Climate stress testing the UK food supply chain using earth observation

利用地球观测对英国食品供应链进行气候压力测试

• 批准号: NE/V010158/1
• 负责人: Caitlin Douglas
• 金额: $ 3.22万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FV010158%2F1
• 关键词: Climate; stress; testing; UK; food

The project will support stakeholders within the UK food supply chain to understand and assess their climate-related risks. The UK's 'just-in-time' supply chain model leaves the UK vulnerable to changes in food availability caused by climate change as well as other stressors, such as our departure from the European Union and the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK imports around half of its food from overseas, with the considerable majority of this coming from relatively few countries. Therefore changes in food availability in a few locations abroad will have a large effect on food availability here in the UK. As climate change will affect agricultural productivity abroad and in the UK, the points of the supply chain with the greatest vulnerability must be identified to ensure UK food security is not jeopardised.As the UK food supply chain is global, understanding the threats requires a global assessment. Earth observation (EO) data is uniquely-placed to inform this, as it brings the advantages of high quality consistent assessment across political boundaries and repeatable monitoring. EO refers to the use of remote sensing technologies such as satellite sensors to study the Earth. The UK EO industry has considerable relevant expertise, products and services, but they are struggling to reach potential users within the UK food supply chain. Through a placement at Space4Climate, a coordinated effort across government, industry and academia to promote UK EO capabilities, this project will undertake knowledge-broking between potential users of EO data for understanding climate risk and the suppliers of these products and services. This will include mapping user requirements to supplier capabilities and creating functional specification(s) for climate stress testing tool(s).This work will contribute toward climate change adaptation by stimulating the development of UK commercial climate data services to help the organisations within the UK food supply chain better understand their exposure to climate-related risks. This project therefore has the capacity to create employment opportunities while also increasing the resilience of the UK to climate change, bringing societal and economic benefit.

该项目将支持英国食品供应链中的利益相关者了解和评估其与气候相关的风险。英国的“准时制”供应链模式使英国容易受到气候变化以及其他压力因素（如我们脱离欧盟和COVID-19大流行）导致的食品供应变化的影响。英国大约一半的食品从海外进口，其中相当大一部分来自相对较少的国家。因此，国外一些地区粮食供应的变化将对英国的粮食供应产生重大影响。由于气候变化将影响国外和英国的农业生产力，因此必须确定供应链中最脆弱的环节，以确保英国的粮食安全不受威胁。由于英国的粮食供应链是全球性的，因此了解这些威胁需要进行全球评估。地球观测（EO）数据非常适合提供这方面的信息，因为它带来了跨越政治边界和可重复监测的高质量一致性评估的优势。地球观测是指利用卫星传感器等遥感技术来研究地球。英国EO行业拥有相当多的相关专业知识、产品和服务，但他们正在努力接触英国食品供应链中的潜在用户。通过在Space 4Climate（政府，工业界和学术界为促进英国EO能力而进行的协调努力）的安排，该项目将在EO数据的潜在用户与这些产品和服务的供应商之间进行知识中介，以了解气候风险。这项工作将促进英国商业气候数据服务的发展，帮助英国食品供应链中的组织更好地了解其面临的气候相关风险，从而为气候变化适应做出贡献。因此，该项目有能力创造就业机会，同时提高英国对气候变化的适应能力，带来社会和经济效益。

项目成果

Earth observation and UK food security: tech radar

地球观测和英国粮食安全：技术雷达

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Douglas, C

How earth observation can support the climate resilience of the UK food supply chain

地球观测如何支持英国食品供应链的气候适应能力

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Douglas, C

Datasets and Services: Supporting Climate Resilience of the UK Food Supply Chain

数据集和服务：支持英国食品供应链的气候适应能力

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Douglas, C

Earth observation to support the climate resilience of the UK food supply chain: opportunities and barriers

地球观测支持英国食品供应链的气候适应能力：机遇和障碍

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Douglas, C