Descrizione del progetto
Indagare le pratiche, le politiche e i discorsi climatici globali dallo spazio
Come percepiamo il clima globale? La risposta a tale interrogativo è molto importante, poiché la nostra percezione determina le nostre azioni e, di conseguenza, il modo in cui gestiamo la crisi climatica. Il progetto CLIMASAT, finanziato dal CER, studierà la storia delle pratiche, delle politiche e dei discorsi climatici globali negli anni Ottanta e Novanta. Concentrando l’attenzione sulla produzione, la circolazione e l’utilizzo di dati generati da tre satelliti che orbitano intorno alla Terra, il progetto metterà alla prova l’ipotesi secondo cui il modo in cui i dati satellitari sono stati collettivamente negoziati, condivisi, conservati e utilizzati da scienziati, economisti, legislatori, diplomatici e mezzi di informazione ha orientato determinate idee e azioni relative al clima globale. I risultati offriranno ai responsabili delle politiche e ai ricercatori una serie di approfondimenti senza precedenti sul modo in cui i dati satellitari hanno mediato le percezioni attuali del clima globale.
Obiettivo
Answers to how to manage the urgent climate crisis depend on perceptions of global climate. Knowing how they came to be is necessary to open up new possibilities about ways to face it. CLIMASAT aims at establishing a truly comprehensive narrative that integrates various spheres of knowledge to understand how global climate discourses, policies and practices came into being in the approximate 1980s-2000s Europe.
To do so, CLIMASAT substantially places the production, circulation and use of data generated with Earth-orbiting satellites at the centre of historical analysis. Indeed, since the 1980s, much of our scientific, practical and political knowledge about global climate has been increasingly compiled with satellite data, in a process of constitutive co-production. Then processes of data production, circulation and use may have played a role in knowledge-making. CLIMASAT identifies 5 interrelated spheres of knowledge involved in satellite data production, circulation and use: science and technology, economy, regulation, communication, and diplomacy. It sets out the hypothesis that it was through their mutual intersections, as they materialised in processes of data production, circulation and use, that certain perceptions and actions about global climate were collectively negotiated, shared, maintained and used. It focuses the empirical analysis on 3 European satellite programs (Meteosat, Topex/Poseidon, ERS) that provided data on extreme weather events, sea level, and ozone. It demands an interdisciplinary methodology grounded on material and transnational history.
In times of growing public concern regarding our actions on the climate crisis, CLIMASAT delivers unparalleled information and critical analysis about how satellite data-informed perceptions of global climate were made, which is relevant not only for researchers in academia but also for policy-makers and engaged citizens.
Campo scientifico
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Argomento(i)
Meccanismo di finanziamento
ERC - Support for frontier research (ERC)Istituzione ospitante
08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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