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Over 150 hours of train delays in Luxembourg, just from falling trees. According to L'essentiel, in the past five years, tree falls have caused 9,028 minutes of disruption on Luxembourg’s railways. The Luxembourg–Troisvierges line has been the most impacted, with additional effects on tram and bus services. At WEO🌍, we’re proud to be collaborating with CFL - Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois to address exactly this problem. -Using satellite data and AI, we’ve piloted tools to identify high-risk vegetation zones near railway lines, helping prioritise where to intervene before disruptions occur. -By predicting where trees may fall or encroach on tracks, our platform helps optimise maintenance, reduce service interruptions, and support resilience in transport infrastructure. -As extreme weather becomes more frequent, proactive vegetation monitoring isn’t just smart, it’s essential. #WEO🌍 #RailResilience #VegetationMonitoring #SatelliteData #CFL #SmartMaintenance #ClimateAdaptation #MobilityLuxembourg #AIforGood #TransportResilience #TreeRisk #UrbanInfrastructure

🏆 We are thrilled to announce that WEO🌍 has been awarded the Startup Category Winner of the 1st UN Citiverse Challenge, announced at the Citiverse Assembly organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and its partners. Competing against over 150 startups from around the world, our solution AURA was recognised for its potential to enhance urban resilience and sustainability through AI and immersive virtual‑world technologies. A huge thank‑you to the 70+ Citiverse Alliance partners, especially UNICC, Digital Dubai, and the City of Valencia for their vision and support. Key reflections from the experience: - From design to deployment: turning virtual worlds into actionable infrastructure for climate‑risk, resilience and urban adaptation. - Collaboration matters: the challenge’s focus on three themes, access to public services, sustainability & resilience, and tourism & digital culture, matches our mission to build inclusive impact. - Global momentum: the Assembly brought together mayors, policy‑makers, technology pioneers and founders to shape the future of AI‑powered cities. As our Business Development  Manager Alessandro Scioli said: “It has been a truly great experience to take part in the 1st Citiverse Challenge in Valencia, and an honour to be selected as the winning startup among more than 150 applicants from around the world. We’re excited to bring our passion and expertise to the Citiverse and to contribute to making cities worldwide more resilient, greener, and more livable for all through AURA.” We look forward now to scaling this work, collaborating with city partners, and accelerating impact in the built and virtual worlds alike. #Citiverse #UNCitiverseChallenge #WEO🌍 #AIforGood #UrbanResilience #DigitalTwins #VirtualWorlds #SmartCities #Sustainability #Innovation #Valencia #TechForImpact

🇪🇺 Honoured to have taken part in the 7th European Parliament of Enterprises (#EPE2025) in Brussels as part of the Luxembourg delegation, hosted by Eurochambres and the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. The atmosphere in the Hemicycle was powerful, over 700 entrepreneurs debating the real, immediate challenges facing European businesses today. And it was clear: Europe’s businesses must be heard. From WEO🌍’s perspective, several themes stood out: - The future of the single market is at a crossroads. As MEP Charles Goerens reminded us, we’re in a critical moment for the EU one that demands unity at the center and caution against fragmentation. The big member states may be diverging, but SMEs like ours rely on a functioning and fair European market to thrive and scale. - Regulation vs entrepreneurship must not be a zero-sum game. As Marc Angel noted, rules are vital to uphold EU values but they must enable innovation, not hinder it. Especially for deep tech SMEs and startups working on complex challenges like climate adaptation. - Public procurement came into focus as a strategic lever: if we want to maintain European leadership and promote sustainability, we must ensure that green and innovation-driven procurement is more accessible, especially across borders. It was a pleasure to engage in these conversations and to represent the perspective of a purpose-driven SME working at the intersection of space, AI, and climate resilience. We left re-energised by the strong call from Eurochambres President Vladimír Dlouhý to move from discussion to real action through simplification, better support tools, and measurable progress. Let’s keep the conversation going and ensure SMEs remain central to Europe’s vision for a more resilient, competitive, and united future. Sabrina Sagramola Martina Orsulova Mariella Masselink Alberto Valenzano Sergey Sukhovey Sabrina Andiappane Anouk Hilger Alex Schumann Juliette Petit Laura Ambrogio #EPE2025 #WEO🌍 #SingleMarlet #ClimateResilience #SMEs #AIforGood #PublicProcurement #LuxembourgDelegation #Entrepreneurship #InnovationPolicy #GreenTransition #SatelliteData #EUCompetitiveness #Sustainability

The energy here at Fira Barcelona is electric and the conversations around data, climate, and collaboration have been so motivating. Our booth (D31, Luxembourg Pavilion) was buzzing all day with meaningful chats from cities and partners eager to act on climate risk, to fellow innovators exploring how satellite data can support greener, more resilient cities. Here are just a few takeaways from Day 1: - Interest from cities to pilot our heat + vegetation monitoring - Exciting ideas around apps for vegetation managers using WEO data - Big appetite for custom dashboards to help cities visualise and communicate environmental risk - Strong potential for collaboration under Horizon Europe calls If you’re walking the expo floor today or tomorrow, come find us at Booth D31 and speak with Frankwin van Winsen and Asritha Gottiparthy. Whether you're working on nature-based solutions, smart infrastructure, or just curious about Earth observation, we'd love to chat. 📍 Booth D31 | Luxembourg Pavilion | Smart City Expo World Congress Catalin T. Estefania Blanch Llosa Nazka Mapps Inaitec Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg-City Incubator House of Startups Luxembourg (HoST) #SmartCityExpo #SCEWC25 #WEO🌍 #UrbanHeat #SatelliteData #ClimateResilience #VegetationMonitoring #SmartCities #AIforGood #PCPWISE #TechForGood #CityClimateAction #LuxembourgInnovation #GreenInfrastructure

Come visit WEO🌍 at Booth D31 in the Luxembourg Expo Pavilion, where our colleagues Asritha Gottiparthy and Frankwin van Winsen will be on hand to share how we’re using satellite data and AI to help cities build real climate resilience. What we’ll be sharing: - High-resolution mapping of climate risk such as urban heat, wildfire & flood risk - Tools that help cities prioritise where and how to act - Accessible dashboards designed for input by local experts and people with lived experience - Real use cases from Brussels, Luxembourg, Mombasa and beyond Whether you’re tackling extreme heat, greening your city, or just curious about how space tech meets street-level impact, we’d love to talk. 📍 Booth D31, Luxembourg Pavilion 📅 November 4–6 💬 DM us to book a time, or just swing by! Let’s connect and explore how Earth observation can support your smart city ambitions. Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce Luxembourg-City Incubator House of Startups Luxembourg (HoST) Leading Cities Michael Lake County Government of Mombasa Basil Angaga Luc Baardman #WEO🌍 #SmartCityExpo #SCEWC25 #UrbanResilience #SatelliteData #ClimateTech #AIforGood #LuxembourgInnovation #SmartCities #Sustainability #SmartCityBarcelona #UrbanHeat #MeetUsThere

Yesterday’s EUSPA - EU Agency for the Space Programme event at Technopolis brought together an inspiring mix of humanitarian practitioners, technologists, and policy leaders, all working to unlock the power of space for societal good. Our CTO, Charlotte Wirion, had the honour of presenting WEO🌍’s work on using satellite analytics to support community-led disaster preparedness, drawing from our CoRelief platform and collaborations with the Australian Red Cross and the Dargo community in rural Victoria. Key themes from the day: - Geospatial data must not only be reliable it must be accessible and understandable to those on the frontlines. - Stronger collaboration between technology providers and humanitarian actors is essential to bridge operational realities with innovation. - Making Earth observation truly impactful means building with and not only for the people it’s meant to serve. Charlotte particularly appreciated the insightful contributions from emergency.lu and the Luxembourg Red Cross, both of which shared real-world challenges and the clear opportunity to better support humanitarian response with tailored, ethical tech. It was also a pleasure to connect with, Alex Vorobiev and David Francken from Starion, Guy Schumann from RSS-Hydro, Paolo Campanella from WASDI and Marco Chini from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) In his closing remarks, Marc Serres (Luxembourg Space Agency) perfectly summed up the day: bridging advanced space technologies with humanitarian needs holds tremendous potential. We couldn’t agree more. #WEO🌍 #EUSPA #SpaceForSociety #DisasterPreparedness #SatelliteData #AIforGood #GeospatialTech #HumanitarianInnovation #CoRelief #ClimateResilience #SharedValue #LuxembourgInnovation #WomenInTech

In the remote Alpine town of Dargo, VIC, Australian Red Cross partnered with WEO🌍 and the local community to pilot a deceptively simple idea, a map. But this wasn’t just any map. It was a co-designed, hyperlocal platform built with satellite data, AI, and most importantly, community insight. Through the QBE AcceliCITY Humanitarian Challenge, this project became a living example of what happens when tech meets trust. Locals didn’t just adopt the tool, they reshaped it. From identifying flood-prone roads to mapping community-owned generators and Wi-Fi spots, the platform evolved to reflect what truly matters to Dargo. 💡 What made it work? * Starting with lived experience, not tech specs * Designing with the community, not for them * Embedding local champions to build trust and capability * Adapting systems to allow real collaboration Now, the platform is part of Dargo’s planning fabric, used in meetings, disaster prep, and even funding applications. This isn’t just a case study. It’s a blueprint for scaling trust, not just technology. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gn7P96Qt In partnership with QBE Insurance and Leading Cities, and supported by The Coca-Cola Foundation.

As her internship comes to a close, we want to say a heartfelt thank you to Michelle Rasic for spending the past four weeks with us at WEO🌍and for making every day brighter, both technically and personally. During her time here, she explored how super-resolution and explainable AI can enhance Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, using ESA’s OpenSR models. Her work included benchmarking model performance and investigating how these networks reconstruct fine spatial details, insights that will directly support the future of our environmental analytics platform. But beyond the technical excellence, what stood out most was her natural alignment with WEO’s mission: to make environmental intelligence more accessible and impactful. She fit into the team effortlessly, always cheerful, curious, and motivated to contribute to something meaningful. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with her, and we’re excited to see where her next steps take her. The future looks bright and high-res. #WEO🌍 #SatelliteData #AIforGood #ESAOpenSR #SuperResolution #ExplainableAI #ClimateTech #WomenInSTEM #InternshipImpact #EnvironmentalMonitoring #RemoteSensing #TeamWEO

Highlights from Luxembourg Venture Days 2025 This week, WEO🌍 attended Luxembourg Venture Days, where our Business Development Manager Alessandro Scioli joined insightful sessions on innovation, investment, and collaboration in the startup ecosystem. We really enjoyed: - The Reverse Pitch, with venture firms sharing what they are looking for in startups, a refreshing perspective for founders. - The session dedicated to women-led startups, spotlighting the growing role of inclusive leadership in tech and sustainability. In particular, we were very interested in the Reverse Pitch from Schroeder & Associés S.A., whose thematic focus aligns closely with WEO’s mission of using AI and satellite data for environmental resilience. We look forward to exploring potential avenues for collaboration in the near future. Thank you for the interesting chat Darius Stein Congratulations to the organisers for creating such a dynamic and engaging event that truly reflects Luxembourg’s innovation spirit. #WEO🌍 #LuxembourgVentureDays #Innovation #AI #Sustainability #ClimateResilience #WomenInTech #StartupEcosystem #Collaboration #SpaceData

Seven Horizon Europe-funded projects – CARMINE Project, CLIMRES Project, MAIA Project, Minority Report, MULTICARE EU project, MULTICLIMACT Project, and #retimeEU – have launched a Joint Manifesto on the Resilience of the Built Environment in 2025, marking a new milestone in joint efforts for climate resilience. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dYjXh4j2