In the light of the European Commission President's upwardly revised climate ambitions, Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at the European Space Agency (ESA), was keen to note during a telephone exchange with EUROPE on Thursday 17 September, the key role of the space sector - and, in particular, the European Earth observation programme Copernicus - in the fight against climate change.
Mr Aschbacher welcomed Ms von der Leyen's “inspiring” speech. But “it is...