Discover how satellites can combat climate change with the National Physical Laboratory.

In this lecture, we will look at how satellite observations are helping us understand and respond to the challenges of climate change. Such observations, when supported by rigorous metrological (measurement science) approaches, can provide the essential information for society to monitor progress on the way to Net Zero, and to understand how the climate is changing in response to human actions. We will look at how best to interpret findings and apply them over short, medium and long term scenarios. From this, we will introduce TRUTHS, a climate-focused satellite mission led by the UK Space Agency with international partners and delivered by the European Space Agency. This mission will make a ten-fold improvement in how we can observe and quantify climate change through its own direct measurements of the sun’s energy and provide a ‘gold standard’ reference data set that can be used to calibrate other satellites. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about British science at the cutting-edge of understanding climate change. The Royal Institution will try to upload her events the  YouTube channel within a couple months’ time. Here, it is free for everyone to view.

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Unleashing the power of satellites for climate action

TRUTHS -ESA