Space for our Climate

Climate change is a reality. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are responsible for rising temperatures, altering the Earth system’s delicate balance. The consequences are widespread, threatening lives, well-being and prosperity.

Measurements from space are fundamental to the solution, enabling governments, economies and societies to understand the changes taking place so that effective action can be taken to curb emissions and support a resilient global society.

With ESA’s Earth Explorer missions and the Copernicus Sentinel missions in orbit, satellites observing Earth measure and monitor our vast oceans, land, atmosphere and difficult-to-reach areas such as the polar regions. Satellite observations provide early warnings of change, improve climate predictions and deliver the hard facts needed for effective international climate action.