Space4Climate in the UK COP Presidency Year

#AskTheExpert session:

• Prof Chris Merchant | Professor in Ocean and Earth Observation, University of Reading and National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO).
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Ines Otosaka | PhD researcher at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds
• + 1 person from Reading TBC
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert session:

• Professor John Remedios | Director, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
• Prof Chris Merchant | Professor in Ocean and Earth Observation, University of Reading and National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO).
• Professor Nigel Fox | NPL Fellow in Earth Observation and Climate, Visiting Professor in Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, and UK mission scientist for TRUTHS
• Prof Paul Palmer | Divisional Director, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), University of Edinburgh
• Paul Bate | CEO UK Space Agency (am)
• Beth Greenaway | Head of Earth Observation and Climate, UK Space Agency (am)
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert

• Geoff Busswell | Space4Climate Board member, Telespazio UK
• Professor Nigel Fox | NPL Fellow in Earth Observation and Climate, Visiting Professor in Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, and UK mission scientist for TRUTHS
• Sophie Hebden | Research Coordinator at Future Earth – seconded to European Space Agency
• Ines Otosaka | PhD researcher at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

Projects highlighted:

• Climate Risk Disclosure Task group video about Climate Risk Index from Space Platforms (CRISP) for the finance sector (opens in new tab)

#AskTheExpert session:

• Professor Nigel Fox | NPL Fellow in Earth Observation and Climate, Visiting Professor in Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, and UK mission scientist for TRUTHS
• Geoff Busswell | Space4Climate Board member, Telespazio UK
• Anne Braakmann-Folgmann | PhD researcher at university of Leeds
• Beth Greenaway | Head of Earth Observation and Climate, UK Space Agency (am)
• Melanie Hutchinson | Earth Observations Partnerships, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, Defra
• Dr Ailsa Stroud | Earth Observations Policy Lead, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser, Defra
• Claire Melamed | CEO, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert

Youth Takeover Day

• Amy Campbell | National Oceanography Centre at the University of Southampton, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) and INSPIRE
• Zaria Serfontein | Vice Chair UKSEDS (the UK’s national student space society)
• Craig Orrock | Treasurer UKSEDS
• Kalyani Bamanan | European Space Agency
• Hayley Valentine | Earth Blox

#AskTheExpert session: What satellites reveal about carbon storage in the forests of the Earth – the BIOMASS climate satellite mission and monitoring peatlands from space

• Prof Paul Palmer | Divisional Director, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), University of Edinburgh
• Heather Kay | Assistant Project Manager of the European Space Agency CCI+ Biomass Project
• Prof Fred Worrall | Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham
• Donna Lyndsay | Space4Climate Vice Chair, Ordnance Survey
• Dr Pedro Rodríguez-Veiga | NCEO Researcher at Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University of Leicester
• Professor Shaun Quegan | National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
• Chris Lloyd | Airbus
• Prof Mat Williams | NCEO
• Heather Kay | University of Aberdeen
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Dan Hirst | Data Scientist for Rapid Prototyping Team, Ordnance Survey
• Charlie Draper | Rapid Prototyping Team, Ordnance Survey
• Amy Wright | Rapid Prototyping Team, Ordnance Survey
• Harry Gibson | Rapid Prototyping Team, Ordnance Survey
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert

• Prof Fred Worrall | Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham
• Donna Lyndsay | Space4Climate Vice Chair, Ordnance Survey
• Prof Andrew Shepherd | Professor of Earth Observation at the University of Leeds, Director of the NERC Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Principal Scientific Advisor to the European Space Agency CryoSat satellite mission, and co-leader of the ESA-NASA Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise
• Dr Pedro Rodríguez-Veiga | NCEO Researcher at Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University of Leicester
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office

#AskTheExpert

• Tim Peake | UK and European Space Agency Astronaut
• Alexandra Barker | Telespazio UK
• Prof Fred Worrall | Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham
• Donna Lyndsay | Space4Climate Vice Chair, Ordnance Survey
• Sam Fleming | Earth Blox
• Beth Greenaway | Head of Earth Observation and Climate, UK Space Agency
• Prof Heiko Balzter | Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research at University of Leicester, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
• NPL (National Physical Laboratory) Virtual #AskTheExpert team on the TRUTHS Mission:
  • Nigel Fox, TRUTHS mission scientist
  • Cyrus Larijani
  • Maya Carlyle
  • Erin Proctor
  • Maddie Stedman
  • Sam Hunt
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert

• Prof Martin Wooster | NCEO and King’s College London
• Adriana Ford | Leverhulme
• Cyrus Larijani | National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
• Dr Barry Latter | RAL Space
• Leo Ehrnrooth | UK Space Agency
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office

#AskTheExpert

• Dr Barry Latter | RAL Space
• Heather Selley | PhD student at the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds
• Prof Heiko Balzter | Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research at University of Leicester, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
• Bradley Smith | European Space Agency
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate
• Paul Fisher | Knowledge Transfer and Communications Manager, European Space Agency Climate Office
• Sally Stevens | Communications and Engagement, Space4Climate

#AskTheExpert

• Prof Hartmut Boesch | Divisional Director National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) University of Leicester
• Dr Darren Ghent | Senior Research Scientist, National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO). University of Leicester
• David Fletcher  | Research Associate – GIS & Spatial Modeller, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Find out more about the City Explorer, visit this page (opens in new tab)
• Isobel Gray | GIS Data Scientist, Satellite Vu
• Dr Barry Latter | RAL Space
• Kristen Guida | London Climate Change Partnership
• Briony Turner | Climate Services Development Manager, Space4Climate

Youth Takeover with UKSEDs, SENSE CDT, NCEO ECRs and ESA Future Earth Early Career Network

Youth Takeover Day:

• Antonio Duduianu | Chair, UKSEDS (the UK’s national student space society)
• Tejasvi Shivakumar | University of Nottingham
• Heather Selley | University of Leeds

Plus:

• Dr Barry Latter | RAL Space
• Isobel Gray | GIS Data Scientist, Satellite Vu
• Hayley Valentine | Earth Blox

First Floor

Come and explore for yourself using our exciting, interactive PufferSphere® globe (also available online). Take part in our Youth Takeover Days (5 and 12 November), hear from our members and meet experts in:

• Climate Science – meet scientists using space to understand our world and how it is changing, the fundamental importance being to learn what is happening to our world, and to be able to manage the impacts.
• Climate Technology – quiz experts on the instrumentation and infrastructure to objectively monitor and measure Earth from space, enabling consistent and innovative data analytics, quality assurance and capacity-building.
• Climate Action – discover how we’re helping communities globally to use data from space, to make it visible and meaningful through real-world, useful climate services for all.

Visit us on the first floor of the Green Zone.

UK Research & Innovation is taking part in COP26 to:

• demonstrate the role and impact of research and innovation in climate action
• celebrate the work our research community has done over the past 50 years to understand our climate
• demonstrate what research and innovation can do now to help keep 1.5°C alive.

UKRI has also launched a virtual event site which is open to all audiences across the world, offering access to events and information to inspire, connect and celebrate our climate collaborations. Find out more information and how to register.

Science Show Theatre, First floor

National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) with Space4Climate, UK Space Agency and European Space Agency

Tickets via Green Zone ticket portal: Sold out. Further tickets may be released on 31 October.

Chaired by John Remedios, NCEO, UK, and Frank Martin Seifert, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA, Italy this discussion will cover:

• The Carbon story of forests
• How we measure biomass
• Our current understanding of forest carbon and the use of space data

There will be a live demonstration of Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), this uses a laser scanner firing hundreds of thousands of laser pulses a second to build up a detailed 3D image of a mock-up tree and estimate its carbon. The audience will be able to interact via online polls and put questions to the panel of international speakers

Trees are a key nature-based mechanism for delivering on Net Zero commitments to meet the 1.5°C global warming target in the Paris Agreement. The role of forests and trees are vital because of their moderating influence globally on carbon, their impact nationally for carbon accounting and locally for people’s livelihoods. We have choices that can make a difference but these need to be informed by the right observations and by the latest understandings of nature.

Speakers at this event are experts on global and national forest carbon inventories, Earth observations from space and value for net zero. They will:

• Explain how trees and forests make a difference to carbon dioxide in our atmosphere
• Show how exciting new measurements from satellites inform our knowledge of the carbon content of forests and trees.
• Showcase the global status of forests and highlight examples of greenhouse gas removal in sustainable forest/tree developments.
• Provide a scientific basis for climate action and verifiable greenhouse gas removal through carbon stock increases in forests and trees.
• Bring the audience up-to-date on real world uses of satellite carbon data and plans to utilise this information for a low carbon future.

Students in the Blue Zone will engage with participants in the COP Climate Action Studio and online audiences.

Panelists will explore the gaps and blockers that exist today, the impact this has on communities and climate equity, and identify some critical areas where emerging knowledge and technology could enable pathways to improve adaptation and resilience globally. A new collaboration with Microsoft was recently announced to help scientists at Walker Institute develop more solutions to climate threats worldwide.

A key interest of the Walker Institute is how climate issues disproportionately impact African and Asian nations, and the role that UK and other members of the ‘developed’ world in supporting greater progress. This is a central issue for COP, and Walker are keen to explain why this is such an important issue for the rest of the world, including in the UK.

Featuring Prof Liz Robinson, Director, Grantham Institute, LSE and Dr Shouro Dasgupta, Fondazione CMCC and EIEE / Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia and the Walker Institute (University of Reading) which will focus on climate change, food security, and child health. Recent findings will be presented on Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, along with a near global analysis on climate change and food security. Followed by a panel debate.

Featuring Mme Estherine Fotabong, Director of Programme Implementation and Coordination, AUDA-NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and Walker Institute (University of Reading).

The new adaptation strategy (2021) underlies the need to link the internal and external dimensions of adaptation with partner countries, particularly in Africa. The panel will discuss how this can be done looking at three overarching themes: science and data generation; governance and policy design; policy implementation and projects on the ground.

UNFCCC Met Office Hadley Centre side event with University of Reading, Walker Institute, University of Exeter and University of Leeds and with Cicero (International Centre for Climate Research).