Eurisy Report

The Annual Activity Report for the year 2023-2024 gives an overview of our key achievements, initiatives, and the collaborative efforts that have driven our mission forward over the past year. From innovative projects to impactful partnerships, communication strategies and social media analysis, it encapsulates the dedication and hard work of our Members and Team. We invite you to explore the report and join us in celebrating the progress we’ve made together.

-Eurisy Team

74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, Azerbaijan. Paper: “Protecting Europe: How can space applications support European states toimplement the new Critical Entities Resilience Directive”

The Annual Activity Report for the year 2022-2023 gives an overview of the activities undertaken by the secretariat, represents a summary of events, publications, testimonials of Eurisy’s members and projects executed by the association. The publication provides the reader with key information regarding communication and outreach efforts and serves as a tool for raising awarness about the functioning of the association.

EUSPA together with Eurisy, in cooperation with the Greek Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection and Ministry of Digital Governance, organised a workshop in Greece to present operational satellite-based services for disaster risk management. In this report the outcomes of the event have been collected.

Within the Copernicus & Me initiative, we interviewed 11 European organisations to bring you simple and readable case studies reporting on their experience of use of satellite-based services.

Ten of them provided us with information that we could present in an aggregated analysis.

Copernicus&Me_Main findings and overview by Grazia F

The report contains the main messages from the Space for Cities Workshop “Earth Observation for Sustainable Development”. It covers the contents of the workshop, including the policy context for the development of the EO Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements, two use cases from cities, two platforms providing EO data for cities and the synthesis of the panel discussion.

From November 2020 to July 2021, Eurisy and DotSPACE hosted a series bringing together research, government and industry experts to talk about their innovative solutions related to climate. Throughout the Space Opportunities for Climate Challenges series, various examples have been showcased proving that satellite solutions can contribute to the green transition. For example, satellite remote sensing can rapidly reveal where to reverse the loss of biological diversity. Variables such as vegetation productivity or leaf cover can be measured across continents from space and can help forest managers to implement more sustainable ways of working. Furthermore, space is relevant for the management of maritime-related matters, as it is for smart mobility and urban planning. When it comes to energy, space can play a pivotal role in the decarbonisation of our economy. The daily space data stream also provides insights about air and water quality, as well as irrigation systems, and even tourism.

This publication calls on potential users and decision-makers to look at these satellite services in order to implement their climate adaptation policies more easily.

What’s the interest of realising an artwork that can only be appreciated in its entireness from the sky? Apparently, none. Nevertheless, giant artworks perceivable only from above have been realised since the most ancient times, while the history of architecture counts endless examples of sophisticated buildings, castles, gardens and the like, which plan or ichnography can be only seen clearly by watching at them downward from above.

This article wants to provide our readers with a short introduction on how aerial photography and satellite imagery have changed our way of looking at the Earth, inspiring art movements and allowing for the discovery and appreciation of ancient and more recent artworks, be them nature-made or man-made.

The COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacted different aspects of our life. Since the early outbreak technology is being brought to the forefront to limit infections, enabling effective recovery responses, providing reliable information to a diverse set of stakeholders, and observing the effects of the lockdown. This report aims at presenting five examples of satellite-based solutions tackling a wide range of challenges that enabled citizens and public authorities to make informed decisions during the global pandemic outbreak. To conclude this overview, a list of recommendations to favour the uptake of satellite-based solutions by public authorities has been defined.

The report contains the main messages from the Space for Cities Workshop “From innovation to operation: A talk about concrete uses of satellite data and services to support cities’ resilience and sustainability”. It covers the opportunities and challenges related to the uptake of operational satellite-based services in cities as presented by the different speakers during the workshop.