ROLE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN AVERTING AND MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE

  • Unique Paper ID: 176913
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 6621-6626
  • Abstract:
  • Space technology can play an important role in monitoring, averting and mitigating the disaster owing to climatic change. The 21st century has witnessed a tremendous change in climatic conditions all over the world. Climate change is a major cause of various natural calamity disasters which has resulted in loss of both mankind and property. It has become a concern for the world community to take steps to avert and mitigate climate change. The inputs provided by remote sensing satellites based on space technology are vital regarding early warning and monitoring regarding information on essential climate variables (ECVs). This paper highlights as to how space-based technology can contribute by providing necessary information through remotely sensed data. Space technology can facilitate the transmission of warnings through satellite communication and therefore play a crucial role in identifying the location where disaster may take place due to climatic change. The paper focuses the manner in which space based remote sensing data has help to identify the indicators and agents of climate change. The source of the paper is mainly based on secondary data based on related articles published in journals, documents related to space and climate change published by United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and reports of the Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space. The outcome of the paper is to assess the role of space-based technologies as tool to minimize economic losses and damages due to dynamic impact of climate change.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 6621-6626

ROLE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN AVERTING AND MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE

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