Organization: UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
Registration deadline: 20 Jun 2015
Starting date: 07 Sep 2015
Ending date: 10 Sep 2015
In recent years, climate change has been recognized as a process which may deter sustainable development throughout the world. As a global phenomenon, climate change poses a threat to the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. In the context of peaceful uses of outer space, governments reiterated the need to protect the Earth's environment, and to promote international cooperation on the use of satellite applications for such topics as climate change. Satellites offer a unique point of view to observe climate change-related variables and features at the global level such as sea-level rise, deforestation trends or carbon emissions; and to measure on a permanent basis other parameters which may be too difficult or costly to observe from the ground such as changes in polar ice-caps and glaciers, and social trends such as increasing exposition of vulnerable communities to phenomena related to Climate Change.
The objectives of this Symposium are:
- To discuss ways in which countries affected by climate change can make better use of space applications to assess vulnerability to climate change;
- To identify potential alternatives in the context of mitigation and adaption to climate change;
- To improve synergies among space agencies and organizations targeting efforts on climate change;
- To strengthen international and regional cooperation in this area;
- To raise awareness on the recent advances in space-related technologies, services and information resources which can be use to assess the impacts of climate change and the effects of measures implemented to reduce such impacts.
More information: http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/psa/schedule/2015_austria_symposium_integrated_space_technology.html
How to register:
Please apply online until 20 June 2015: https://register.unoosa.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=38
