Quick reads about news, workshops, product updates and more
We were spotted as a "startup to watch" by Sifted, the leading media site for European startup news and analysis, backed by the Financial Times. The Sifted analysts wrote a briefing note on what they call the emerging Climate Intelligence sector: There's a storm coming. Startups are helping mitigate the risks were they identified over […]
We are happy to announce that our Ready-to-use climate projections are now available in CARTO's Data observatory. In a context of growing concern about climate risk, many sectors require reliable climate data to assess their exposure to changing climate patterns. We are very excited about our partnership with The Climate Data Factory and the ability […]
On 27 and 28 September 2022, the Horizon Europe project Climateurope2 - Supporting and standardising climate services in Europe and beyond kick started in the Euro-Mediterranean Center of Climate Change (CMCC)’s headquarters in Lecce (Italy). More than 90 researchers and climate change professionals gathered in this two-day meeting that shaped the main actions of the […]
On September 20-23rd, 2022, we will attend the 3rd WMO Workshop on Operational Climate Prediction in Lisbon (Portugal). We will present the challenges we face in developing an AI-Enhanced operational demonstrator of sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasting of detection and attribution of heatwaves and warm nights we will implement in the H2020 CLINT project. Download the […]
This week, we are attending the Fifth Copernicus Climate Change Service General Assembly that brings together contractors and users to be informed and discuss service evolution. The event is spread across three days (13 - 15 September at The Hague) and consists of plenary sessions, poster sessions and networking opportunities, with speakers and panelists from leading […]
We are preparing a high-resolution (0.1° x 0.1°, about 10x10 km) Landslide Risk Index dataset and have now completed the projection of the 5 climate models for emission scenario Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 5-8.5 (SSP5-8.5). Two other SSPs (SSP1-2.6 and SSP2-4.5) are underway. The full dataset will be available late 2022 to be used in forward […]
A big thanks to Amazon re:MARS (Amazon's global AI event) for the very nice article about our data products and our AI/ML journey with the Climate Intelligence (CLINT) research project. The article is structured as an interview of Harilaos, our CEO, speaking about climate modeling, the importance of climate projections at high spatial resolutions and […]
We are proud to announce that B-Open and The Climate Data Factory have been chosen by Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) to upgrade the European Climate Data Explorer (ECDE). The ECDE is an interactive tool providing climate hazard indicators for many sectors (such as health, agriculture, forestry, or energy) […]
This week, we will be showcasing our upcoming "Global Fire Index" dataset at the Singapore Fintech Festival as a Finalist of the G20 TechSprint 2021 in partnership with Banca d'Italia. A great opportunity to promote our data products that can support financial organisations better evaluate physical climate risk in the context of climate related financial […]