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".
Our EIFFEL pilot “Sustainable Urban Development” had a strong presence in the EXPANDEO and FIRE FORUM 2022.
The 1st physical Plenary meeting of EIFFEL, since the beginning of the project, was held on the 23rd and 24th of June in Athens, Greece, organized by the coordination team of ICCS.
Our partner from Open Universiteit (OUNL), Ruben Hage, had a powerful presence in the EGU General Assembly 2022, showcasing the work that OUNL team (Lansu, A., Bogatinoska, B., and de Kraker, J) has implemented within the framework of the EIFFEL project.
Representatives from academia, research, industry, policy, etc., of the milestone event organized by ESA “2022 Living Planet Symposium” on the 23rd -27th of May 2022 [World Conference Center Bonn, Germany], will have the opportunity to plunge into the EIFFEL world through an elaborative paper-poster.
In the spirit of streamlining the effective collaboration among EIFFEL and GEOSS Platform Plus (GPP), the project’s consortium is building strong foundation with the GPP consortium with a view to align their activities and mutually benefit the upgrade of GEOSS and GEOSS Infrastructure Development Task Team (GIDTT) activities.
On the 14th of April 2022, the EIFFEL consortium (ICCS, LIBRA, NOA, UPV) participated in the regular meeting of GEOSS Infrastructure Development Task Team (GIDTT) in order to align and contribute to the workplan and to the upcoming GEOSS Platform Plus (GPP) activities.
On the 15th of March 2022, our partner Region of Attica successfully presented the Eiffel project and pilot 4, to the International City Partnerships: Acting for Green and Inclusive Recovery [ICP- AGIR] bilateral meeting, between the cities of Gwangju and Athens.
The Open Universiteit published the second edition of the research magazine called "OPEN Magazine" in February 2022 and at the article entitled "Smart use of climate data crucial for water management" the EIFFEL project team sheds light on how do we deal with the effects of climate change.
The groundbreaking solar “cadaster” application estimates the rooftop photovoltaic energy potential for the city of Athens in Greece.
Dimitris Bliziotis from ICCS along with NOA, CNR, RHEA and Serco colleagues successfully introduced to the EIFFEL consortium the GEOSS Platform Plus Project in order to set ground for a fruitful collaboration in the future and exchange of information.
On the 15th of December a meeting, of significant importance, was held between our Sustainable urban development Pilot from the National Observatory of Athens and the Municipality of Penteli (Athens-Greece), elevating synergy between the two entities.
More than 80 participants had the opportunity to delve into the EIFFEL project at the info-day on the European Union's Earth Observation Programme "Copernicus".
The EIFFEL project was successfully presented during the GEO Week 2021, on the 25th of November 2021, by Dimitris Bliziotis from ICCS, at the Side Event: Showcasing the EuroGEO Regional Initiative.
In EIFFEL, IHE Delft Institute will primarily contribute in designing, developing and testing modelling and decision support applications for water and land management, with specific focus on a drought-prone area downstream of the Aa or Weerijs catchments in the Netherlands.
In EIFFEL, SYKE is responsible for a pilot on disaster resilience and will develop a multi-hazard framework for the risk assessment of droughts, forest fires and forest pests at regional and national levels in Finland.
Our first official YouTube video is launched! Join the journey of 19 partners from 8 European countries with one goal and destination, tackle #ClimateChange
EIFFEL partner Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) will contribute to the project by exploiting GEOSS data potential, the biggest observation system on Earth, in order to tackle climate change.
On 6th of October, at Serafio City of Athens, our EIFFEL partner LIBRA, during its 2nd Training Workshop, presented at almost 30 attendees, the ΕIFFEL project and the company’s key role in it.
Our partner Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona presented, at the EuroGEO Workshop 2021, EIFFEL's intention to develop a knowledge extension for the geospatial user feedback.
EIFFEL project is introduced through the MacaroNight on the 24th of September, 2021.
This edition of EuroGEO workshop will focus on the EO-based solutions to support the European Green Deal while bringing the European community actively contributing to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Our EIFFEL partners LIBRA & NOA will participate in the 85th Thessaloniki International Fair | 15th – 19th September, 2021
The EIFFEL team is poised to be a game-changer in earth observation applications for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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The effects of atmospheric aerosols, clouds, and dust on solar radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface has received great attention as changes in the amount of solar radiation have a profound implication on the surface radiation budget and the hydrological cycle.
19 partners from 8 European countries participated in the virtual kick-off meeting of the new H2020 project EIFFEL, held in 22nd & 23rd of June, 2021.
