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Monitoring of climate-impacting measures in crop and grassland management with satellite data (kliMAGS)
Project
Project code: TI-BW-08-PID2379
Contract period: 01.01.2021
- 31.12.2024
Purpose of research: Applied research
With 66.4 million tons of CO2 equivalents, agriculture was responsible for 9% of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany in 2020. Adaptations in farm management can reduce these emissions. Area-wide data on such adaptation measures will be derived from high-resolution satellite data.
With the Climate Protection Plan 2050, Germany has committed itself to become largely climate neutral by the second half of the century. Achieving this goal is not possible without also reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture and contributing to carbon storage and thus to "negative emissions" through appropriate measures. Environmental and climate protection are increasingly in the focus of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. According to the current status, at least 25 percent of the direct payments (1st pillar of the CAP) are to be used for environmental and climate protection measures, so-called eco-schemes, and at least 30 percent of the funds of the 2nd pillar are to be used for agri-environmental and climate measures (AECM) for the conservation of resources and the promotion of low-emission and climate-resistant agriculture. Area-wide monitoring of such services with satellite data enables evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental and climate measures in the agricultural landscape. In addition, remote sensing can provide an essential data basis for improving reporting in the context of achieving the climate change plan targets for the agricultural sector. This includes both long-term developments and short-term fluctuations in emissions-related activities. The added value of satellite data in this context has been proven, but technical concepts for large-scale, consistent, timely, and reliable implementation are lacking. The project aims to conduct feasibility studies for the operational coverage of climate-related activities from Copernicus satellite data as a contribution to monitoring in the context of CAP and climate reporting.
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Subjects
- Climate Change
- Computer science
