Climate Change
Human activity is seriously impacting the complex ecological feedback systems that connect the chemistry and behaviour of our oceans, atmosphere and soils. Climate Change is the largest threat facing civilisation. We can still only estimate the speed at which increased greenhouse gas emissions will precipitate damaging feedback effects such as accelerated melting of the cryosphere, desertification and increased carbon loss from soils.

This increasing environmental change will force change on where people can live, and how they can sustain themselves. These are the challenges that businesses and governments require help in order to solve.

Climate Modelling
For decades, scientists from government labs, NGO’s and industry have been feeding in their respective data into the ever more complex computer tools which provide today’s estimates of possible climate change scenarios. However, despite international political endeavours towards global emissions targets, much new research continues to suggest that the targets to which the international community is preparing, will not be enough to stop global warming accelerating.

Remote Sensing
Underpinning most of the climate modelling and subsequent mitigation policies is the discipline of Remote Sensing.

Mitigation Policies
Timeframes for international emissions reduction targets are being discussed and agreed upon - see Sustainability - Green Policy