Copernicus

Watch the video below or follow this link: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2015/03/Mr_Copernicus_an_introduction_to_Europe_s_environment_monitoring_programme/(lang)/fr

Answer the following questions :

What kind of video is this (a documentary/ a video report/ a (prove and/or disprove) invetigation/ an educational video/ an interview/ a promotional video    

What is the Copernicus program according to this video? What does it respond to?

It responds to the global challenges of climate change and the evergrowing demand mades by the eviroronment

Name the European organisations that launched the Copernicus program? Where are there located in the European map?

What is the event at the origin of this initiatiative? 

The Kyoto Protocol was adopted on 11 December 1997. Owing to a complex ratification process, it entered into force on 16 February 2005. Currently, there are 192 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.

In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets. The Convention itself only asks those countries to adopt policies and measures on mitigation and to report periodically.

What is the international organisation behind it and what is its aim? 

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change entered into force on 21 March 1994. The 198 countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. Preventing “dangerous” human interference with the climate system is the ultimate aim of the UNFCCC.

What kind of hazards are monitored by the Copernicus program?

Forest and wild fires (wild fire= feu de friches)

When & were was launched the first satellite of the program? Name it.

Describe how sentinel 1 delivers its data to Earth.

Find out what are the advanced technologies required to run the Copernicus scientific program.