Threats, Risks and Sustainability - Answers by Space (eBook)

Table of contents 6
SETTING THE STAGE 12
1.1 Space and sustainability 13
1.2 The synergy of global threats8 17
KNOWLEDGE 31
2.1 Overview 32
2.2 Knowledge: understanding our place in the universe 34
2.3 Sustainability on Earth: space sciences supporting related research 42
2.4 Knowledge, data and global sustainability: the role of space-based assets 56
ENVIRONMENT 69
3.1 Overview 70
3.2 Climate change and sustainability 72
3.3 The contribution of earth observation to environmental monitoring and Global Monitoringfor Environment and Security (GMES) 83
3.4 Environmental threats and space responses 99
RESOURCES 110
4.1 Overview 111
4.2 Food security and climate change: remote sensing and sustainable agriculture development 113
4.3 The use of space technologies for effective and sustainable responses to food insecurity threats in Africa 131
4.4 Threats, risks and sustainability –answers from space Earth observation data for the management of renewable resources 146
ENERGY 158
5.1 Overview 159
5.2 Achieving sustainable and secure energy supplies in a carbon-constrained world 161
5.3 Remote sensing for sustainable hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir monitoring 179
5.4 Sustainable energy supply on Earth – can space contribute? 190
MOBILITY 207
6.1 Overview 208
6.2 Threats, risks and sustainability – the challenges to mobility 210
6.3 How space systems help to address the challenges associated with sustainability in the field of mobility 225
6.4 Telematic solutions based on space technology 238
SECURITY 251
7.1 Overview 252
7.2 The European contribution to sustainable security 254
7.3 The global and European security context: a proposal for space 265
7.4 Space for security and security in space 285
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 296
8.1 Conclusions and recommendations 297
About the authors 301
List of acronyms 310
List of figures and tables 317