Plenary: Progress on Measuring Critical Climate Variables – and what More Needs to be Done

Day: Wednesday 24 May 2023
Time: 14:20 - 15:20
Location: Scandinavia Ballroom, Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel

The Plenary session will feature Earth Observation leaders from around the globe discussing progress to date and critical needs for the future. 20 years ago, the world was just beginning to understand the value of space in observing the Earth and our climate; the first half of the session will focus on the progress across agencies in understand our climate enabled by the power of partnerships over the last 20 years. 

Given that the world has advanced its space capabilities to help with climate change mitigation and adaption, the second half of the session will look forward to identifying the next critical actions space agencies must take based on needs of humanity and the unique capabilities offered by space. Throughout the session, speakers will focus their discussion on the urgent science questions before us and the ways we can make the answers most useful to decision-makers who increasingly need this information.  

Moderator

Karen ST. GERMAIN

Director for Earth Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Speakers

Simonetta CHELI

Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, European Space Agency (ESA)

Italy

Selma CHERCHALI

Head of the Earth Observation Department, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

Eric LALIBERTÉ

Director General for Space Utilization, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Canada

Francesco LONGO

Head, Earth Observation Division, Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Italy

Godela ROSSNER

Head of Earth Observation Department, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

Germany

Koji TERADA

Vice President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Japan