Ensuring a sustainable use of natural resources, protecting the environment, providing safety, security and a high quality of life, responding to disasters and crises, understanding and combating climate change are among the defining issues of our time.
Named after the illustrious Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, Copernicus is the European Union’s signature Earth Observation Programme. Also known as Europe’s eyes on Earth, Copernicus offers vast amounts of global data from satellites and from ground-based, airborne and seaborne measurement systems, with the goal to improve quality of life worldwide.