Reading Group-CLIMASAT

Reading Group

For further information, please contact: Dr. Gemma Cirac-Claveras (gemma.cirac@uab.cat), PI of the project CLIMASAT.

CLIMASAT is an ERC-StG funded project that investigates the sociotechnical and power-laden practices by which electromagnetic radiation detected in the orbits is turned into climate knowledge

How do we perceive the global climate? The answer to this question is very important, considering that our perception determines our actions and, therefore, how we manage the climate crisis. The ERC-funded CLIMASAT project will study the history of global climate practices, discourses and policies in the 1980s and 1990s. Focusing on the production, circulation and use of data generated by three satellites in Earth orbit, the project will test We hypothesized that the ways in which satellite data were collectively negotiated, shared, maintained, and used by scientists, economists, policymakers, diplomats, and the media informed some understanding and actions on global climate. The findings will offer policymakers and researchers unprecedented insight into how satellite data mediated current perceptions of global climate.

Funded by the European Union (ERC-2021-STG, CLIMASAT, 101042252). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.