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What are the 10 must-know climate science insights for every policymaker at #COP29? 📢Find out in the 2024 “10 New Insights in Climate Science” report! Covering issues such as methane levels, ocean warming or AI-generated solutions, #10ClimateInsights includes climate research from 80+ top scientists and can help inform climate negotiations. Read it here: 10insightsclimate.science

🌍 Non-economic losses from disasters and climate change are often harder to quantify—but they’re no less important. Such losses can include the reduction of social capital, intangible cultural heritage, biodiversity, human health, and well-being impacts. Data on those less tangible impacts have multiple use cases, such as planning and financing measures to prevent and reduce them. 📊 They provide the rationale for better capturing the whole spectrum of losses. At the Bonn Technical Forum 2024, experts explored innovative ways to track these losses, focusing on critical areas like ecosystem services and nature contributions to people, traditional, local, and Indigenous knowledge, gender equality, and social cohesion. By improving data collection and insights, we can create more comprehensive strategies to reduce vulnerability and strengthen resilience across all dimensions. 🌱 Swipe through the illustrated outcomes below! 🎨 United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) UNDP World Meteorological Organization

🚀 Exciting News! Our research article on detecting #methane emissions from palm oil mills 🌴 using #hyperspectral #satellites is officially published! 🛰️🌍 I'm thrilled to share that our study is live in Environmental Research Letters. You can read the full article here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dVpZS2T7. This work investigates a previously unexplored source of methane emissions, demonstrating how satellite technology can provide a fast and precise pathway to identifying these emissions. Every step towards understanding our planet's methane emissions brings us closer to reducing them, enabling immediate, cost-effective mitigation that can have a significant impact in the fight against #climatechange🌱✨ Javier Roger Itziar Irakulis Loitxate Javier Gorroño Instituto de Ingeniería del Agua y Medio Ambiente Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) GHGSAT Carbon Mapper NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory #AVIRIS_NG #ENMAP #PRISMA #EMIT

What an incredible experience last week! Joy van Breda and I delivered a Climate Fresk workshop for the Earth Observation Future Missions & Architectures team at the European Space Agency - ESA! 🌍🚀 During the session, guided by IPCC findings, we dove deep into climate science. The team mapped out the causes and consequences of climate change, connecting the dots between human activity and planetary health. We didn't stop at understanding the problem — we also explored ESA's Green Agenda and the steps they're taking to address it! We went over ESA's Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and the targets they have set (a 46.2% reduction for Scope 1 & 2 and 28% for Scope 3 by 2030 - compared to 2019). Downstream and upstream emissions are especially important, considering that 91% of their emissions come from Scope 3, mainly through project funding and purchases. What made the discussion even more engaging was diving into avoided emissions (can we call this Scope 4?). This team is literally designing the future of Earth Observation (EO) missions that can provide critical data to help reduce emissions globally. 🌍🛰️ Why Earth Observation matters: — 🛰️ EO is essential for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Satellites orbiting our planet allow us to monitor its health periodically or in real-time, providing critical data to make informed decisions. — 🛰️ It plays a crucial role in monitoring and understanding climate tipping points by providing a comprehensive view of the Earth's systems. These missions enable scientists to track changes in polar ice sheets and their glaciers and ice shelves, ocean temperatures and other key indicators. — 🛰️ The missions help us monitor other #PlanetaryBoundaries via indicators like forest cover, stratospheric ozone concentration, and atmospheric aerosol loading. After all, it is incredibly difficult to govern something that we cannot monitor. Through a whole Earth approach, we can ensure that we're building the right satellites and measuring the right things, which can then be used to protect the interconnected natural systems that keep our planet stable and resilient — #GlobalCommons. The global commons are our shared inheritance and responsibility — which means we all need to play a part in protecting them. 💪🌍 I left the session feeling inspired and empowered, and I hope the team did too! 💚 A big thank you to Andromachi Griva for inviting us and making this workshop possible and to our fantastic co-facilitator, Steven George, for his invaluable support. ---- #ClimateFresk #Education #ClimateAwareness #ClimateChange #IPCC #ClimateAction #StustainableDevelopment | Climate Fresk - Netherlands, Somewhat Greener, Global Commons Alliance, Earth Commission.