UK Space Agency backs seven climate services projects

The UK Space Agency has announced funding for seven new satellite-data climate services projects through Commercial Climate Services Call 4.

• The projects will share a combined investment of £500,000 and focus on practical, market-focused services for housing providers, investors, infrastructure owners, planners, farmers and public health decision-makers.
• Named projects include Quantum Risk Solutions, WieldMore, Frontierra/ZSL, Callala Ltd/University of Strathclyde, SpaceD, Agtelligence, and Golden Mile Research and Consultancy Ltd; use cases include heat-risk mapping, water intelligence, emissions benchmarking, data-center urban heat analysis, farm-level sustainability scoring, and public-health forecasting.