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title: Satellite Data for Climate Finance
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4948587/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4948587
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4948587
featured: 2024-09-10
citations: unknown
topic: Risk, Credit & Banking
---


# Satellite Data for Climate Finance

Satellite data from Earth Observation systems could aid in creating green financial products by filling data gaps, as per a central banking viewpoint.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4948587
- Identifier: SSRN 4948587
- Released: 2024-09-06
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 65 (2024-09-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Risk, Credit & Banking

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