ESA: Call for proposals “Space for a Sustainable Textile Industry"

Space for a Sustainable Textile Industry (Open Competition) - Feasibility Study. Objective This call invites proposals for feasibility studies for space-based solutions and services to enhance transparency, sustainability and resilience across the cotton value chain and wider textile industry. Solutions should address environmental costs of current agricultural practices, identify opportunities to improve livelihoods of farmers and support the creation or restoration of protected areas. Topics Of Relevance Impact on water quality. Assessing environmental impacts of different cotton sustainability practices. Traceability issues. Monitoring ecosystem cumulative impact. Analysing Ecosystem Services. Identification of areas for ecosystem restoration or conservation. Sustainable textile supply chain. Value of Space Satellite Navigation (SatNav): GNSS enables geo-tagging services for data collected by IoT. For example, IoT sensors can measure air pollutants. SatNav can also be used to locate where the measurements are taken and pinpoint pollution sources. Satellite Earth Observation (SatEO): Provides geospatial, environmental, weather, mapping information for diverse applications enabling the evaluation of “what-if” scenarios and decision-making assessments. SatEO data monitor the natural environment, helping to understand where ecosystems have been lost through agricultural activity, and locations suitable for restoration of nature to meet under planetary boundary thresholds. Satellite Telecommunications (SatCom): Offers communication in remote locations...