Marco Marchetti, president of Alberi Italia, a nature advocacy group, and professor at the Università del Molise in Campobasso, Italy, will explain the importance of ecosystem services in urban areas, together with Marcello Maranesi, chief executive officer at Rome-based geospatical data company GMATICS.

ESA staff will elaborate on the cooperation between the Earth Observation Programmes Directorate, represented by Guenther Landgraf and Stefano Ferretti, who are working on digital platforms aggregating Earth observation and in-situ data to manage green areas in a sustainable manner, and the Telecommunications and Integrated Applications Directorate, where Roberta Mugellesi Dow is preparing a commercially oriented call for people seeking to develop innovative services for green and sustainable cities. They will be joined by Ilaria Zilioli from ESA’s Legal Department.

To find out how space can help to make cities greener and more sustainable, register for the hour-long webinar “Space for Twin Cities: Green and Sustainable Cities” to be held on 25 March at 17:00 CET. The event is organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway.