Visualizing complex risks for informed action

The links between environmental change, climate stress, conflict and the vulnerability of populations are complex, and access to data on these subjects is not straightforward. The result of a collaboration between Earth Blox, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Edinburgh, Strata brings together data from a variety of sources to see and locate 'hotspots' - those areas most at risk.

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A tool for characterising, monitoring and forecasting drought on a regional scale

An information display and distribution platform developed by InSight, the indicators put in place provide institutions with an objective, up-to-date, spatialized and temporal response to the drought phenomenon.

Developed in New Caledonia, the tool also helps farmers to manage their crops in a rational way, by enabling them to monitor the situation as closely as possible, in line with environmental conditions and changes in them.  InSight is now working on extending the tool to other territories and extending its functionalities.

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Coastline monitored by satellite

Littosat distributes seasonal image mosaics at high and low tide, systematically and at high spatial resolution (10 m). From these data, it generates high value-added products on foreshore vegetation, and will soon offer products on submerged vegetation and foreshore morphodynamics, feeding seasonal change detection functions on a regional scale.

3 interfaces are online: Littosat Brittany, Littosat Normandy and Littosat Gulf of Lion

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Forecasting cyclonic coastal flooding

Tested in the Bengal delta, the Band-SOS demonstrator is a pre-operational service for a coastal flood forecasting platform based on multispectral satellite images (Copernicus Sentinel-2). In operation since January 2023, the tool is used daily by the Bangladesh Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC).

Band-SOS provides a real-time forecast of the risk of flooding when a tropical cyclone strikes the coastline, coupled with a map of the vulnerability of populations at risk.

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Hydrometeorological monitoring and forecasting

Operational in French Guiana since June 2023, the SAGUI platform offers a hydrological forecasting service based on space altimetry data to monitor river conditions in real time and help with navigability.

In this interface, the fruit of the OpHySE project, the results are displayed on a global map with a coloured representation of the state of the rivers (flows and flow anomalies - i.e. deviations from normal), and several navigation tabs provide differentiated views of the hydro-meteorological indicators flow, rain and air quality.

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Managing hydrometeorological crises in real time

Developed in the Republic of Haiti, the GadeLapli system can be used anywhere in the world. Fed in real time with data from the COSPARIN programme, the 2D/3D platform displays rainfall estimates by analyzing satellite images and potentially flood-prone areas. Real-time support for the civil protection authorities, with the system complemented by the sending of e-mail or SMS alerts and indicators for monitoring the development of extreme hydrometeorological events.

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Dynamic monitoring of rice crops

Entirely based on radar imagery, the VietSCO platform, the result of the Vimesco-rice and Viet-ARRO projects, offers a set of maps to support the resilience of rice growing in Vietnam in the face of climate change phenomena.

It provides seasonal maps of rice cultivation and annual intensity, maps of flood extent and duration, and projections of land suitability for rice cultivation under different climate change scenarios.

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Assessing the vulnerability of coastal populations and economic activities

Developed for the city of St Louis in Senegal and replicable for other coastal areas, the SCO St Louis interface combines all types of data to estimate the socio-economic vulnerability of coastal cities to the effects of climate change and raise awareness among local players.

The mapping platform can be used to select and combine several layers of information, including historical floods, land use and essential infrastructure, as well as simulations of marine and river flooding according to different IPCC scenarios.

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Improving resilience to extreme hydro-meteorological events

Developed as part of the FLAude project, FORO uses satellite observation to improve the resilience of areas to the risks of flooding caused by intense run-off.

A genuine decision-making tool, FORO offers interactive maps to pinpoint problem areas and the levers for action. FORO is gradually being rolled out across the 23 departments of the Mediterranean Arc.

🟢 Free access to results for the Aude department