and well-being, but scientists are trying to improve understanding of how changes in climate are already affecting human health...

Real-world impact: bringing people together to make better use of satellite data

Six months into her embedded placement at Space4Climate, Dr Caitlin Douglas tells us how she's building a network of academics & practitioners...

How to make the most of Earth Observation data and not perish in the attempt

Gerardo Lopez-Saldana has spent more than two decades studying Earth observation – here he shares his passion for removing barriers to the use of EO data...

Taking the sea’s temperature from space reveals rainfall discrepancy

Dr Chris Holloway from the University of Reading takes a look at how satellite data improvements for your daily weather forecast can be used for climate action and explains why satellite missions...