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ESA, along with NASA and JAXA, have been presented the ‘Space for Climate Protection’ Special Award by the International Astronautical Federation during the Global Space Conference on Climate Change – currently taking place in Oslo, Norway.
The award reflects the importance of climate protection and highlights the efforts of the space community to contribute data and ideas – as we all cooperate to address global climate change.
From left to right: Clay Mowry, President of the International Astronautical Federation, Karen St. Germain, Director for Earth Science, NASA, Susie Perez Quinn, Chief of Staff, NASA, Koji Terada, Vice President, JAXA, Josef Aschbacher, Director General, ESA, Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA, Anthony Tsougranis, Vice President for Honours and Awards, International Astronautical Federation and Christian Feichtinger, Executive Director, International Astronautical Federation.
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