The 22 member states of the European Space agency have pledged to boost their funding to support more missions and research projects, including a new generation of satellites to monitor climate change.
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The agency’s director-general, Jan Woerner, said at the conclusion two-day ministerial meeting in Seville,, that member states pledged a record three-year budget of 12.5 billion euros plus an additional 1.9 billion euros to cover operational costs and basic research in years four and five. Woerner said that “climate change is a strong driver” in a bigger-than-expected funding boost for Europe’s Copernicus Earth-observation satellites.
Spain’s Science Minister Pedro Duque added that climate research is also where industry wants to be. Madrid is hosting the United Nations global climate meeting from Dec. 2-13.
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