Brussels, 29/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 May, the European Commission proposed a new name, new regulation and new budget for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - GMES. The new programme is called Copernicus and should have a funding envelope of €3,789 billion for the 2014-2020 planning period in order to ensure the development, launch and operational phase of the satellites. These “Sentinels” will monitor the earth and transform the satellite imagery into...