The Climate Sense Campaign
This January and February, SSPI has been engaged in the Climate Sense campaign! Climate change is not a problem for tomorrow. It is happening before our eyes, whatever we think of its causes. Rising temperatures affect everything from agriculture to livability. Extreme weather brings more property damage and loss of life. Drought-striken forests blaze into fire storms that rage across millions of square miles or kilometers.
To solve that problem, we must first understand it. And that is where satellite makes the critical difference. It is the only technology that provides perspective on the entire planet, from trends affecting entire oceans to changes in one square kilometer of land. Over seven consecutive weeks, we have examined critical climate challenges and the satellite technologies and services that can deepen our understanding and point the way to solutions. You’ll have a chance to read about the results of the campaign throughout this issue of The Orbiter.
Where It Started
The Climate Sense campaign began with this short look at what was to come:
Climate Change & Satellites: How Can We Help?
In this podcast, we hear an overview of what the satellite industry has done and is currently doing in the fight against climate change. Can we engineer our way out of this crisis? Probably not. But what we are doing as a technology and an industry is helping people realize the steps that need to be taken. NASA Division Director of the Earth Science Division Dr. Karen St. Germain and GSOA Secretary General Aarti Holla-Maini join SSPI’s Lou Zacharilla to bring a global perspective to this issue.
This podcast is the first episode of This Planet’s on Fire, the podcast of the Climate Sense campaign. The series was made possible with the support of SatSure.
