This use case supports urban climate adaptation by integrating climate models, real-time environmental monitoring, and geospatial analytics to assess heat islands, flood risks, and pollution exposure. The system enables data-driven policy planning for climate-resilient urban areas.
The SAGE (Sustainable Green Europe Data Space) project targets the four strategic pillars in the European Green Deal— Zero Pollution, Climate Adaptation, Biodiversity, and the Circular Economy Action Plan, by implementing a rich portfolio of use cases in each of them.
The project demonstrates a total of 10 pilot use cases to foster data-driven sustainability solutions across biodiversity, climate, circular economy, and pollution monitoring. Below you can read about one of these pilots.
The overview of all use cases can be found here: Use-cases
CIPD (climate investment data space) integrates into Viable Cities to provide data and analytics required for climate investment plans, which accelerate city climate transition by outlining strategies and investments under the Climate Contract 2030.
Impact: The CIPD-Use Case focuses on zero pollution and climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a partial relevance to biodiversity due to connections with negative emission solutions. Citizens and SMEs benefit from climate investment plans by accessing new sustainable markets for delivering goods and services, with municipalities and authorities receiving clearer guidance and support for economically viable climate transitions. The use case facilitates the reuse and sharing of data from existing private and public ecosystems, integrating emissions and socio-economic data for climate-neutral urban planning and informed decision-making.
Cities, municipalities, environmental institutes and natural agency, Swedish statistics and Research Institutes, Universities, SMEs GDDS interdependency.
The operational phase requires robust IT infrastructure, regulatory adherence, and future integration of confidentiality-preserving technologies for sensitive data. Governance mechanisms will align with GDDS requirements. Integration with GDDS will improve governance over climate contracts and investment plans. Exploring the adoption of the SIMPL middleware platform could streamline operations. Development efforts will target technological gaps and adjust the dataspace to incorporate cybersecurity measures outlined in the GDDS blueprint as it expands to handle sensitive data.
The CIPD can benefit from synergies with DPP in electronics, batteries, and Circular Economy Action Plan priority products. Collaboration with the data space for smart communities, validated through cross-sector data pilots, can pave the way for Local Digital Twins adoption. Aligned with the mission of 100 climate-neutral and smart cities, enabling integration of green and digital principles. The use case also fits the objectives of the Data Spaces Support Centre (DSSC), particularly regarding reference architecture, toolboxes, and data governance models. Finally, integration with DSS toolboxes could enhance the climate dashboard’s capabilities.
