In September 2021, Sinergise and Polar View started a collaboration to expand the capabilities of the Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform (Polar TEP). ESA has sponsored a series of seven TEPs on different subjects to provide insight into how our oceans, atmosphere, land and ice operate and interact as part of an interconnected earth system by …
The 2021 SWARM+SCIENCE workshop, successfully held on 28–29 June, brought together ESA experts and the Swarm community to discuss the most relevant results of recent ESA projects in the context of magnetosphere – ionosphere – lower atmosphere interactions and to identify the main open questions to be addressed in coming years. The Agency is pleased to …
The EO Africa R&D Facility is organizing from February 7 to 11 2022 a 5-day online training course (5 hours per day) on the Advances in Earth Observation. Due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the course will be held fully in an online mode and participants will be able to connect to all …
We are pleased to announce that in collaboration with the AUC, the ESA EO AFRICA R&D Facility has launched a call for research proposals to support African–European collaborative efforts to develop innovative, open-source EO algorithms and applications adapted to African solutions to African challenges by leveraging cutting-edge cloud-based data access and computing infrastructure. 15 research …
ESA is pleased to invite you to join the EO AFRICA community, and future ESA Africa-related activities as a research partner and collaborator. Being part of such community will allow us to timely inform you about the different research calls, innovation collaborations and training opportunities. Please confirm your interest and willingness to join the network …
In April 2019 ESA awarded the Euro Data Cube (EDC) contract to a consortium of partners led by Sinergise. Rather than funding the development of a completely new service, the project was based on the integration of existing operational capabilities run by the project team, up to the creation of an EO Information Factory. Such …
In nowadays rapidly changing global landscape, Earth observation is playing an ever more prominent role and new actors, new technologies, new business models and new downstream needs are entering the picture. A number of sessions will focus on EO industry present and future at next year’s Living Planet Symposium, one of the largest events worldwide …
At ongoing COP26 in Glasgow, a number of highlights are related to the energy sector. More than 40 world leaders, representing more than 70% of the world’s economy and every region, have signed up to a new international plan – the Breakthrough Agenda – that aims to make clean technologies the most affordable, accessible and …
The role of finance in climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies is undisputed. On the one hand, most vulnerable countries are fighting for developed nations commitments on climate financing for adaptation and discussing liability and compensation for “loss and damage” caused by massive floods, devastating wildfires, and rising seas; on the other hand, in Europe, …
The pandemic stroke particularly hard on cultural heritage, with the collapse in tourism revenues, increased vulnerability of sites to looting, suspension of rehabilitation, conservation and archaeological exploration works. Geo-hazards, extreme events and expected climate change consequences are pending threats to be taken into account. This led organisations to rethinking their models for protecting heritage sites …
