15 May 2024
Lisbon summit calls for urgent action on space threats
... urgency of our mission here. These challenges require prompt and unified action. “Unlike the gradual crisis of climate change, the escalation of orbital debris could far surpass our capacity to mitigate,” she warned. The UN is uniquely positioned...
April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
..., especially in regions with poor or non-existent ground monitoring. There is a clear need for this in Vietnam. Climate change, land-use change and water security are interrelated and have direct implications for public health and the...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... space component. Copernicus is Europe’s answer to global needs, allowing us to manage the environment, to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure civil security. The Sentinel missions, the first of which was launched in 2014, are based...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
.... Storms from the Sun, Carlowicz M. and Lopez R., 2004, Joseph Henry Press, Washington, DC. Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, IPCC Working Group, 2013, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom...
06 March 2020
Space set to generate 15,000 high-level new green jobs
... will use cutting-edge satellite technology to help combat climate change. The new report sets out how the space sector...with the courage and the technological ambition to solve man-made climate change. With a wave of new green technologies set to take...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... widely accepted as a new investment asset class In parallel, it is interesting to ask whether urgent global challenges such as climate change and space debris can help drive international cooperation in space. The world has already seen 1.2 degrees...
