WHAT IS
scale ?
The Space ClimAte LEague (SCALE) is a collective initiative launched by Aerospace Valley of which the goal is to support the commercial development of SME and startups that offer climate services based on using space data. SCALE is a collective of companies that offer solutions using space data to monitor and mitigate the effects of climate change.
This initiative is financially supported by ADEME and French Tech.
WHO IS SCALE FOR ?
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO FACILITATE YOUR ADAPTATION OR MITIGATION ACTIONS?
YOU ARE A public actor (regional agency, local authority, GIP, EPIC, Economic development department…) ?
YOU ARE A a company, private establishment or group of companies ?
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SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR THE climatE
As part of fighting climate change, space already provides critical data that can be transformed into information to be assimilated into climate forecasting models. Satellites allow scientists to observe the planet continuously and provide a range of geo-referenced environmental data at different scales (world, regional, local). A critical source of data for climatologists, half of the Essential Climate Variables can only be measured from space.
While space data has been used for many years by the scientific community, today it is a source of business for many French startups. Since the implementation of the Copernicus program, which provides Earth Observation data free of charge and accessible to all, a multitude of private actors have been able to harness raw data produced by satellites and to transform them into decision support services useful for many application sectors such as the ecological transition. Today, the sources continue to multiply thanks to satellite constellations and the diversity of on-board instruments.
Satellites offer the advantage of providing recurring, global data tracked over time and which can be hybridized with complementary data (in-situ, IoT, socio-economic, textual data). This data fusion is facilitated by IA and Big Data technologies which enable to massively process the data and to develop a multitude of operational services commonly called space applications to support the climate action of public and private decision makers at different phases: diagnostic, tracking or assessment.
There are many application fields: resource management, territorial planning, ocean and coast, air quality, carbon emissions, natural risks, climate change, and luminous pollution, to name a few. And they involve both the public sector (development and monitoring of public policies) and the private sector (finance, insurance, asset management…).
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SPACE APPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE ACTION
As part of its commitment to raising the awareness of decision makers and public and private stakeholders about the potential of space applications for the climate, the SCALE collective proposes to organize awareness raising events to educate the public about the many possible uses of climate services.
Established in a co-construction approach with our organization, the awareness-raising days will enable you to better understand how space data can provide solutions to your challenges in the field, while presenting actual application case studies.
Would you like more information about the collective’s awareness raising actions ?