Europe's top space official has urged wavering politicians not to abandon European leadership in combating climate change, saying record heatwaves and vegetation fires provide 'really alarming' evidence of the pace of global warming.
A satellite image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows a wildfire that broke out on August 5 south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal, as seen on August 7, 2023.
The World Meterological Organization said July had the highest global average temperature for any month on record. ESA last week released a Copernicus image of a wildfire that razed thousands of hectares of forest in southern Portugal - a blaze that has since beenScientists say climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, intense and likely to happen across seasons, not just in what were regarded as the summer months.
"Acting now is much cheaper than waiting for years and then patching up the damage that has been caused," he said when asked if he saw any signs of drift in Europe's climate agenda. Plans for six more "Sentinel Expansion" missions starting from 2026 are in flux because of a funding gap of 721 million euros , stemming mainly from the partial loss of UK contributions following its exit from the European Union.
Britain's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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