Charting the Path Forward: from Delivering Local Impact to Building the Broader Economic Case for Climate Action

This session builds on the legacy of GLOC23, which recommended a focus on collaborative efforts, the need to go beyond a “space communications bubble” and to fill a critical gap in the “last mile” of space-based climate action. Three years later, GLOC 2026 is an opportunity to assess progress in a challenging geopolitical context, reconfirming or putting into question previous choices, and setting new priorities. Policy experts, space agency representatives, and local stakeholders will discuss what concrete actions are needed to better deliver impact at the local level and how to leverage space data to build a new economic narrative for climate action.

Keynote

Christian HAUGLIE-HANSSEN

Director General, Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)

Norway

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Moderator

Emily WALLIS

Junior Research Fellow, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Austria

Speakers

Pilar ZAMORA ACEVEDO

Executive Director, Colombian Space Agency (AEC)

Colombia

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Susanne MECKLENBURG

Head of the ESA Climate Office, European Space Agency (ESA)

United Kingdom

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Gabriele REDIGONDA

Lead on Green and Sustainable Societies, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

Austria

Edgar MUJUNI

Co-founder and CEO, AfriSpace Labs

Michael JURUA

Conservation Science Program Manager, Jane Goodall Institute (JGI)

Uganda