Revealing the role of GEOSS as the default digital portal for building Climate Change adaptation & mitigation applications (EIFFEL)

Description:

Climate change adaptation and Earth observation (EO) are closely linked, as proper adaptation requires effective data-driven decision making, which EO provides. Addressing the challenge of climate change adaptation requires effective tools that can utilize the vast amounts of Earth observation data available, to facilitate decision-making.

The EIFFEL project enhances the GEOSS Portal (which connects millions of data sources with potential users) through AI-based cognitive search tools, metadata augmentation, novel methods of super-resolution and data fusion to enhance the spatiotemporal resolution of EO data, and the application of best practices in quality metrics standardization.

The project transforms this knowledge into climate action through five pilot projects across Europe, each addressing a specific sector affected by climate change: water and land use management, sustainable agriculture, transport management, sustainable urban development and disaster resilience.

It directly involves local communities and stakeholders, trying to ensure that decision-makers receive actionable insights. This involvement has facilitated the co-design of tools that align with CC adaptation policies and mitigation strategies, resulting in improved resource management, reduced vulnerability to climate-related disasters, and increased community resilience.

EIFFEL's approach goes beyond and serves as a model for countries and regions worldwide seeking to address climate change challenges using Earth observation data. The project demonstrates the value of GEOSS data for creating climate change applications while promotes data sharing, reusability, and scalability, contributing to build a better climate change adapted future.

 

Project information

Lead

Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS)

Partners

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS

PRODEVELOP SL

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

DRAXIS ENVIRONMENTAL SA

STICHTING IHE DELFT INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION

OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS

NOORD-BRABANT PROVINCE

LIBRA MLI LTD

INTERBALKAN ENVIRONMENT CENTER

PORT AUTHORITY OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS

AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ATTICA

NATIONAL PAYING AGENCY UNDER THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

SWISS RESEARCH INSTITUTES FOR HIGH ALTITUDE CLIMATE AND MEDICINE IN DAVOS

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS

FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE

RISA SICHERHEITSANALYSEN GMBH

EDGE IN EARTH OBSERVATION SCIENCES

Source of funding

European Commission - European Research Executive Agency