CORDIS Results Pack on "Environmental Observations solutions for the EU Green Deal" featuring EIFFEL's breakthroughs in Earth data analysis & application
EIFFEL and Climate ADAPT are teaming up to boost climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts!
EIFFEL had an elevated participation at this year’s EGU 2024 by organizing successfully two (2) Splinter Sessions, on Monday 15th of April.
EIFFEL is organizing two (2) Splinter Sessions on Monday 15th of April and we invite you to participate either physically either online into our two (2) Splinter Sessions to immerse yourself into the world of EIFFEL during EGU 2024.
EIFFEL Pilot 1: Water & Land-Use Management and our Partners OUNL and IHE organized on 25th of March the 2nd Stakeholder Meeting for Water & Land-Use Management: Hands on PILOT 1 tools in Breda, Netherlands and on-line.
Our EIFFEL Partner ECMWF, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts participated at the American Geoscience Union (AGU) Conference 2023 held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA and online 11 - 15 December 2023.
Successful double participation for EIFFEL at the EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative event
EIFFEL Pilot 3: Infrastructure & Transport Management and Pilot 5: Disaster Resilience > Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment were successfully presented during the EC-ESA Joint Earth System Science Initiative event.
Our EIFFEL partner ICCS participated in Big Data from Space 2023 (BiDS), an in-person conference that was held from 6 to 9 November, at the Austria Center (Vienna).
EIFFEL’s Pilot 4: Sustainable Urban Development Local in response to Earth’s call for action participated in the GEO Week 2023 & Ministerial Summit held at Cape Town, South Africa, from 6-10 November 2023.
Our Eiffel partner Balearic Port Authority (BPA) in partnership with two (2) EIFFEL partners Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) and PRODEVELOP presented Pilot 3: Infrastructure & Transport Management at the 5th edition of the PIANC Mediterranean Days (26-27 October), which was preceded by the 13th French conference called « Port of the Future » (25-26 October).
EIFFEL Pilot 5: Disaster Resilience > Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment was presented by our partner Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) during Forest Sciences’ Day, held on October 25 at the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki, in the Forest Sciences Building.
On October 20th during the Day of Agriculture, the EIFFEL Project and especially Pilot 2: Sustainable Agriculture National Scale was introduced at the agriculture exhibition, which was organized at the Seimas – the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania by our Partner NPA.
EIFFEL Pilot 5: Pilot 5: Disaster Resilience > Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment Regional | National Scale and our partner Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) organized an insightful workshop on 10th of October entitled: “Finnish forest multi-hazard governance workshop” in collaboration with a national climate-change adaptation project.
Our partner Region of Attica organized a participatory workshop entitled “Supporting Climate Neutral and Sustainable Cities through Earth Observation: the EIFFEL project Community of Practice” on the 20th of October at PLYFA Athens, Greece.
Our partner from the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) participated in the 23rd European Congress of Lepidopterology and 11th Forum Herbulot on the 25th – 29th of September in Orléans (France) with the main objective to present moth related forest pest outbreak probabilities to Lepidoptera experts.
The EIFFEL project had a distinguished presence in the EuroGEO Workshop 2023 held in Bolzano (Italy) 2-3/10/2023, as a Green Deal "ambassador".
…and yes! It was that time of the year where all EIFFEL partners (almost 30 participants) joined to showcase the successful results derived by unity and teamwork during these two years, share experiences and identify potential challenges for the future.
Two Horizon Projects, focused on tackling climate change, have joined forces with a view to advance climate research and ultimately support society to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
EIFFEL Pilot 5: Disaster Resilience > Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment, organized on 31st of May an insightful workshop entitled "Drought monitoring and forecasting workshop", in collaboration with a national drought-related project, with the main objective to discuss drought forecasting and useful indices that can be leveraged from the perspective of different user groups (water resources, agriculture and water management).
EIFFEL partner Prodevelop and more specifically our colleagues Jose Antonio Clemente and Amelia del Rey assisted in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) user workshop, organized by CAMS in cooperation with the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET).
On the 25th of May, 2023 a Sustainable City Workshop was held in Athens, entitled: “Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Perspectives” and the EIFFEL Pilot: Sustainable Urban Development had a pivotal presence among the 35 high profile members attending from various Municipalities (i.e. Vice-Head of European Commission Representation in Greece, representatives from the Ministry of Environment, Green Fund).
Our partner Prodevelop had one and only goal in the 7th edition of Smart Digital Ports of the Future (SDP) event that was organized at Rotterdam on the 16th and 17th of May. To raise awareness about the EIFFEL project and the dynamic of Pilot 3: Infrastructure & Transport Management.
The Municipality of Penteli represents the center of efforts of EIFFEL’s Pilot on Urban Sustainability. Within this framework and following liaison between the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and the Municipality, a technical meeting was arranged, in the Old City Hall of Penteli Municipality in Athens (Greece), on May 5th 2023 between the Mayor, vice-Mayor for Environment and Urban Planning, and the Observatory’s teams that are responsible for the EIFFEL applications (EIFFEL Pilot 4: Sustainable Urban Development).
5 EIFFEL partners participated in the EGU Conference 2023 that was held in Vienna and online on the 23rd – 28th of April 2023. EGU is a yearly European Geoscience Conference and brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. This year the event welcomed almost 15.500 attendees from 107 countries and almost 3.400 joined online from 105 countries. It was a great success with 16.300 presentations given in almost 1000 sessions.
EIFFEL Pilot 1: Water & Land-Use Management Regional Scale & Cross-border with two intriguing participations in the NCR (Netherlands Center for River Studies) conference held at 12-13 of April 2023, aroused the interest of the event’s attendees for the EIFFEL project.
On the 23rd of March our partner IHE Delft organized an online stakeholder workshop for Water and Land-Use Management.
Two H2020 projects with a common goal to combat climate change joined forces on the 20th -21st of April 2023, on the occasion of the CiROCCO kick-off meeting and exchanged knowledge with a view to identify future collaboration.
EIFFEL project had a powerful participation at the International Building Decarbonization 2022 Conference that was held, for the first time, on November 5-7, in Athens, Greece.
“New approach for climate risk assessment supports decision-making under uncertainty”. A new article from EIFFEL Pilot Disaster Resilience > Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment has just been landed!
Our partner Open Universiteit had an impressive presence at the American Geophysical Union 2022 (AGU22) that was held on the 12th – 16th of December 2022, in Chicago.
An elevated EIFFEL presence at the EuroGEO Workshop 2022, held in Greece (7-9 December) from a highly promising H2020 project committed to tackle climate change!
Our EIFFEL partner Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV) participated at ICAT 2022 | International Conference on Applied Technologies that was held on the 24th of November, 2022 at the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas “ESPE” in Quito, Ecuador.
EIFFEL project had a powerful participation at the SnapEarth Final Conference that was held on the 28th of November.
When Earth Observation meets Artificial Intelligence the possibilities are limitless! In this case let’s talk agriculture…
On the 1st of November, EIFFEL partner NOA representing Pilot Sustainable Urban Development had a constructive participation at the GEO WEEK 2022, in Accra, Ghana at the Side Event on Earth Observation and urban resilience “GEO Initiatives and European Projects: Synergies for Urban Resilience” organized by Project Harmonia.
On the 4th of November 2022 our partners from the BEYOND Centre of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) organized an online workshop entitled "Blending GEOSS-related datasets with the Umbrella Sentinel Access Point".
EIFFEL partner, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, had a distinguished presence at the 1st Space4Water Stakeholder Meeting, held on 27-28 October 2022 in Vienna Austria, organized by UNOOSA in partnership with the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW).
On the 24th – 26th of October, Nikiforos Samarinas from IBEC representing EIFFEL Pilot 2 Sustainable Agriculture, participated in the EUSO 2nd Stakeholders forum organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC).
EIFFEL partner, PRODEVELOP had a dynamic presence at the 2nd GCOS Climate Observation Conference, held on 17-19 October 2022 in Darmstadt, Germany.
EIFFEL project is officially included in the Climate Change Mitigation portal led by JIN Climate and Sustainability, on behalf of the LANDMARC H2020 project, which collects and posts climate solutions identified by EU-funded research projects for wider dissemination.
Our EIFFEL partner and coordinator of the project, ICCS organized an online two (2) day technical workshop, on the 13th & 14th of October 2022, focusing primarily on the usage of Sentinel Data for EIFFEL pilots.
Our EIFFEL partner Prodevelop participated in the II Congress of the Spanish Network of Smart Cities held at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on October 10-11, 2022.
Data sharing and data management principles need to be advocated in the EO expanding community. GEO Secretariat is launching a service to raise awareness and highlight their importance.
EIFFEL partner i-BEC joined the 26th MARS Conference, held on 12-14 September in Barcelona (Spain), organized by the Joint Research Centre of the EC (JRC), the Spanish Paying agency (FEGA) and the Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of Catalonia (GENCAT).
Our partner, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE organized two online workshops on 4th and 8th of April, in order to present EIFFEL Pilot Disaster Resilience: Drought, forest fire & pest risk assessment enhancing project collaboration.
What does climate change mean for your environment? Ruben Hage, EIFFEL researcher from Open Universiteit, unveils the relevance of the research in the H2020 EIFFEL project within the 5 pilot studies.
More than 50 people from institutions, public authorities etc. (i.e. BPA, ENAGAS, EMAYA, Consell Mallorca) had the opportunity to delve into the EIFFEL pilot “Infrastructure & Transport Management Regional Scale” at the “Air Quality in the Ports” conference in July 17th organized by Ports de Balears (BPA) in Palma, Spain.
Our EIFFEL pilot Sustainable Urban Development had a strong presence with the study entitled “Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Energy Potential at Urban Environments: Application Example for the City of Athens in Greece” that was held on 4th-8th of July 2022, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
On the 8th of July our partners from the BEYOND Centre of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) organized an online workshop entitled “Operational services for ARD Sentinel raw data and products ready for the pilots".
