In space we trust: Powering inclusive local climate action with space technology & human connections
Join us at 15:00 on 10 November in the Space and Geospatial Virtual Pavilion for a discussion on using satellite data for local climate action.
News
A new look for an ESA mission led by the UK that will set a new benchmark to detect change in Earth’s climate system has been unveiled as part of Earth Information Day (3 November 2021) at COP26 – the United Nations Climate Change conference being hosted by the UK in Glasgow.
Inspired by their work with the Peatlands Task Group, members of Ordnance Survey participating in the FCA Sustainability TechSprint, integrated satellite data into their winning proposal, the Decentralised Carbon Offsetting Platform (DeCO).
Space4Climate is supporting the Space & Geospatial Virtual Pavilion that will extend climate change and sustainability issues at COP26 to online audiences.
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.
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.