EARSC News
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EARSC welcomes 16 new Members!
- December 22, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsEARSC Board is glad to welcome 16 new Companies and Organizations in
our Association. On EARSC behalf, we are certain that new Members will
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Forum on Earth Observations II: Managing Risk in the 21st Century
- December 18, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Register now for the Forum on Earth Observations II: Managing Risk in
the 21st Century, to be held Feb. 15-16 in La Jolla, Calif. Info at ForumOnEo -
Sustainable development review: weak on ambition and targets
- December 14, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
14 December 2005 – The European Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS)
was agreed at the European Council in Gothenburg in 2001. In the run-up
to the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, the EU
also adopted a communication on the external dimension of SD to
integrate the global aspects of this strategy.(Credits EurActiv.com) -
A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations
- December 10, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the first Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 1) took place in Montreal, Canada, from 28 November to 10 December 2005. The event drew 9500 participants, including 2800 government officials, over 5800 representatives of UN bodies and agencies, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, and 817 accredited members of the media. (Credits IISD)
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Providing GMES services at the ends of the Earth?±interview with Dr Randell
- December 9, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
Receiving strong backing from ESA member states at this week’s
Ministerial Conference in Berlin, Global Monitoring for Environment and
Security (GMES) is a joint initiative between ESA and the European
Commission to combine ground- and space-based observations to develop
an integrated environmental monitoring capability to benefit European
citizens. (Credits ESA) -
Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
- December 7, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Eurisy, in collaboration with the Space Research Centre of the Polish
Academy of Sciences, the European Commission, ESA, CNES, and DLR, is
organizing a conference on the ?¨Integration of the new EU Member
Countries into the GMES Programme?Æ on December 12-14 2005 in Warsaw.
(Credits Eurisy) -
Satellites in Support of World Heritage
- December 7, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
(6 December 2005) Last week the historic fortified town of Campeche, in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, was the centre for a Conference on the use of space technologies to conserve the world??s natural and cultural heritage, including UNESCO biosphere reserves. (Credits ESA)
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Mr. Glos, Mr Dordain, and Mr Kreuzberg at ESA's Ministerial Conference
- December 6, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
ESA PR 57-2005. The Ministers responsible for space in the European
Space Agency’s 17 Member States and Canada today concluded a two-day
meeting of ESA’s ruling Council in Berlin by deciding on a coherent
plan for discovery and competitiveness for Europe in space.(Credits ESA) -
Towards a genuine European Space Policy
- December 5, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
On the occasion of the European Space Agency (ESA) Council in Berlin
today, European Commission Vice-President G¬?nter Verheugen called for
an efficient and strong European Space Policy. He highlighted the
already existing tangible aspects of the Commission??s involvement in
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EADS SPACE Acquires Dutch Space
- December 1, 2005
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Dutch Space BV, the largest space company in the Netherlands and
leading international space industry supplier joins EADS SPACE,
Europe??s number one in space. In the presence of the Dutch Minister of
Economic Affairs, Mr L.J Brinkhorst, EADS SPACE CEO Fran?Åois Auque and
the CEO of Dutch Space Ben Spee signed the acquisition contract
integrating Dutch Space into the EADS SPACE group of companies. This
transaction confirms EADS’ leading role in European space business as
EADS now integrates space industry in five European countries. (Credits
Edubourse)