EO4Multihazards: Earth Observation for high-impact multi-hazard science

Earth Observation for high-impact multi-hazard science (EO4Multihazards) was a European Space Agency (ESA) project that developed methodologies for risk (hazard, vulnerability, exposure) and impact assessment with the help of Earth Observation (EO) data. We assessed cascading and compound events and developed impact chains for four case studies in Italy (upper and lower Adige river basin), the United Kingdom and Dominica, a Caribbean Small Island Developing State. This abstract presents the fifth, so-called “transferability”, case study, where developed methodologies were applied in an area with limited ground validation data, Senegal. Droughts, heatwaves, floods and fires were analysed for the regions specified by stakeholders. The risk for the population and the impact on agricultural yields were assessed in the riskchanges.org platform. The vulnerability components were shown to be the most challenging and ground-data demanding. Visit our website to explore other outputs, such as a whole Europe event database and case study geostories https://eo4multihazards.gmv.com/.

We acknowledge support from the EO4Multihazards project (Earth Observation for high-impact multi-hazards science), contract number 4000141754/23/I-DT, funded by the European Space Agency and launched as part of the joint ESA-European Commission Earth System Science Initiative.