Arctic sea ice is shrinking at a rate of about 13% per decade, and the region has warmed nearly four times faster than the global average over the past 40 years.

Source : IPCC

The Cerulean Information Factory (CIF) is part of the GTIF Kick-Starter initiative and focuses on developing innovative Earth Observation-based services for Arctic and North Atlantic coastal waters—specifically around Canada, Greenland, and Northern Europe. 

The project delivers three core capabilities:

1. Support for offshore renewable energy,

2. Monitoring and planning for aquaculture,

3. Optimized, low-carbon Arctic ship routing based on sea ice conditions.