NASA and the European Space Agency joined forces on Tuesday (July 13) to tackle climate change, and they said that this move paved the way for the global response to this problem.
ESA said in a statement: “In order to ensure the full use of data from Earth observation satellites, promote scientific development, and ultimately bring the greatest benefit to mankind, ESA and NASA have established an Earth Science and Climate Change Strategy. Partnership.” statement.
On Tuesday, ESA Director Josef Aschbacher and NASA Director Bill Nelson signed a statement of intent to formally confirm the partnership.
The statement said that this aims to “pave the way for leading the global response to climate change through the monitoring of the earth and its environment and their joint efforts in earth science observation, research and application.”
Space agencies in the United States and Europe have cooperated on environmental issues, especially in the Copernicus Sentinel 6, in which satellites of the size and shape of large minivans measure sea level rise, and tracking may be A generation of changes that destroyed tens of millions of lives.
“There is no doubt that space is the best vantage point for measuring and monitoring climate change, but joint forces are also the key to solving this global problem,” said Aschbach of ESA.
“This is why the agreement between our organizations today is so important,” he added.
He said that the November COP26 climate conference will provide an opportunity to “make space an indispensable part of the solution in terms of mitigating climate change.”
NASA Administrator Nelson said: “Climate change is a global challenge that requires full participation and requires immediate action.”
“NASA and ESA are in a leading position in the field of space and have established an unprecedented strategic partnership in the field of earth science,” he added in the statement.
