Environmental information is of crucial importance. It helps to understand how our planet and its climate are changing, the role played by human activities in these changes and how these will influence our daily lives.
The well-being and security of future generations are more than ever dependent on everyone’s actions and on the decisions being made today on environmental policies.
To take the right actions, decision makers, businesses and citizens must be provided with reliable and up-to-date information on how our planet and its climate are changing.
The Copernicus programme, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), provides this.
Copernicus consists of a complex set of systems which collect data from multiple sources: earth observation satellites and in situ sensors such as ground stations, airborne and sea-borne sensors. It processes these data and provides users with reliable and up-to-date information through a set of services related to environmental and security issues.

Copernicus Climate Change Service