Recovering forests regain a quarter of deforestation carbon losses

Study demonstrates the importance of conserving recovering forests along with protecting old-growth forest

Example of daily sea ice concentration map for the Northern Hemisphere (11. February 1973), showing the Odden ice feature in the Greenland Sea.

Satellite ’archaeology’ provides record of 1970s sea ice development

Legacy sensor yields insight into previously unseen historic sea ice

Window narrowing on global warming goal, warns IPCC

The human race needs to act this decade to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees according to synthesis report

The ESA Climate Change Initiative

The CCI aims to realise the full potential of the long-term global Earth Observation archives that ESA has established over the past 30 years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by UNFCCC.

ESA-EGU 2023 awards packed with climate scientists

Finalists for ESA-EGU awards feature several researchers from the Climate Change Initiative

It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean & land. Widespread and rapid changes have occurred (IPCC AR6, 2022)

CCI uses climate knowledge and technical capabilities from across ESA Member States to support research and development.

The climate of a region is its predominant weather conditions, averaged over many years

Satellites observing Earth provide a clear picture of changes across the entire planet, measuring and monitoring our vast oceans, land, atmosphere and areas that are difficult to reach, such as the polar regions.