G20 is a multilateral cooperation group that comprises 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Indonesia is holding the presidency of the grouping this year and will host the G20 Summit in Bali in November this year.
"We have to be able to prevent climate change's negative impacts such as by understanding ocean phenomena," the head of BRIN's Aviation and Space Research Organization, Robertus Heru Triharjanto, said during a Space20 press conference here on Thursday.
"We have to prevent pollution and over-exploitation of the ocean," he added.
Space technology, such as the use of satellites, can prove beneficial in monitoring the changes in the ocean that can affect the weather and the rise in sea levels, which has become one of the indicators of global warming.
As part of space technology, remote sensing satellites can also be used to monitor the Earth, explore ocean potential, and monitor activities related to pollution and over-exploitation in the oceans, such as illegal fishing.
Space technology can also prove useful in monitoring drought, providing early warnings, tracking greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, monitoring illegal deforestation, and monitoring changes in forests.
The Space20 meeting also discussed the importance of exchanging data produced through the use of space technology, such as the results of remote sensing, so that everyone can understand climate change and handle it, Triharjanto informed.
Given that everyone is connected through ocean-related issues, it has become important to globally share data with those who do not have satellites so that solutions to climate change can be found together, he said.
Space20 is an international collaborative effort between G20 countries, specifically in the space sector, to develop an economic and environmentally friendly space industry.
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