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The GMES briefs provide concise overviews of various GMES applications. Additional briefs will be published, so check back for more to come!
 
Boosting food security from space

Monitoring climate change in the Arctic

Monitoring the air we breathe from space

The plague of toxic algae

Reacting to disasters with space data

Expanding cities - a growing concern

Safer shipping through sea ice

Highlighting Earth's solar resources from space

Pirated ship tracked by satellite

Preserving forests cutting carbon

Mount Etna erupting  
 

 
 
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)EU Arctic policyEuropean air quality framework directiveEU marine strategy framework directiveEU community mechanism for civil protectionThematic strategy on the urban environmentIntegrated maritime surveillanceUN Framework Convention on Climate ChangeUN programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
 
 
 
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