How Space Agencies Are Responding to Grand Challenges in Earth System Science

Explore how space agencies worldwide are addressing the Grand Challenges in Earth Observation during this 1 hour 56 minute conference session from AGU. Delve into the responses of various space programs to observational needs identified by GCOS, WCRP, Future Earth, UNSDGs, and the scientific community. Focus on the Energy, Water, and Carbon Cycles, as well as global environmental changes in the Earth System under natural and anthropogenic forcings. Discover how planned Earth observation programs support process understanding, forecasting, mitigation of societal impacts, and adaptation strategies. Gain insights into the intersection of space exploration and critical Earth system science challenges.

FM19 How Space Agencies Are Responding to the Grand Challenges in Earth System Science