Climate change and other environmental challenges are existential threats to Europe and the rest of the world. The European Green Deal, launched by the European Commission in 2019, is a comprehensive package of policies introduced by the European Commission, aims to make the EU the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050. It encompasses a wide range of actions, including transitioning to a clean, circular economy, stopping climate change, reversing biodiversity loss, and reducing pollution. The Green Deal envisions a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable Europe by transforming how EU produces and consumes. With the launch of Common European data spaces, the European data strategy aims to create a single market for data, where data can flow within the EU and across sectors, for the benefit of the citizens and the planet Earth.
The European Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) is a digital environment designed to facilitate the secure and reliable sharing of environmental data across the EU. It aims to support the goals of the European Green Deal by making environmental data accessible, interoperable, and reusable to address challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The GDDS encompasses various environmental data, including climate data, biodiversity data, and data related to the circular economy, zero pollution, and deforestation.
The SAGE (Sustainable Green Europe Data Space) project (grant agreement Nº 101195471) will develop a federated, secure, and interoperable data space (GDDS) to support the European Green Deal, building directly upon the GDDS GREAT project community and results. It integrates high-value datasets, establishes governance and trust frameworks, and demonstrates 10 pilot use cases to foster data-driven sustainability solutions across biodiversity, climate, circular economy, and pollution monitoring.
