Market Insight: AI Extends Use Cases For Geospatial Data In Climate Analyses
27 Sep, 2024
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Executive Summary
Geospatial technologies, with AI-powered processing and analytics, can offer timely and cost-effective insights for sustainability professionals seeking to understand and make decisions on their biodiversity impact, climate risk exposure and emissions reductions strategies. This report details how the geospatial data market has changed over the past few years and outlines the key climate-related use cases for geospatial technologies. Software vendors and investors should use this report to understand the market and to inform their decisions to invest in, develop or acquire geospatial toolkits.
Geospatial data will be a vital part of businesses’ climate toolkits
More geospatial data, coupled with AI-powered interpretation, can change the game
Six use cases where AI and geospatial data serve climate strategy
More geospatial data, coupled with AI-powered interpretation, can change the game
Six use cases where AI and geospatial data serve climate strategy
Figure 1. Geospatial data technology stack
Figure 2. Why geospatial data provide useful climate insights
Figure 2. Why geospatial data provide useful climate insights
NASA, UNEP, Vibrant Planet, Earth Blox, PropEco, Meta, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Sourcemap, Microsoft, Alphabet, Workiva, International Energy Agency (IEA), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Swift Geospatial, RS Metrics, AlphaGeo, Verra, Airbus, Overstory, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Space Intelligence, NatureAlpha, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Google, NatureServe, World Bank Group, EU, Royal HaskoningDHV (formerly Ambiental), Sylvera, Picterra, GHGSat, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, Maya Climate, Mitiga Solutions, IBM, CARTO, Verisk Analytics, Satellogic, Space Ventures Investors, Planet Labs, Copernicus, Carbon Mapper, MethaneSAT, Trase, Deloitte, Climate X, AzurX, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Earth Engine, Maxar Technologies, UN, CLIMsystems, Climate TRACE, Esri, PwC, Trimble
About the Authors
Alice Saunders
Industry Analyst
Alice is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Net Zero & Climate Risk practice. Her current research agenda focuses on climate risk solutions and biodiversity. Alice holds…
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Ryan Skinner
Research Director, Net Zero & Climate Risk
Ryan is the Research Director for the Verdantix Net Zero & Climate Risk practice. He guides the research team to develop compelling research at the intersection of net zer…
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