A revolution in Canada’s mission to planet Earth

Canada’s commercial satellite remote sensing companies stand ready to support our national climate change obligations. For this to happen, the government of Canada must do its part.

An artist's depiction of GHGSat satellites in orbit. A commitment by the government of Canada to provide Canadian-sourced methane satellite data to the International Methane Emissions Observatory in time for COP26 would be a valuable and highly-visible demonstration of Canada’s commitment to the Paris Agreement, writes GHGSat's Stéphane Germain. Photograph courtesy of UTIAS-SFL

Opinion

BY STéPHANE GERMAIN

August 11, 2021

Fifty-two years ago in 1969, humans first set foot upon the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface, they looked back at the Earth and saw a fragile blue marble against the darkness of space. This compelling perspective of our planet was hugely ...

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