Niklas Jordan, smiling, in a cap and round glasses

Hej – I'm Niklas 👋

I’m a Geologist working on safer communities. I analyse natural hazards and physical climate risks, from floods to storms, and communicate them so people can act.

I'm the founder of geofare.

geofare is my natural hazard and climate risk consultancy. We help communities make good decisions when risks multiply.

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risk & haz is where I write about floods, climate hazards, and the geospatial data behind them — decoding the technical and translating what it means for the communities in their path.

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About me

I’m a Geologist working on safer communities. I help municipalities, planners and asset owners understand what natural hazards and a changing climate mean for them, and what to do about it.

Floods, storms, heat and other hazards look different everywhere, so I combine what I see on site with satellite data, geodata and modelling to build a clear picture of the risk. Then I turn it into information people can act on, because a risk nobody understands is a risk nobody acts on.

I’m based in Sønderborg Kommune, Denmark, where I founded geofare.

  • BSc (Hons) Geology, The Open University. Dissertation on storm-surge flood risk under global warming in Sønderborg kommune, Denmark.1
  • 15+ years connecting data and people. I lead a user support team for EUMETSAT’s satellite data services and have worked as a freelance Earth observation consultant. Started OpenSpaceData2 and DisasterTech3.
  • Qualified Stormwater Manager (QSM) by EnviroCert4, plus certifications in Urban Stormwater Management
  • Member of EnviroCert’s Foundational Certification Committee, overseeing the QSM, CIHECP and CPIESC certifications
  • Expert Panel member, Design for Emergency Management5
  • Co-author of the Greenbook Satellites and Sustainability6
  • Volunteer in the Danish emergency service

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  1. Dissertation: Acceleration of flood risks due to storm surges under global warming conditions: A Case Study for Sønderborg Kommune, Denmark (doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.00102817) ↩
  2. OpenSpaceData was a publicly funded project to help people get easy access to open satellite data and empower them to draw the right insights (openspacedata.org/). ↩
  3. DisasterTech is a global community of people who develop tools that help humans in crisis situations (disaster-tech.org/). ↩
  4. EnviroCert Certification ID: QSM 00002889 (...and btw, I'm the only certified professional in Europe 🤓) ↩
  5. Design for Emergency Management connects people, knowledge and resources to build safer, more resilient communities. Our aim is to build and support a network of people passionate about design for emergency management, whatever your background is (dnem.org). ↩
  6. Greenbook: Satellites for Sustainable Development (reset.org/greenbook_02_satelliten_drohnen). ↩