Alain Ratier, Director-General of EUMETSAT and Philippe Brunet, Director of Aerospace, Maritime, Security and Defence Industries within the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, today signed the Agreement between the European Union and EUMETSAT on the implementation of the Copernicus Programme.

The Climate Symposium 2014 brought together nearly 500 climate scientists, experts, policy makers and representatives from space agencies and industry to take stock of achievements reached so far in climate change science and Earth observation.

This week, nearly 500 climate experts, policy makers and representatives from space agencies and industry will join in the debate to identify how observations from current and future satellites will address the grand research challenges identified by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).

On 22-26 September 2014, over 400 meteorological experts, scientists and researchers from 40 countries will converge on Geneva, Switzerland, for the 2014 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference.

The 11th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa takes place in Benoni, South Africa, on 8-12 September 2014, hosted by the South African Weather Service.