Project description
Satellite tech for a greener Europe
Europe faces growing environmental challenges as cities expand, pollution rises and natural areas shrink. Agricultural activities release nitrogen, affecting air quality and biodiversity. Forests are increasingly threatened by wildfires, and ecosystems are struggling to recover. To protect nature, decision-makers need precise environmental data. In this context, the EU-funded GreenEO project will use advanced satellite technology to gather environmental information. By combining Earth observation, inverse modelling and machine learning, GreenEO delivers tools for pollution control and nature protection in cities, farms, forests and ecosystems. This initiative supports the European Green Deal by creating detailed air quality maps, tracking emissions, monitoring wildfires and assessing ecosystem health. It is helping Europe transition towards more sustainable land use practices.
Objective
The main objective of GreenEO is to provide improved satellite-based environmental information to support sustainable nature protection practices across four competing land-use areas: cities, agricultural areas, forests, and ecosystems. Through combined exploitation of new Earth Observation products, digital infrastructure, and atmospheric and land surface models using machine learning and data assimilation, GreenEO will provide environmental information and stakeholder engagement practices to support the implementation of the Zero Pollution (ZP) and Biodiversity aspects of the European Green Deal (EGD). The project will serve as a proof-of-concept to enhance specific services provided by Copernicus and EUMETSAT in support of the EGD implementation. GreenEO aims to support the transition towards more sustainable land use practices in Europe and proposes a transformative governance system, relying on a data value chain enhanced with active stakeholder engagement and co-creation. The value chain proposes the uptake of satellite data, integrated in a modelling development chain and followed by value creation modelling applications. In cities, GreenEO will develop three satellite-based approaches of high-resolution urban-scale air quality maps to engage relevant stakeholders to support the ZP strategies. For agriculture, GreenEO will address impacts on nitrogen emissions, deposition, and biodiversity. It will create satellite-based high-resolution emission inventories, deposition, critical load exceedance maps, and identify areas with high recovery potential. GreenEO will develop a forest fire service that will revolutionize the monitoring of wildfires over Europe. GreenEO will create novel ecosystem monitoring indicators such as city greening indicators, ecosystem area and condition indicators. GreenEO will advance seamless climate-weather and environmental services in Europe, by proactive links to EUMETSAT, WMO, the Copernicus Services, EEA and EU Missions.
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering aerospace engineering satellite technology
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture
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HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01
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2027 Kjeller
Norway
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