NASA and UN Environment Launch Globe

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) have agreed to work together on the promotion and implementation of Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) and UN Environment’s activities.

The GLOBE Programme is an international science and education program that provides students and the public worldwide with the opportunity to participate in data collection and the scientific process, and contribute to the understanding of the Earth system and global environment.

Through this partnership, GLOBE and UN Environment will cooperate on environmental education and training, citizen science, and the collection and distribution of environmental data.

GLOBE and UN Environment will also work together to increase awareness, and promote the use, of GLOBE data by the international science community by leveraging the UN Environment’s Global Resource Information Database Centres and publications, with the goal of encouraging participation of environmental researchers in GLOBE.

They will also share education and training resources for distribution to their networks and promote closer collaboration of UN Environment Regional Offices with GLOBE countries.