UK Nafasi Agency will support two new projects. The first envisages using satellite to monitor and map heat in locations at greatest risk from mabadiliko ya tabia nchi. Development of a prototype Climate Risk Index tool (CRISP) is the second project that is aimed at delivering risk assessments based on satellite and climate data to help the financial sector provide vital insurance products.
Utabiri wa hivi punde wa hali ya hewa wa Uingereza unaonyesha majira ya joto kama vile 2018 huenda yakatokea kila mwaka ifikapo 2050, wakati ambapo idadi ya vifo vinavyotokana na joto inaweza kuwa zaidi ya mara tatu kutoka kiwango cha leo kwa kukosekana kwa marekebisho ya ziada; kutoka karibu 2,000 kwa mwaka hadi karibu 7,000. Takriban watu bilioni 1.2 duniani kote wanaweza kukabiliwa na hali ya mkazo wa joto ifikapo mwaka 2100 katika viwango vya sasa vya ongezeko la joto duniani.
Kufuatilia na kuchora joto katika maeneo yaliyo katika hatari kubwa ni muhimu katika muktadha huu. Hapa ndipo data kutoka kwa satelaiti huja muhimu.
Uingereza Nafasi Agency is going to support two new projects towards this that will provide decision-makers with vital information to help deal with the effects of mabadiliko ya tabia nchi and improve lives around the world.
The first project is a collaboration between the National Centre for Ardhi Observation (NCEO) and Ordnance Survey (OS), which will provide meaningful insights for policy-makers to manage the impacts of mabadiliko ya tabia nchi in maeneo maarufu kote Uingereza na kwingineko. Using NCEO land surface temperature data derived from thermal infra-red sensors in nafasi, OS will then help customers understand and identify how the data can be applied effectively.
The Ardhi observation data used in the pilot will indicate extreme events and locations that may show greater risk to human health, such as cities where heat stress is a particular concern. By providing easier and better access to insightful evidence through the pilot and through working with the Office for National Statistics, the UK public sector will be able to tackle mabadiliko ya tabia nchi more effectively with accurate data from nafasi.
Satellite observations of land surface temperatures, and their change, are increasingly recognised as being able to provide unique and detailed knowledge to better facilitate the understanding of mabadiliko ya tabia nchi and thus to inform planning and ‘climate-adaptive’ policies to deal with extreme events, such as heatwaves.
Maendeleo ya mfano Zana ya Kiashiria cha Hatari ya Hali ya Hewa (CRISP) is the second project that UK Nafasi Agency will support that will see Telespazio UK collaborate with Assimila. This project will deliver risk assessments based on satellite and hali ya hewa data to help the insurance sector provide vital financial products to those at risk from droughts and wildfires.
Using climate data from an ensemble of climate project models, historical reanalysis and Ardhi Observation data the prototype will focus on two examples – agricultural drought and wildfires – to show insurance companies how to use the data in their own assessments to benefit the finance sector.
CRISP hujengwa juu ya kazi na Kikundi cha kazi cha Ufichuzi wa Hatari ya Hali ya Hewa cha Space4Climate (S4C). Kazi ya S4C hutoa uwezo wa kiufundi wa kuamua fahirisi za hali ya hewa - kulingana na utambulisho thabiti wa matukio ya hali ya hewa kali na mabadiliko katika kiwango cha bahari derived from different long-term data records of Ardhi Observation and hali ya hewa re-analysis datasets.
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UK Nafasi Agency 2021. Press release – Nafasi data helping Ardhi adapt to challenges of mabadiliko ya tabia nchi. Published 8 November 2021. Available online hapa
