We first needed to model the elevation of the now empty reservoir of the Dnieper river to simulate its behaviour in extreme flood events, we crossed multiple sources of info, and once done, we used both historical observations and climate projections of extreme precipitation and river discharge.

What if a dam disappeared? Where would the river flow? Which areas might flood in the future? Those are the questions we addressed for the Insuresilience Solutions Fund, who commissioned a comprehensive climate risk assessment for the Ukrainian Climate Office.

Lobelia and Instituto Itaúsa launch “Brasil in a +2ºC World” during COP30 Lobelia Earth in partnership with Instituto Itaúsa launched “Brasil in a +2ºC World,” a platform that shows in a visual and accessible way…

Last month, we launched “BR+2ºC,” our last project, with Instituto Itaúsa.

It focuses on Brasil’s key economic sectors and is an invitation to explore not only risk, but the opportunities to invest in climate & nature resilience.

Learn more about the project here: medium.com/@lobelia-ear...

We are back home in Barcelona with food for thought from the exchanges with stakeholders from diverse industries, all with a common interest in building resilience to the impact of climate change in their regions and sectors.

Obrigado Brasil for these fruitful weeks, see you next time!

We've wrapped up #COP30!

Starting with the launch of our project “Brasil in a +2ºC World” with Itaúsa, and continuing the the many panels where we participated, we have highlighted how we are making research operational through state-of-the-art applications based on satellite and climate data.

The Mamirauá Declaration announced at #COP30 is a joint commitment to promote the implementation of technologies to monitor biodiversity and conserve the Amazon rainforest. 

We are part of the signatories as an innovation partner focused on developing tech based on climate and observational data.

Busy week ahead in Belém, yesterday the #COP30 kicked off!

Lobelia's CEO, Laia Romero, & Thaís Fontenelle, Business Dev., will be in the Blue Zone and other side events talking about our work combining satellite and climate data to help businesses & cities adapt to the climate crisis.

Find us:

Our latest work, “BR+2ºC”, is out!

It portrays how climate change impacts Brasilian territory, showing risks today and how they might evolve in a +2°C world. It aims to help decision-makers identify their immediate priorities & adapt to the climate crisis.

Explore more: https://www.brasil2c.com/

Less than a week away from #COP30!

Our CEO Laia Romero and our Business Developer Thaís Fontenelle will be in Belém! They'll participate in side events and in the Blue Zone, focusing on how nature & climate data help adapt to climate change.

Meanwhile, find them in São Paulo for pre-COP events!

High-resolution mapping of urban NO2 concentrations using Retina v2: a case study on data assimilation of surface and satellite observations in Madrid Abstract. Urban air pollution poses a significant health risk, with over half the global population living in cities where air quality often exceeds World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. A comprehensive understanding of local pollution levels is essential for addressing this issue. Recent advancements in low-cost sensors and satellite instruments offer cost-efficient complements to reference stations but integrating these diverse data sources in useful monitoring tools is not straightforward. This study presents the updated Retina v2 algorithm, which generates high-resolution urban air pollution maps by assimilating heterogeneous measurements into a portable urban dispersion model. Tested for NO2 concentrations in Madrid during March 2019, it shows improved speed and accuracy over its predecessor, with the ability to incorporate satellite data. Retina v2 balances performance with modest computational demands, delivering similar or better results compared to complex dispersion models and machine learning approaches requiring extensive datasets. Using only TROPOMI satellite data, citywide NO2 simulations show an RMSE of 19.3 µg m−3, with better results when hourly in-situ measurements were included. Relying on data of a single ground station can introduce biases, which can be mitigated by incorporating satellite data or multiple ground stations. Including more stations improves accuracy, with 24 stations yielding a correlation of 0.90 and an RMSE of 13.0 µg m−3. The benefit of TROPOMI diminishes when data from five or more ground stations is available, but it remains valuable for many cities which have limited monitoring networks.

Bas Mijling, from @knmi.nl, lead scientist of the Retina algorith, explains here how it works:

Air quality in Madrid NO₂ might be invisible, but is revealed with untold resolution in these maps and time series by KNMI and Lobelia.

Lobelia’s Madrid air quality map shows the concentration of NO2 in the air.

The Retina algorithm integrates satellite data & ground monitoring and, by visualising it, our viewer allows you to check air quality at street level during the day.

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Capturing dense shelf water cascading with a high-resolution ocean reanalysis Abstract. Dense shelf water cascading (DSWC) is an oceanographic process that occurs when dense shelf water overflows over the shelf edge downslope toward the deep sea. Monitored in the northwestern Mediterranean by moorings since 1993 in the Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon and since 2005 in the Cap de Creus Canyon, numerical modeling with reanalysis extends this timeline further into the past. This study investigates a regional reanalysis (1987–2021) validated against mooring observations at 750–1000 m depth. The reanalysis successfully reproduces observed intense DSWC (IDSWC) events from 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, and 2018 while identifying one previously unreported event in 1987 and detecting no IDSWC between 1988 and 1998. The reanalysis effectively matches 84 % of observed IDSWC days within the same week and 56 % on the exact date. Instead of assimilating IDSWC events from mooring observations to resolve the cascading process, the model relies solely on the seawater density on the shelf and revealed the seawater properties along the canyon that caused IDSWC. This work highlights the importance of high-resolution reanalyses in investigating the impacts of mesoscale processes on larger scales in the deep ocean.

Helena's work shows that warmer winters, now more frequent, are having a dramatic impact in preventing deep cascading most of the years and suggests a clear trend under global warming.

The article is available here:

The first article of Helena Fos' thesis is out!

Helena Fos was a trainee at Lobelia while she did her Master's thesis within the FAR-DWO project led by the @ub.edu . She analysed how deep cascading of continental shelf water has changed during the last decades in the Western Mediterranean.

Hydrology Story Discover how water-related digital twins empower citizens and decision makers to anticipate drought and flood risks, improving our understanding of water dynamics and guiding more effective water mana...

As climate change accelerates, and more extreme weather looms on the horizon, the European Space Agency is developing better tools, like the Digital Twin Earth hydrology platform, to understand the way water will move through river basins, anticipating flood impacts before they occur. bit.ly/4nNBAbZ

Hard to access and with extreme conditions, Antarctica is a challenge for scientific research.

Visit the new Edukeo platform to discover how scientists are virtually exploring the rapidly unfolding changes in the frozen continent with ESA's Digital Twin Antarctica project.

+𝟲𝟱𝟬𝟬 participants, 𝟭𝟭𝟵 countries, +𝟰𝟮𝟬𝟬 scientific presentations & posters, +𝟱𝟱 Exhibitors @esa.int
Living Planet Symposium was an inspiring convergence point for #science, #technology, #scicomm, focused on using #EO for climate adaptation, resilience, and action.

edukeo: bringing Earth observation to life through storytelling - eo science for society The innovative online ESA educational platform edukeo is launching next week at the Living Planet Symposium, in Vienna, Austria. Supported by ESA's EO

Unveiling next week at the ESA Living Planet Symposium #LPS25: edukeo an innovative, educational "scrollytelling" platform by Lobelia that reveals how ESA technology tackles pressing environmental problems, supporting science, policy, and everyday decision making. bit.ly/3FM7kNT

🌍 One week to go until our #LCAW event, Financing Resilience: Investing in Nature, hosted by Lobelia, Pegasys Consulting, and Mott MacDonald. Happening June 24th. Introducing some of our panelists:
👉 Learn more here: bit.ly/lcaw25

London Climate Action Week 🇬🇧
Financing Resilience, Investing in Nature - Integrating systems thinking and climate intelligence for impact investments.
Lobelia, Pegasys & Mott MacDonald explore climate intelligence to de-risk investment and build resilience.
Learn more: bit.ly/lcaw25
#LCAW2025

🎥 Live at 9:00am! Laia Romero presents climate risk tools for the EIB at the Copernicus C3S Assembly—developed with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social + @atkinsrealis.bsky.social . See how tailored climate risk screening is shaping finance. 🌍
🔗 bit.ly/4mIKCGV
#ClimateRisk #Resilience #Adaptation

Next Friday, Laia Romero will give an inspiring talk on the power of 🛰️ imagery at the closing ceremony of #EduSat challenge by @sigteudg.bsky.social @ieec.cat at and the government of Catalonia.

#Edusat trained 34 teachers to bring #EO to the classroom to explore #climate impacts.
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This position could be an excellent fit for you 😎

Assist corporations & public organisations in using satellite observations & climate science to make informed decisions 💡

Engage in international transformative opportunities 🌎

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#ClimateJobs #TechJobs #ClimateAction #ClimateCareers

Download the Nature Fintech Report | Nature Tech Collective Download the 2025 Nature Fintech Report from the Nature Tech Collective: This report highlights both the urgency of integrating nature-positive financial technology into mainstream markets, and the i...

Last week, Thaís Fontenelle represented Lobelia Earth at the Nature Finance & Climate Investment Forums.

The new Nature Fintech report was released on that occasion - and we're proud to be featured in the sector map!

Read it here👇

#NatureFintech #FinanceForNature #NFFEU2025 #ClimateAction #30x30

Today @isadorachristel.bsky.social is facilitating @climateurope2.bsky.social’s European Regulation of Climate Services: A Dialogue with Private Providers.

Private climate service providers are working together to share insights & develop transparent solutions that strengthen #EUCompetitiveness

🌍 We just started an EU-funded project, GreenEOº, also putting satellite data & AI to work for better local decision making & environmental protection by creating open applications to monitor top-down emissions, air quality, & ecosystem health.

@meteofrance.com | @inrae-france.bsky.social

Climate TRACE Climate TRACE makes climate action faster and easier by mobilizing the global tech community to track greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The shift from self-reported inventories of emissions to independently observed, high-resolution #data deeply resonates for us at Lobelia Earth. That’s why we like initiatives like #Climate TRACE, that's making near real-time emissions data easily accessible.
👉 climatetrace.org

Investing in climate adaptation is not just good for the planet, it’s good business | William Ruto and Patrick Verkooijen Climate denialism should not blind investors and governments to the very real opportunities to be found in financing solutions

📰 “Africa is proof that investing in climate resilience works”
@theguardian.com explores how early adaptation is driving impact across the continent.

🌍 At Lobelia, we work with @gcadaptation.bsky.social on projects that use climate data to design infrastructure ready for the future.

New world-leading nature finance standards launched to encourage green investment New standards will set the bar for nature investments, prevent greenwashing and helping business invest in restoring nature

🌿 The UK just launched Nature Finance Standards to support high-integrity nature markets

These new standards & the increasing availability of satellite-based monitoring tools are necessary steps in unlocking private capital for nature conservation and restoration
#NatureFinance #30x30 #Biodiversity

A new modelling framework for global biomass mapping Building biome-specific, globally replicable Aboveground Biomass Density models

And read our overview here 👇