New Delhi: In a first, over 60 countries have agreed to collaborate research and technology for monitoring human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and its effect on climate change
The countries agreed to share the data gathered by satellites and coordinate their methods to understand climate change, spearheaded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES).
Out of the 50 essential climate variables being monitored today, 26 - including rising sea level, sea ice extent and greenhouse gas concentrations in all layers of the atmosphere - can be measured only from space. The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last December acted as a wake-up call in this context, ISRO said.
The key to effectively implementing the Paris Agreement lies in the ability to verify that nations are fulfilling their commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
The goal now will be to inter calibrate these satellite data so that they can be combined and compared over time. In other words, it is to make the transition to closely coordinated and easily accessible 'big space data', the space agency said.
"ISRO is also engaging with CNES, JAXA and NASA for realising joint missions for global climate observation with advanced instruments, he added.
"With this consensus among space agencies from more than 60 nations, including the world's leading space powers, the international space community and scientists now have the tools they need to put their talent, intelligence and optimism to work for the good of humankind and our planet," Mr Galld said.
The countries agreed to share the data gathered by satellites and coordinate their methods to understand climate change, spearheaded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency (CNES).
Out of the 50 essential climate variables being monitored today, 26 - including rising sea level, sea ice extent and greenhouse gas concentrations in all layers of the atmosphere - can be measured only from space. The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last December acted as a wake-up call in this context, ISRO said.
The key to effectively implementing the Paris Agreement lies in the ability to verify that nations are fulfilling their commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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The goal now will be to inter calibrate these satellite data so that they can be combined and compared over time. In other words, it is to make the transition to closely coordinated and easily accessible 'big space data', the space agency said.
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"ISRO is also engaging with CNES, JAXA and NASA for realising joint missions for global climate observation with advanced instruments, he added.
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"With this consensus among space agencies from more than 60 nations, including the world's leading space powers, the international space community and scientists now have the tools they need to put their talent, intelligence and optimism to work for the good of humankind and our planet," Mr Galld said.
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