Earth Observation supports the study of the environment, the sustainable economy and the monitoring of climate change

In line with Airbus sustainable actions, Airbus Intelligence contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, by providing key Earth observations data from space.

Airbus Intelligence supports its customers facing sustainability challenges, whatever their industry, from the monitoring of natural to industrial disasters, including the measurement of the impacts of agriculture practices or urban growth on natural resources and the monitoring of climate change.

This living evolving webpage is a showcase of real-life case studies, raising awareness on Earth observation data that supports sustainability goals, especially along two axes:

Benefitting from a vertical point of view, satellite imagery offers an overall view of natural events like fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones and climate change. The analysis and interpretation of satellite imagery provide a set of technical or scientific data such as: measurement of distances, surfaces, directions, and activity levels, to name a few. This data can then be used to derive information on the impact of such events.

Sustainable economy

Sustainability aims at preserving the Earth’s resources production capacity. Today, many initiatives are booming for the maintenance of a livable environment balanced with economic and social developments on a planetary scale.

Satellite imagery supports sustainable solutions by providing statistical data over territories, mapping and monitoring human practices, supporting innovation or simply as a witness to change. Such information is very useful to improve policies and to draw sustainable plans.