EO AFRICA stands for African Framework for Research, Innovation, Communities and Applications, building an African-European R&D partnership. The main objective of this R&D element is to facilitate the adoption of Earth Observation (EO) and related space technology in Africa. Following an African user-driven approach with a long-term (>10 years) vision for the digital era in …
Over Africa, land use intensification is a subject of particular research interest. The African land system is undergoing rapid changes and novel approaches are needed to understand the drivers and consequences of land use intensification, as well as the dependency, vulnerability and resilience caused by climate change. It is paramount to understand Africa’s potential, vulnerability …
The Earth Observation for SDG Targets and Indicators, Lot-2 is the second activity initiated under the “EO for Sustainable Development Goals” line of activities of the FutureEO-1 programme. The “EO for SDGs” line of activities consists of a series of RD projects that foster the uptake of EO solutions into national SDG monitoring frameworks, for countries …
One year ago, on 20 October 2021, the new baseline global land cover product at 10 m resolution, exploiting Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data, showing 11 land cover classes with unprecedented detail, was launched. Last 28 October 2022, 9 months from the last data take, the global product with data from year 2021 was released. Read …
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites all civil society organisations (CSOs) / non governmental organisation (NGOs) with an environmental focus to a knowledge-sharing webinar to discuss the potential of Earth Observation (EO) data exploitation for ecosystem conservation and restoration. The webinar is part of an Open Consultation process with CSOs / NGOs. This is an …
Abstract submission is now open (12 Jul – 12 Sep) for the upcoming online workshop on Earth Observation for Ecosystem Accounting 2022, to take place in the afternoons (13:00 – 17:00 CET Rome time, 07:00 – 11:00 NY time) from 28 Nov to 1 Dec. The workshop will feature invited talks, open sessions with oral …
The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is an international agreement among space agencies to support the immediate disaster response phase with satellite data and information. This is organized with Charter activations that are triggered by Authorized Users. Since its inception in 2000, it has supported 723 activations in 129 countries worldwide. In support …
Will you start your Thursday LPS22 day with a focus on New Space, attending or watching the livestreaming of the New Space and Commercialisation in EO session? Would you like to hear more about these revolutionary changes in the space sector? Don’t miss the Living Planet Talks: The Earth Observation New Space ecosystem session taking …
More live demos for you in the exhibit area at Living Planet Symposium! You’ll find them at the main ESA booth, just in front of its welcome desk, at the EO Science for Society corner. Have a look at the demo calendar below and note down those you don’t want to miss. They complement those …
Currently valued at €300bn, the global space economy could grow to as much as €1trn by 2040. The exponential growth of the commercial dimension touches all space sectors, with a strong push on the EO commercial market. While still largely relying on government funding and investments, commercialisation is progressing rapidly. New companies with high levels …
