Risk and Emergency Management

The web-based application developed in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) uses a simplified coastal flood index to display 50 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Mediterranean classified by their flooding risk by 2050.

Very-high-resolution satellite imagery (≤ 1 m) is used to investigate reports of intentional destruction at heritage sites. By selecting and comparing image sets over time, including newly tasked acquisitions, changes in structures can be precisely identified, allowing the timing, scale, and nature of the damage to be documented.