Space for Good: Special Report – June 2021
In This Report
The Value of Space Data
Data Dashboards
Funding Initiatives
Near real-time, large scale monitoring is something
European and global dashboards were developed
Starting in late March 2020, the European Space
satellites are uniquely positioned to do. As the
and launched within the first few months of the
Agency (ESA) spearheaded initiatives to fund
pandemic spread, satellite Earth observation and
pandemic to provide data on human activities and
innovation addressing COVID-19-related topics
location data was used to uncover significant
a range of environmental parameters, such as air
through a series of funding calls. These included
atmospheric changes across the globe and
and water quality. At a time when millions more
national and European challenges. Later funding
solve challenges including traffic congestion
people could be pushed into chronic hunger, these
calls focussed on being prepared for future
at national borders and missing weather
dashboards can provide valuable data for sectors
outbreaks and post-pandemic recovery.
forecasting data.
such as agriculture.
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