The SDGs-EYES project – a three-year Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (January 2023 – January 2026) – has been actively working to deliver a portfolio of results aimed at strengthening Europe’s capacity to monitor the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via Copernicus services. By combining technical innovation, stakeholder engagement and policy dialogue, the project demonstrates how Earth Observation (EO) and data-driven services can support evidence-based decision making.
Between January and May 2025, SDGs-EYES hosted a series of User Uptake Webinars, following its co-design workshops and test-validation activities. These events allowed potential users to actively shape and evaluate services in the four EU and non-EU pilot areas – the North Sea, the City of Turin, the Province of Cosenza, and Romania, and the Sahel region. Moreover, to further promote project outcomes, two dissemination webinars showcased how SDGs-EYES services help raise awareness of the impacts of climate change, both to the environment and people.
The project’s dissemination and outreach activities have also included the publication of two policy briefs up to now: one introducing the FIRE-TRACE tool, which advances greenhouse gas monitoring to support climate-related SDG reporting, and another highlighting how EO-based solutions can fill critical data gaps for SDG 14 indicators (Life Below Water). Three other policy briefs on the services of Climate security, Extreme temperatures risk, and Forest cover and erosion will follow in October 2025. In addition, several scientific publications have been accepted, expanding the project’s knowledge base and visibility.
At the core of SDGs-EYES is the SDGs-EYES Platform, now publicly released. It features dedicated front-end prototypes shaped by stakeholder needs, demonstrating the innovative SDG indicators, and a JupyterLab environment for scientists and experts to create and test new indicators. A newly launched project video captures the platform’s capabilities and the impact of SDGs-EYES.
As the project enters its final phase, efforts focus on finalising services and promoting their uptake and integration into policy and operational frameworks. The final project event will take place on 26–27 November 2025 in Lecce, Italy, with hybrid participation available. This event will present the project’s key results, lessons learned and opportunities for the future exploitation and scaling of SDGs-EYES services.