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ESA starts to make data available for GMES
 
10 December 2008   ESA, as coordinator of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Space Component, has launched a new website through which data for GMES Services can be obtained.
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Second phase of GMES gets go-ahead at Ministerial Council
 
9 December 2008   The importance of the role that GMES is playing was clearly demonstrated at ESA's Ministerial Council meeting held at the end of November, with Ministers from ESA's Member States pledging over €830 million to Segment 2 of the GMES Space Component.
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Sea-ice coverage as of mid-August 2008
ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic
 
2 December 2008   The Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity. ESA’s ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 years. These long term data sets in combination with ESA’s future missions will be key in implementing the newly adopted European Commission policy called 'The European Union and the Arctic Region'.
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GMES: Planet Earth's 'help from above'GMES - video news release2008 Earth Observation Handbook releasedMajor European programme for the environment under the spotlight in Lille, FranceMore than 40 Earth Observation missions team up to provide data to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme
 
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