Tool: Everimpact – satellite-based carbon emissions measurements

Everimpact, a company backed by the European Commission and the Asian Development Bank, combines public satellite data and ground sensor data to help cities measure their GHG emissions, track their emissions reduction in real-time and attract financing from the voluntary carbon market to finance further decarbonisation investments.

Specifications

Suitable for which city climate journey stage?	Identifying specific sources of emissions Tracking progress overtime
Tool strengths	- Based on direct emissions measurements - High temporal resolution data (hourly)
Tool limitations	- Methodology not publicly available
Geographic location/countries	Global
Language	English
Accessibility	Free to use open data/premium data
Methodology	In the free version, this tool uses satellite atmospheric concentrations of CO2 data measurements (direct emissions) combined with land-use classification satellite images to improve missing data. In the premium version, data can be granular (street level) and certified with sensors and/or other data sources such as traffic, weather, electricity emissions’ data.
Documentation of methodology	Not publicly available
Data quality/verified by 3rd party	Everimpact’s data is based on remote sensing which provides reliable independent and real-time carbon emissions. The data is not currently verified by a third party, but Everimpact is working towards a certification of its data by reputable certification bodies.
Alignment with global standards and protocols (eg GPC and CRF )	Reporting aligned with both GPC and CRF
Emissions scopes	1. In addition, Scope 2 and 3 emissions are possible through partners.
GHGs	CO2, CH4 and N2O
Sectors included	Data broken down by using the activity sectors of GPC and CRF
Scopes, GHGs and sectors excluded	Scopes: scope 3. GHGs: HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3.
Temporal resolution	Hourly, daily, monthly, quarterly, yearly
Spatial resolution	3 km2 in free version, hyperlocal/street level in paid for version
Functionality for city to make adjustments	Cities can compare their own GHG inventories with Everimpact’s data and simulate their carbon budget
Latest accounting year	2022
Frequency of data updates	Every 10 minutes
Units	Metric tonnes (tCO2e)
Using the tool, data outputs and how it can be exported	Everimpact’s tool has a dashboard allowing the visualisation of the carbon emissions on a map of the city’s territory and graphs of carbon emissions and carbon emissions reductions with the possibility of selecting specific sectors of activity and to compare to the city’s historical data. The city can either use Everimpact’s dashboard or import the data to its own system using an API. Contact Everimpact for more information.
Additional tool functionalities	Revenue generating functionality: Everimpact’s carbon monitoring solution aims to accelerate decarbonisation in cities by attracting funding from the voluntary carbon market to help cities finance their climate action. This funding is backed by Everimpact’s data and methodology.