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Throughout 2025, the CENTAUR project team delivered substantial progress, strengthening its ability to support preparedness, anticipation, and informed decision-making in the context of climate-related crises. Over the course of the year, the project advanced the operationalisation of integrated indicators and analytical workflows, translating climate hazards and socio-economic factors into timely, actionable insights. In April, CENTAUR …

CENTAUR in 2025: Advancing Climate Resilience and Early Warning Read More »

On 1 December 2025, the Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water brought together experts, policymakers, and industry representatives in Brussels and online to discuss how Earth Observation (EO) data can support sustainable water management across Europe. The workshop highlighted the essential role of Copernicus in providing accurate, timely, and comprehensive information for water monitoring, policy reporting, …

CENTAUR at the Copernicus Thematic Workshop on Water Read More »

On 14 November 2025, the CENTAUR consortium and Advisory Board convened online for the Final Demo Review (FDR) meeting, an important milestone marking the completion of the project’s demonstration activities. The session served to review the final configuration of CENTAUR indicators, assess the latest platform updates, and present the outcomes of the hot-case analyses carried out over the past few months.  The meeting began …

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On 4-5 November 2025, the CENTAUR Horizon Europe project took part in the EU Science for Preparedness Conference, held in Turin, Italy. Organised by the Joint Research Centre’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) and the Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre (DRMKC), the event gathered experts, policymakers, and researchers to exchange knowledge and strengthen Europe’s resilience …

CENTAUR participates in the EU Science for Preparedness Conference 2025 Read More »

On 17-18 October 2025 the CENTAUR Horizon Europe project participated in the 22nd ITAIS conference at LIUC – Cattaneo University, organised by the Italian Chapter AIS (Association of Information Systems). The annual conference brings together members and leading national and international researchers to explore and discuss the most significant research in the Information Systems discipline. …

CENTAUR presents at the ITAIS 2025 Conference on Predicting Conflicts and Displacements in Fragile Contexts Read More »

On 16 October 2025, the CENTAUR project participated in the Regional Meet-up on “Approaches to Assessing the Impacts of Drought”, organised by the Earth Observation Training, Education, and Capacity Development Network (EOTEC DevNet). The session was part of a series of regional meetings convened by EOTEC DevNet’s Drought Working Group, aimed at exchanging lessons learned …

CENTAUR Contributes to EOTEC DevNet Regional Meet-up on Drought Impact Monitoring Read More »

Partners from ECMWF presented the CENTAUR Horizon Europe project at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Their work on forecasting extreme precipitation to anticipate urban flooding was also among the three most innovative ideas in meteorology as finalists for the Harry Otten Prize 2025.  From 8 to 12 …

CENTAUR product recognised as one of the most innovative ideas in meteorology Read More »

A new study in Remote Sensing of Environment (ELSEVIER), led by VITO in collaboration with ECMWF, both partners in the CENTAUR Horizon Europe project, shows how Earth Observation (EO) data combined with machine learning models allow to forecast the impacts of agricultural droughts on vegetation up to three months in advance. This publication adds directly …

New scientific publication on forecasting drought impacts in agriculture Read More »

The CENTAUR Horizon Europe project was present at the 2025 European Space Agency’s (ESA) Living Planet Symposium in Vienna. Several of our consortium partners, participated in the event and presented recent work and developments related to the project. CENTAUR Featured at the European Commission’s EU Space Booth At this edition of LPS, Horizon Europe projects …

CENTAUR ATTENDS ESA’s LIVING PLANET SYMPOSIUM 2025  Read More »

According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2023 report, up to 757 million people faced chronic hunger in 2023. Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimated that 343 million people were facing acute food insecurity as of November 2024, across 74 countries. Key drivers of this crisis include armed …

Using Earth Observation and AI to Address Food Insecurity: CENTAUR and ThinkingEarth Collaboration Read More »