Joint EC DG-RTD/ESA Earth System Science Initiative definition

The attached document, jointly prepared by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation (RTD) and ESA’s Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (EOP), responds to the will and intention of both institutions to advance towards a reinforced and structured cooperation in the domain of Earth system science for the benefit of society, and in particular, to establish a joint programmatic initiative based on an effective alignment of selected scientific activities under future EC’s Horizon Europe and ESA’s FutureEO programmes.