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Marek Banaszkiewicz Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences

Space and sustainability. Marek Banaszkiewicz Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences . Sustainable Development: a pillar of EU Policy. What is sustainable development?. Brundtland (UN) report, 1987

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Marek Banaszkiewicz Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences

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  1. Space and sustainability Marek Banaszkiewicz Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków

  2. Sustainable Development: a pillar of EU Policy Kraków

  3. What is sustainable development? • Brundtland (UN) report, 1987 • "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability offuture generations to meet their own needs.„ • The fourth element: culture • Renewable resources: a key to survival Kraków

  4. Main global issues • Climate change • Limit greenhouse effect • Protect environment • Energy and raw material resources • Renewable energies • Raw materials from space? • Food crisis • Water, commodity that is getting scarce • Efficient agriculture is a must Kraków

  5. Can space-based tools help? • Space applications: • Telecommunication; yes, through better and faster dissemination of information, through reliable link in emergency situations (disasters) • Navigation: yes, through efficient management of transportation fleets, through localization of people that need assistance • Earth observations: yes, through global and frequent acquisition and dissemination of data about land, oceans, atmosphere and infrastructure Kraków

  6. GMES – an Europeananswer Kraków

  7. GMES – European flagship in Earth Observations • GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is a joint initiative of EC and ESA thathasstartedin 2000 • Ithasgotthreecomponents: satellites, in-situ, and services • Costs so far amount to 2.4 BEuro, and areareexpected to be 5.8 BEuroin 2014 – 2020 Kraków

  8. GMES - Satellites • Sentinels: 1 to 5, launched in series (A, B, C…). Always two series on orbit. • Characteristics: • Sentinel 1: radar satellite in C band for monitoring ice, sees and vegetation • Sentinel 2: multichannel optical system (res >10 m) for wide swath land monitoring • Sentinel 3: multispectral optical system (med. Res. 250 m) for global vegetation monitoring • Sentinel 4 & 5: atmosphere monitoring Kraków

  9. GMES - Services • Groups of services: • Land monitoring • Monitoring of oceans and sees • Monitoring of the atmosphere • Emergency service • Service for security • Climate change monitoring (a new one) Kraków

  10. Examples Kraków

  11. Poland’scontribution Kraków

  12. Participation in GMES • Projects of 6th and 7th FP • Land monitoring: geoland and geoland2 (IGiK and SRC) • Ocean monitoring: Myocean (Marine Institute) • Atmosphere monitoring: MACC (Institute of Environment Protection) • Security: G-MOSAIC (SRC) Kraków

  13. PECS projects • Flood warning system for a single catchment • Carbon balance assessment for Polish forests • Biebrza wetlands as a ecosystem in transition • Biofuels: where to grow them and how efficient it can be Kraków

  14. Examples: geoland2 Kraków

  15. Examples: G-MOSAIC Kraków

  16. Emergency: Safer activation in 2010 for flood monitoring Kraków

  17. Anotheraspects of spaceconquest Kraków

  18. Thank you for your attention Kraków

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