“It is a milestone that none of us wish to see,” Mauro Facchini, head of Earth Observation at the Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space at the European Commission, said in a press conference ahead of the announcement. “The news is not encouraging and the urgency of climate action has never been more important. By monitoring how our climate is changing, and the risk that these changes will bring, we can plan for a more climate resilient future.”