In a context where natural resources are limited, the aim of this working group is to examine the environmental impact of our activities and to seek alternative, less damaging ways of working. We aim to share information that will empower our community to make appropriate decisions to progressively reduce its carbon footprint and its environmental impact.

Goals

• Examine the environmental impacts of our activities
• Increase community awareness of the finite natural resources of our planet
• Search for alternative, less damaging, ways of working
• Help us to make adequate choices to reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impact.

Contributions

• We organise regular webinars on Environmental Sustainability of Space Activities
• ESWW 2025 in Umeå : organise a Topical Discussion Meeting on "Impacts of climate change on ground-based measurements: Testimonies"
• ESWW 2024 in Coimbra : organise a Topical Discussion Meeting on "Towards ecologically more sustainable space weather and space climate services"
• ESWW 2023 in Toulouse:
  • organise a workshop on «Can space activities be made sustainable ?"
  • Plenary session on "Pathways to Sustainable Space Weather and Space Climate Activities
  • TDM on "Reducing our carbon footprint in space weather and space climate activities: approaches and lessons learnt"
• And more to come !

Chairs

• Chair: Thierry Dudok de Wit (University of Orléans & ISSI, Bern)
• Co-Chair: Sophie Chabanski (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels)

Contact

• Chairs: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Members

• Rico Behlke (Kongsberg Satellite Services AS)
• David Berghmans (STCE- SIDC Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)
• Denis Bousquet (AXA XL, Paris)
• Sophie Chabanski (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels)
• Veronique Delouille (STCE- SIDC Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)
• Thierry Dudok de Wit (University of Orléans & ISSI, Bern)
• Maxime Grandin (Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki)
• Anwesha Maharana (Ruhr University, Bochum)
• Aurélie Marchaudon (IRAP/OMP (CNRS, CNES, UT3))
• Rui Pinto (IRAP, University of Toulouse)
• Luciano Rodriguez (STCE- SIDC Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)
• Pauline Teysseyre (LIRA, Paris Observatory)

How to join ?

You are welcome to join if you wish to stay informed of our activities. We meet online eapproximately every 1-2 months. Just drop us a message at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.