With the climate crisis upon us, we are facing a multitude of serious environmental and societal issues. The window of opportunity is closing fast. We need to act urgently. Agreements on climate change and policy addressing issues such as the decarbonisation of Europe, as outlined in Europe’s Green Deal, rely on the backing of robust science. As a world-leading programme, FutureEO takes on the responsibility of yielding scientific excellence and the undisputable facts to understand our changing world.

By returning critical data to understand the planet and predict what lies in store, satellites such as the Earth Explorers – FutureEO’s bold research missions – are fundamental to advance science and, subsequently, to restore environmental balance for a sustainable future. Each of these extraordinary missions carries innovative space technology, demonstrating how new techniques ca return an astonishing wealth of scientific findings about our planet.