Water Management Among Copernicus’ Future Priorities

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Water Management Among Copernicus’ Future Priorities

In an interview for Euractiv, Pierre Delsaux spoke to Sarantis Michalopoulos about future space programs designed to improve lives of people on the ground.

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The European Commission aims to make Copernicus, the EU’s earth observation programme, a “top tool” in fighting climate change in the future, which will simultaneously be more involved in policies related to water management, a high-ranking EU official said.

“One of the programme’s priorities in the future will be to provide more information to cover policies related to water management,” Pierre Delsaux told EURACTIV.com in an interview.

Delsaux is Deputy Director-General at the European Commission’s directorate for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs  (DG GROW) where he is responsible for Space Policy, Copernicus and Defence as well as EU Satellite Navigation Programmes. He spoke to EURACTIV’s Sarantis Michalopoulos.

What is the role of Copernicus in the modernisation of the European economy in general? Can you notice increasing interest from different sectors of the EU economy in Copernicus and satellite data in the last years?

Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation programme, is the biggest provider of Earth observation data in the world. This data is helping us address diverse challenges, such as natural disasters and climate change, but it also creates endless business opportunities.

Every day, our Copernicus satellites are producing over 16 TB of high-quality full, free and open Earth Observation data, and distributing ten times as much. This data is then transformed by the six Copernicus Services into value-added information and is available to public and private sectors users.

Read the full interview on Euractiv.com

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