From Satellites to Action: AI and Urban Heat analysis for Climate-Resilient Cities

Empower cities to act, raise ambition, and scale implementation
Knowledge-sharing on a specific topic, method, and/or output
Capacity building in climate science data and analyses
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Martyn Clark

Urban Resilience Coordinator

24 Jun | 12:00–13:00
organization
Group on Earth Observations
country
Switzerland
Reference: 
CR3-11
Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Insight to Impact (Research and Practice) (60-minute session)
Conference room 3 (CR3)
Streaming on MS Teams

Summary

As urban heat becomes the deadliest climate hazard, cities face a critical knowledge-to-action gap: satellite data is abundant, but translating it into investment decisions remains a barrier for resource-constrained municipalities. This session brings together two complementary approaches that address the same decision-making space - where to prioritise heat interventions within a city - but operate at different scales and with different methods. This session addresses this gap through two complementary approaches operating at different scales: city-wide AI-powered heat risk screening (Heat Insights Tool) and localised vegetation-temperature analysis (NDVI-LST research), each suited to different decision-making needs.

Partners

Organization
Country
Group on Earth Observations
Switzerland

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Martyn Clark
Urban Resilience Coordinator
Group on Earth Observations
Switzerland
Ichraf Aroua
Researcher
University of Carthage
Tunisia
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