Space4Climate has been chosen to showcase the UK’s world-leading expertise in Earth Observation and climate data from space at COP26, in Glasgow, 1–12 November. We will present an eye-catching and varied programme in the Green Zone in Glasgow Science Centre, which is open to the public.
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A new survey to match the needs of the UK’s food supply chain to climate data available from space, is being launched.
The international Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) held a public consultation on two guidance documents.
First funding call launched within the UK-Australia Space Bridge, which seeks to increase knowledge exchange, investment and trade across both countries’ space sector, has an Earth Observation and Climate Resilience focus.
Space4Climate chair, Beth Greenaway, has welcomed the news that an international project office to support a world-leading climate modelling hub will be based in the UK. The initiative will use modelling to better understand past, present and future climate changes.
The UK Government has invested £10m to improve availability of trusted climate data to the green finance sector in a move welcomed by the Bank of England.
We welcome the formal launch of the Dasgupta Review today (February 2, 2021). As Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta stresses, environmental and climatic conditions are integral for all aspects of the health of our planet’s ecosystems.
A new report published today (03 December 2020) calls on the UK Government, as co-hosts of COP26, to lead a worldwide effort to build a trusted data infrastructure that will make it possible to achieve net zero by 2050.
We’re launching a one-year countdown to highlight the UK’s world-leading role in climate research in satellite observations, data for climate and climate-action.
Latest update: Taking part in COP26 – applications deadline 17:00 GMT on Friday 5 March 2021.
Four new Earth Observation projects awarded to exploit the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative (ESA CCI) datasets include two led by Space4Climate members and they will be showcased at next year’s UK-hosted COP26.
So just how resilient are UK food supply chains in the face of a changing climate? And how best can space-enabled technology deliver the required robust data to underpin strategic decisions facing industries along the food supply chain?
New report calls for rapid response on UK air quality to support pandemic recovery.